As long as the vet does a thorough work up, complete physical and blood panel, including palpating the area, your pup should be in good hands. That your pup is romping alot and has a good appetite etc is a good sign. Good luck and pleaase reppost so we can all breathe a sigh of release when you get back from the vet with a good report

I've seen some dogs that get very large lymph nodes at that age due to inflammation from getting adult teeth/losing baby teeth. I'd consider running a tick-borne disease panel as well as the CBC and chem, depending on your area and prevalence of those diseases. We get a lot of those down here in the SE. As mazer mentioned, feeling well and acting normal is a good sign that it is nothing serious. You are very good at spotting things early, before they become major crises. Hoping for the best for you and Lily.

Mazer and Meghane- Thanks for your words of wisdom. I had not thought of the teeth. I am sure that this is all probably nothing to worry about, but you just never know. At least I have one out of the three dogs that is healthy for now, that being Sophie. Poor Gracie is still having a hard time of it too.

I will post when I know more tomorrow.

Linda

Just a quick update. We won't know much until probably tomorrow. The Vet. decided to aspirate and send it in to the cytology lab at our local Vet. school. Lily is teething like crazy so we are all hoping that this is the problem, but the nodes are so enlarged that he didn't want to take any chances. Hopefully we will get the cytology report and the lab work back tomorrow. Thankfully no other nodes are involved.

The only unexpected finding was that she had not gained any weight in the last two weeks, but at least she hasn't lost any. She was the runt of the litter and has been slow to gain weight anyway.

Linda