Please send healthy vibes for Rosie *UPDATE*

AWWW Rosie is just too cute in that picture. Monday can't come fast enough! I will be praying for that lump to be benign. :cross: Pipsqueak has a couple of lumps, the size of a grape and a bit hard. Between his front legs and one on his side. We removed one and it was a fatty tumor!! The other was aspirated and was of a fatty consistency as well. So we left it alone. Hoping Rosie's is fatty too.

I. too, pray the lump is benign. She is beautiful! Sending all the healing vibes I can!
 

Rosie is gorgeous! Sending a few vibes.  Waiting is the pits

Lots of love and good health vibes for beautiful Rosie. My kitties and I are praying that the lump is benign!

Oh Rosie!! I really hope it's nothing, lots of love and healing vibes for Rosie

Susan, I feel for you - very worrying, waiting to know. I had a cat, juniper, who used to get cysts on his neck. He had several removed over hte years, all benign.

for Rosie today. And :grphug: for momma.

Quick update!!. She's home and resting in my bedroom.

All went well and the vet rang to say her microchip had moved and it was in the middle of the lump.

Hes still sent it off to be tested, but said he thinks the microchip has caused her tissue to have a reaction?!. When l picked her up the nurse said it was smooth and pink and looked like an abcess. She said its common for them to move, but in the ten years she's been at the practice she's only seen this twice.

We should have her results by Friday, so lm still hoping its benign, but l feel a bit more positive after hearing this

I would feel much better about this, too - it seems quite likely that the microchip has caused the lump.  I didn't realize that it was common for microchips to move around the body - good information to know.

Sorry you still need to wait for test results.    At least they'll be in fairly soon ( I know, not soon enough) and Rosie is home and doing alright.

Oh that is good news. Hopefully it is only the microchip that caused the issue. the test results confirm nothing is wrong.

CatNamedPanda said:

Oh that is good news. Hopefully it is only the microchip that caused the issue.

the test results confirm nothing is wrong.

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Who knew those microchips could move around like that!

Troubling information (very troubling/alarming information) regarding microchips has been around for several years. Worth reading, looking into.

This article mentions info from the UK, so I'm including it here

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, potential health risks associated with implantable microchips include "adverse tissue reaction". Based on data from the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, this can include "swelling", "infection", "abscesses", and "tumors".

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http://www.naturalnews.com/030108_microchips_animals.html

Unfortunately, it's a known fact that a microchip can migrate away from its original location. And, from what I've read, this can be a problem with older microchips.

I'm praying that Rosie will be all right now and there will be no further complications.

This is a local story from my state, here in MA

http://catdefender.blogspot.com/2010/11/bulkin-contracts-cancer-from-implanted.html

http://www.newswithviews.com/Albrecht/katherine100.htm

http://www.chipmenot.org/bulkin.htm

Susan, I really hope that's all there is to it!!! It sure sounds like it. :cross:

I was feeling a bit positive until l read those links 

Oh, I'm really sorry. They were just for information, not to cause you to be more worried, please believe me. 

(((HUGS)))

Yikes!  I was thinking of getting Angel micro chiped, even though he is indoor only now, but now, I'm not so sure I'd want to.

The links warn of a potential risk, certainly. But let's do try to keep it in perspective. :heart2: As pointed out, literally millions of cats have been microchipped. And unlike over the counter flea medications, we are not hearing about thousands of cats annually developing cancerous tumors from microchip implants. There is risk with ANY "medical device." Pacemakers can go haywire, insulin pumps can result in injection-site infections... yet should people stop getting pacemakers or using insulin pumps?

Susan, please try not to worry. :heart2: I know - much easier said than done. The likelihood that there is a problem beyond inflamed tissue is very, very low. And the biopsy is being done to provide peace of mind and certainty. :rub:

True. Your right Laurie. 

For Rosie.

I think that on the whole that is very good news. What will they do, Susan? remove the chip? Put another one in? A difficult decision.

On the chipmenot.org web site there is a video of a horse having a microchip removed due to a huge lump/abscess caused by the chip. The video is private, so it can't be viewed.

http://www.chipmenot.org/links.htm

Anyway, in my mind, there is probably a much greater chance for a benign complication such as an abscess caused by a microchip to develop than something far more life-threatening. However, cats and dogs have had/do have life-threatening complications, so I absolutely don't believe that being aware of this fact would make a pet parent extremely, unreasonably fearful. It's good to know the facts because information can protect us.

Also, in my mind anyway, the Our Mission section on the chipmenot.org web site is very necessary, very positive information, designed to help us all.

http://www.chipmenot.org/ourmission.htm

Personally, I would not take a tissue reaction lightly and would never, ever allow another microchip to be installed after a dear, beloved kitty has had such a reaction.