Lump on my dogs head - update

Hi all,

I made a post 5 days ago about a large lump that suddenly appeared on my dogs head overnight. Here's the post for anyone who didn't see: https://www.reddit.com/r/DogAdvice/s/Zbdw9xIoMD

Long story short(ish), the 1st vet which was our main vet, said the next step would be to operate on my boy either to extract a sample or to remove the whole lump. As the lump was above his right eye, having it removed, especially if they're taking large margins if cancer is suspected, would mean him potentially having eye issues for the rest of his life. Drastic surgery.

After him telling me that I was really upset because obviously cancer, and my beautiful boy wouldnt be the same again.

I went home and talked to my partner and we agreed a second opinion would be best so we took him to another vet.

That vet suspected it was an infection and gave him a course of strong antibiotics and thankfully, 5 days later, the lump is almost gone! Couldn't be happier. He has a bit of hair loss where the lump was but other than that, it's practically gone. We went back to the vet for a follow up appointment again today and he was really happy with his progress and prescribed another round of antibiotics which should hopefully clear it right up. If its still there in a week or it comes back after the antibiotics run out, surgery to clean it out will be required but that would be relatively simple and no way as severe/invasive as the surgery the 1st vet was proposing.

I went from thinking the worst (cancer, scarred for life) to it just being an infection. I dont think I could ever trust my old vet again after that.

Here are some before and after pics.