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Sammy, the glue was put in in order to pull the original lesion together in addition to stitches. Although the surgeon was able to put his entire hand in the lesion, he could not reach the end and so could not stitch there and so, he bunged in loads of glue to help bring the whole thing together. There is still glue in the original lesion but it is gradually degrading. This errant spike of glue decided to make a bid for freedom.
I did suggest to the nurse that I might keep it as a souvenir but she treated my remark as an off colour joke and promptly dropped the lump from her tweezers into the bin. It had a stitch hanging from it which I could have used to tie it to my saddle. Missed opportunity.