Correction! Hemangioma, not hematoma.

[jorats]

My mom's little hairless girl was diagnosed with auricular hemangioma. In the beginning it looked like a small black dot on the ear. It continued to grow until one day it started to bleed and wouldn't stop. Jani needed surgery to have a part of her beautiful dumbo ear removed.
The surgery was very quick and easy but Jani had quite some pain after which was managed with metacam.

Jani before:

Jani with the small black dot:

And after surgery...

She's doing very well now.

 

[blytherue]

aww poor baby, glad she's doing well though

 

[ryelle]

what a gorgeous little rattie!

so what is a Auricular Hematoma? how do they come about etc.?

 

[jorats]

I'm not entirely sure... here's what it says on the Ratguide: http://ratguide.com/health/auricle_ear/ ... matoma.php

Something about bacterial or fungi conditions and rats scratching their ears...

 

[Dahlas]

What a sweet little girl. Tell her I think she is beautiful.......lots of celebrities get "work" done....why should beautiful Janie be any different!!!

 

[eagle]

What a sweet little girl. Tell her I think she is beautiful.......lots of celebrities get "work" done....why should beautiful Janie be any different!!!

I agree, she is very beautiful. :nod:

 

[Godmother]

Poor little sweetie! Glad she is OK now. It's really helpful to see the black dot, so we know what to look out for.

 

[Sharlees rattakisses]

What a sweetheart!! :heart: I am glad that everything turned out well for her!! :cuddle:

 

[lindsayfawn]

Poor girl, That must have hurt. She's still a cutie even with half an ear. Lots of cuddles to her!

 

[theratlady]

hmm gonna have to ask my boss what the difference is between aural hematoma and Auricular Hematoma

 

[jorats]

hmm gonna have to ask my boss what the difference is between aural hematoma and Auricular Hematoma

Did a google and it looks like it's the same?? But with this... I went through my mom's notes and we had it wrong. It's hemangioma, not hematoma for Jani.