A small dog recently terrified her owners after doctors discovered a foreign object in her abdomen. The family feared it could be a tumor – until an exam revealed the surprising truth!

The female pup named Dandy was taken to the MedVet Akron veterinarians in October by her owner, Tori Shank, after she had been vomiting repeatedly for over a week. She couldn't even keep water down.

An ultrasound then delivered the shock: A striking abnormality was found in the dog's abdominal cavity.

The team braced for the worst. Had Dandy developed cancer or possibly an incurable disease?

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Moreover, the location of the foreign object was anything but easy to reach. Still, they immediately set in motion everything needed for surgery to remove a potential tumor.

Before the procedure, however, the vets wanted to get a closer look at the foreign body using an endoscopic exam. "And that's when we got the best possible news," reads the Facebook post from MedVet.

The tumor turned out to be something every family keeps in the kitchen: "It was a whole potato!"

Dandy had apparently grabbed the tuber, swallowed it, and then couldn't digest it. She apparently carried the potato around for two weeks.

After the positive turn, the vets removed the potato during a minor procedure and were relieved that they could help the four‑legged friend so easily and quickly.

"Dandy is doing well, and just in time for Halloween, she has the perfect costume: a baked potato," the team writes alongside a cute picture of the dressed‑up animal.

From now on, Tori will probably keep potatoes out of the house!