so it seems i cant go away on work trips with out coming home and there being something wrong with Sierra. i was petting her sat night and found a lump about the size of a half dollar on her right upper hind leg, going to take her to the vet tomorrow to have it checked out. please keep her in your thoughts that its nothing but fatty tissue. will check back tomorrow with good news  i hope

I'll keep Si Si in my thoughts . As you know, Wyatt has two lumps one that's rather large but the vet confirmed they're just fatty tumors.

I'm sure it's just a fatty tumor. Tasha had a lot of them in her mammary area, and lived to 16. I think we discovered them when she was around 7 or 8. I'm sure Sierra is fine.

positive thoughts! I am sure she'll be just fine tell her to ease up on the big macs.

Keeping you guys in my thoughts. ♥

Best thoughts.

Positive thoughts to you! I know my seniors are pretty lumpy.

Good luck Jenn. My parents Brittanys have always gotten lumpy as they get older and it's always been fatty tissue.

Keeping my fingers crossed it's just benign. My older girl has them all over.

Hopefully it's nothing serious.

Evie and I are sending good vibes for Sierra! and you too!

Fingers crossed for you and Sierra. Faith had a lump that turned out to be a fatty mass, but it scared me to no end before we got her into the vet.

Well we went to the vet this morning and had it checked, it was more then just fatty tissue and we had to take another sample to send to the pros to check. my vet could not identify the other cells, just said they were multiplying rapidity. so we will have to remove the mass just need to know how much of an area to remove and if it is cancer or not, going to take 3-5 days for an answer, i cant wait that long!!!! thank you for all the thoughts and keep them coming we need all the help we can get!

Hoping for the best still! Good luck! I'd be so impatient for the results.

I agree, all could still be fine! Just try to occupy your mind the next few day's so you don't make yourself nuts with worry! Give her a hug from me, just because.

Aww, hope it's nothing serious. You're both in our thoughts. Anxiously awaiting the results.

More good thoughts being sent your way! Keep us posted.

Waiting for sure sucks! I had to go through the same thing when I found a lump on my Dalmatian. From experience, get a second opinion if it turns into something major and look into holistic healing. I've been treating my senior Dalmatian holistically for almost two years now when they only gave her months to live and also shrunk the tumor. If your interested, I can give you the info on what I do.

thank you Kelly, i remember you going through all that.

Hoping for the best for Sierra, and you Jen.
I know what you are going through.

Hoping for the best! Paws crossed.

Good luck!

Well we got the results today. She is going in to have it removed next wed and then it will be sent off to see if all the cancer cells were remove or if any passed and then we need to go talk about the steps from there.
if anyone has any insight from this report i would love to hear it as i can only google so much before i get to worked up.

Source / History: 2 cm firm mass on right lateral thigh just noted 2 days ago. 3
unstained slides submitted.

Microscopic
Description
There are marked numbers of aggregated spindle to stellate nucleated
cells with generally single slightly eccentric and oval nuclei, coarse
chromatin and small round nucleoli if seen. The pale blue cytoplasm is
typically mild in amounts and sometimes vacuolated. Cytoplasmic
margins are often irregular and faintly distinct giving the cells a
wispy or veil-like appearance. Anisocytosis, anisokaryosis and
variation in N:C ratios are mild.

Microscopic
Interpretation
(Cytology)
Soft tissue sarcoma

Comments:
Primary consideration is soft tissue sarcoma (e.g. hemangiopericytoma,
soft tissue sarcoma of peripheral nerve sheath origin, fibrosarcoma,
etc.). These neoplasms tend to present as solitary, soft to firm and
slow growing masses with poorly defined margins and invasive
tendencies into surrounding tissue structures. Metastasis, although
rare, tends to be via hematogenous routes to lungs, although regional
lymph nodes can also be involved.

im just sitting at work a mess right now

So sorry Jenn    It must be so hard not really understanding what's going on, and I'm not help deciphering that. I think it's good though that Metastasis is considered rare, so hopefully it hasn't spread.

I'm so sorry Jenn.  Sierra is like a member of our family and I'm in tears.  Hopefully they get everything out on Wednesday.  Unfortunately I don't know anything about this stuff either.