Luna's bump is back. It is even more visible because her fur is shaved from where she had surgery. Currently the bump is the size and shape of a drink coaster instead of the size and shape of an orange--like last time. We just had a chance to bathe her and get the dried blood off--Doc P wanted us to wait until the stiches were mostly dissolved. And now it looks like we aren't done torturing the poor thing.
I'm not buying the fungal infection theory. She's been on anti-fungals for weeks. This thing is coming back faster than before. Google isn't any better at diagnosing this than anyone else with a veterinarian degree. However, I just deep-dived into: hygroma, a fluid-filled sac that develops over bony prominences and pressure points, especially in large breeds of dogs. This results in a dense-walled, fluid-filled cavity.
This isn't exactly what's going on, but honestly, it's as good a theory as anything else at this point.
She's still spry. In fact, she just came running, her ears flapping and her tail wagging, when I called her inside. This wouldn't be so awful if we could just get to the bottom of what's going on. And--I'm just gonna say it because it is affecting all of us--given she's our biggest monthly expense at the moment, if we could have her healed cheaply, even better.
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