Chester's lump
January 24, 2006 - Last week I noticed a
"huge" lump on Chester's left side.
Thinking it would probably be some sort of tumour which would require
surgery (or worse), I called the
vet on Monday morning. But not
before I had absolutely spoiled Chester (and the
rest) excessively all weekend long.
Me and my sister took
Chester to the
vet on Monday evening, and after
doing a biopsy she concluded it was a tumour. Surgery would be required to
remove it, and they could do it the next morning already. So I took a
shaken Chester home again, and spoiled and hugged him all night, and
returned him to the vet this morning at about 8:30 AM. About
13:15 PM I got a call that the operation had been successful, and that
I could take Chester home again. As it turned out, the lump was
"only" a
lipoma.
:-D
Poor Chester's left side was
partly shaved for the operation, he has a pretty big incision, and a
bandage stitched on it. But he's slowly crawling around now, he's eaten
some treats, he's constantly washing himself, so he's doing just fine. In
two weeks the vet will remove his
stitches, and until then Chester will remain in my
spare cage which serves as sickbay for
now.
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