All's Well With Bella

Once upon a time, Bella's mommy took her in for an appointment with us. It was a straightforward appointment, Bella just wanted to get her teeth descaled and get a skin tag removed. Easy peasy.

While she was here, one of our vets suggested having an ultrasound done before the surgery. The vets said that she really showed no signs of any underlying problems, but her owner agreed anyways- it was just a quick ultrasound, just to be safe rather than sorry.

Dr. Paulina took little Bella in the ultrasound room and started away. A quick half an hour later, the reports came back and well, there was a tumour found on Bella’s spleen. Bella was happy, healthy, active and it was a good call for Bella’s mommy to give the go-ahead with the ultrasound; We wouldn’t have known the tumour was there otherwise. Luckily enough, the tumour was caught very early on and we even had it removed during the descaling and skin tag removal.

After the surgery, we sent the tumour samples off to the labs and a few weeks later it was declared benign! Yay! A happy ending to a good story. Anyways pet moms and dads, we just wanted to share this with you to highlight the importance of prevention and taking the extra step just to make sure- because sometimes you won’t really ever know until you take the proper steps to find out.