... and the Bad

At the vet yesterday, well, not good. It looks like Bear's nasty looking spot might not be a simple hot spot or other ouwie. The vet scrapped it and looked at the cells under the microscope. He saw mostly white cells, but he did see some "bad" cells, meaning tumor cells.

Now, I may not have this exactly right, but this is the way I understand it. These tumor cells are seeing in both benign or malignant disease. Benign disease usually doesn't present as skin lesions. The malignant disease, however, can present as skin lesions. Of course, this could be a simple infection.

So Bear gets one week to make those bad cells go away with some antibiotics. And then back to the vet for a recheck next Saturday. If it is the malignant disease, then he would need a wide excision to remove the affected area. And that would be bad.