Lump or swelling after spay

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Hi all! I’m new here and wanted to see if this was normal...

I took my cat to get spayed Thursday (2/20/2020). I go to check her incisions Friday night and there’s a large lump from under the stitches. It feels firm but it doesn’t hurt her to touch it. She’s eating and drinking and acting like her usual self. I was wondering if this is normal? She was a little restless coming off the anesthesia but I tried to keep her from jumping on stuff.
she’s going to the vet tomorrow but I wanted to ask and see! This photo is of her incision today 2/23/2020
 

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Hi! Welcome!!

These are sometimes normal swellings, but just in case, if they allow it you might send that photo in to your vet to double-check what they think :).
 
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Hi all! Thank you for responding! :)
I sent one to the vet! They didn’t really tell me too much about it but they’re having me come in tomorrow just to make sure everything is okay. I just wanted to see if this is normal!
 
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Hi all! I just got back from the vet! She busted a stitch inside and the lump was from her fat coming through. Super thankful it wasn’t her intestines or anything like that. She’s in surgery now to get it fixed!
 

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Oh my gosh, good for you!! And thanks for the update--I'm sending lots of hugs and good thoughts!!
 
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Everything went very well! Thank you guys!!! She’s a suuuuper restless angry gal now because I won’t let her out of her little enclosed playpen since she wants to jump everywhere. Hopefully cuddles when she settles down 🤞🏻🥰
 
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My spooky had gotten spayed. And had the same thing i also was freaking out about it to so I know how you feel
Hopefully spooky is doing much better and had an easy recovery! I was definitely freaking out and I had to wait the weekend out before I could get her into the vet again! I’m more stressed about making sure she doesn’t jump on anything now which is hard to control. Thankfully she’s just been sleeping
 
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Hi! Is she hopefully a little less restless and grumpy today?
She’s been perfect today! She slept a good few hours in the playpen last night. Let her out of her to eat/drink and she went right back to sleep on the dog bed and hasn’t moved since!
 

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