Hi All,
At the weekend, my beloved Border Collie started swelling around the neck and head, but was still eating/drinking normally/playful so on Monday first thing I took him to the vets. He had some blood tests done and was given some anti-biotics which took away most of the head swelling (but not the glands in his neck) by the time he saw the vet again yesterday.
Vet told me yesterday that he was certain he has Lymphoma because of how swollen his glands are and that a biopsy next week should confirm it.
As you can imagine, I'm devastated, but this morning my dog has had some more anti-biotics and it seems that the swelling in his neck has reduced by approximately a third of what it was yesterday.
What I'm asking really is whether I should hold out hope that it's not cancer if the swelling does come down further (obviously I'll still have the biopsy done), I'm all over the place emotionally and had resigned myself to the fact that I might lose him, but obviously with a dramatic reduction in the neck swelling today, am I being foolish hoping it could just be an infection?
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Am I being too hopeful here?
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NellyNoKnicks · 15/09/2011 12:18
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