Simon Update
My Schnoodle, Simon, turned one year old April 4th. He’s truly been the sweetest, most gentle and loving dog I’ve ever known. And, naturally, he has totally won over my heart as well as Robert’s, my family’s, and pretty much everyone else’s who’s gotten to know him.
But last week he had a tiny bump on his neck, just behind his left ear, so off we went to visit Dr. Ringler who, if you’ve been a good reader and have kept track of my blogs, you will know is the best vet in the world. He took a look at him and thought it was a minor infection and gave me a spray to apply twice a day and antibiotic pills to give him once a day.
As the days went by though, I could tell that Simon’s neck was hurting by his expression. When you’ve been dealing with horses for as many years as I, you get to be very sensitive to what your animals are telling you in their own way. So back we marched to the vet. This time, Dr. Ringler thought we should test for fungus so we took a little sample and sent it off.
A few days later that test came back negative so we decided to wait and hope it would clear up in a day or two. But Simon’s neck just seemed to get worse and the spot on his neck, though not an open sore, seemed to be growing under the top layer of skin, now covering about the size of a quarter.
For the 3rd time we got in the car and went to see Dr. Ringler. This time he said we needed to shave the area to see exactly what was under there. A few minutes later we were both looking at an ugly lesion with a bunch of new tiny eruptions ready to open up, and the thing was obviously spreading. So, the doctor decided to take 2 biopsies, one at the edge of the main sore spot and the other of one of the tiny new sites. Now I’m a nervous father waiting until Friday when we get back the results. Dr. Ringler, with whom I’ve shared the lives of my beloved late pets, Half-Halt and Pirouette, reacted to my concern with is usual great bed-side manner and humor, reminding me that I couldn’t just have a dog with an easy to diagnose problem. After all, he had kept both my last 2 dogs alive until each was 18 years old, even through replaced hips and pace-makers.
The worst thing beside the wait is that poor Simon, because of his stitches, has to wear a neck cone, which he hated. Of course, Robert reminded me that there are new, more comfortable, blow-up ones, sort of like the neck pillows you can buy to use on a plane. He’s a lot happier with this one and being more patient than I as we wait for the verdict!
I’ll keep Simon’s fans informed with the outcome of the test.
Cheers!
RD
melissa — February 3, 2010 @ 11:39 pm
how is simon?
i that bump is gone by now
melissa
Cori Johnson — February 5, 2010 @ 12:25 pm
How is he doing…. long time since an update but I know it all worked out okay.
Lorraine Austin — September 8, 2011 @ 9:02 pm
My schnoodle Nutmeg is the love of my life and has the same thing you described on your pup. Our vet is baffled we have been on 4 rounds of meds since 7/28/11 with no progress. Going back again. What was the outcome? Did you ever discover the cause? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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