Tula Boo Boo

When we got back from the UK, we noticed a small button like bump on Tula's paw. We thought it was just one of us stepping on her foot during a walk, as they are prone to do that (get under your feet) at times. So we let it go. We noticed it wasn't going away, so the following week, we took her to the vets (and she is officially 50 pounds now, we found out on the scale!) and we decided to take the casual approach at first and put her on a heavy dose of antibiotics for a week. It wasn't going down, so I took her back to the vets yesterday and the number one possibility at this point is that is could be a histiocytoma. It's a solid benign tumor, common in puppies under 2 years old, and common in boxers. This confirms that she could be part boxer. We think her dad was a lab/boxer and her mom was a plottie. Anyway, they needed to take a small cell sample from the center of the lump. They took her away in the back to do this, which was good. I waited in the front lobby area, and I heard the saddest sound in the world, a little Tula, having to go under excruciating pain. The squeal that came from her just broke my heart. She came out with a bandage on her paw, and she was much tamer. She just sat down, and I gave her a few kisses and I fed her a biscuit (to gauge how distressed she was), but she ate it which was a good sign. She is doing very well right now. We won't know the results for at least a week. If it is a histiocytoma, there is a 50/50 chance she will need surgery. The other option is that it will regress on its own. Fingers crossed it will regress on it's own!