Cassie119300
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Hello everyone,
I've posted on here before... on my prior thread My rabbit Budja's jaw abscess came back for the third time after 2 surgeries about Budja's. I'm basically updating on this. Another X-Ray was done, when I returned back from the UK to the US to do my visa from the USA and get Budja's a check up as she is with my parents. The X-ray was quite difficult to interpret and even the vet at Cornell could not interpret it 100%. There does appear to be jaw bone changes, a possible ear infection which cannot be confirmed, and 3 teeth shifting. The last kind of surgery performed was to flush out the abcess cavitity when the abcess had burst and manuka honey was instilled inside, the opening was allowed to close over. Budja's remained abcess free for 6-7 months as I was giving her Penicillin G injections every other day for 3 months along with Azithromycin the past 6 months and currently, however, where the lance had been done there remained some very thickened feeling tissue under her jaw even after it was well healed which never went away but didn't quite feel like an abscess. I believe this is because the abscess capsule was left intact, which I've read in several cases was not a good idea. The vet told me that the abscess capsule must have resorbed as it was not seen on the x-ray but this I don't believe. There is a weird sharp/bony point at the very bottom of her jaw which I'm thinking is some kind of bone fragment/tooth material. The vet doesn't believe any jaw pieces/bone fragments have broke off but couldn't confirm nor deny possible lysis/infection of jawbone but said it wasn't that serious, but really that not much could be said from the x-ray except there was jaw bone changes/possible thinning and shifting teeth. In addition to this mass feeling material under her jaw, which felt somewhat fluid like/like hard tissue/ and a piece that feels like a sharp bone point... there was a small dense bubble that remained directly on the corner of the jawbone/cheek area. This bubble recently grew a little denser/thicker and then shifted and moved up onto the cheek area and moved further down so it is now directly above the side of the jaw and now on the cheek literally just above the underside of her jaw with all the other matter. We will be going to Cornell on October 12th as my vet referred me to another vet there who can do a C-T scan and try and get to the bottom of what exactly is continuing to be an issue. There must be some foreign object/issue with a tooth.... every time Budja's teeth were looked at and x-rays were done, and when she had a dental trim... nothing was ever found wrong with her teeth apart from her teeth now shifting due to the mass structure under her jaw. This abscess is also not showing so much on the outside this time as her other ones had, it can only be felt when touching her cheek, so these are more hidden within muscle. Her current medications are Azithromycin, Meloxicam, and Benebac. She continues to eat well, drink well, is shedding still a bit, going to the bathroom good, seems to have a lot of growling stomach noises, but still chews on her wood toys a lot, even binkies at times, and seems to be relaxed but she does still do the constant jaw chewing motion at times. She does also have sore hocks which I put bag balm on, it seems under control, and I have a lot of blankets and padded areas she relaxes on for this. I have read here on the forums that there is someone named Randy who has experience with rabbit abscesses and I was wondering if anyone knew a way to get in touch with that person, as any additional insight at this point would be great, I fear osteomyelitis could be at play here... at this point in time, I don't want to jump to conclusions but no foreign object has ever seemed to be found, even though the first two abscesses were completely and entirely removed, and despite doing antibiotics long term and injections for 3 months... it still continues on. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks everyone.
I've posted on here before... on my prior thread My rabbit Budja's jaw abscess came back for the third time after 2 surgeries about Budja's. I'm basically updating on this. Another X-Ray was done, when I returned back from the UK to the US to do my visa from the USA and get Budja's a check up as she is with my parents. The X-ray was quite difficult to interpret and even the vet at Cornell could not interpret it 100%. There does appear to be jaw bone changes, a possible ear infection which cannot be confirmed, and 3 teeth shifting. The last kind of surgery performed was to flush out the abcess cavitity when the abcess had burst and manuka honey was instilled inside, the opening was allowed to close over. Budja's remained abcess free for 6-7 months as I was giving her Penicillin G injections every other day for 3 months along with Azithromycin the past 6 months and currently, however, where the lance had been done there remained some very thickened feeling tissue under her jaw even after it was well healed which never went away but didn't quite feel like an abscess. I believe this is because the abscess capsule was left intact, which I've read in several cases was not a good idea. The vet told me that the abscess capsule must have resorbed as it was not seen on the x-ray but this I don't believe. There is a weird sharp/bony point at the very bottom of her jaw which I'm thinking is some kind of bone fragment/tooth material. The vet doesn't believe any jaw pieces/bone fragments have broke off but couldn't confirm nor deny possible lysis/infection of jawbone but said it wasn't that serious, but really that not much could be said from the x-ray except there was jaw bone changes/possible thinning and shifting teeth. In addition to this mass feeling material under her jaw, which felt somewhat fluid like/like hard tissue/ and a piece that feels like a sharp bone point... there was a small dense bubble that remained directly on the corner of the jawbone/cheek area. This bubble recently grew a little denser/thicker and then shifted and moved up onto the cheek area and moved further down so it is now directly above the side of the jaw and now on the cheek literally just above the underside of her jaw with all the other matter. We will be going to Cornell on October 12th as my vet referred me to another vet there who can do a C-T scan and try and get to the bottom of what exactly is continuing to be an issue. There must be some foreign object/issue with a tooth.... every time Budja's teeth were looked at and x-rays were done, and when she had a dental trim... nothing was ever found wrong with her teeth apart from her teeth now shifting due to the mass structure under her jaw. This abscess is also not showing so much on the outside this time as her other ones had, it can only be felt when touching her cheek, so these are more hidden within muscle. Her current medications are Azithromycin, Meloxicam, and Benebac. She continues to eat well, drink well, is shedding still a bit, going to the bathroom good, seems to have a lot of growling stomach noises, but still chews on her wood toys a lot, even binkies at times, and seems to be relaxed but she does still do the constant jaw chewing motion at times. She does also have sore hocks which I put bag balm on, it seems under control, and I have a lot of blankets and padded areas she relaxes on for this. I have read here on the forums that there is someone named Randy who has experience with rabbit abscesses and I was wondering if anyone knew a way to get in touch with that person, as any additional insight at this point would be great, I fear osteomyelitis could be at play here... at this point in time, I don't want to jump to conclusions but no foreign object has ever seemed to be found, even though the first two abscesses were completely and entirely removed, and despite doing antibiotics long term and injections for 3 months... it still continues on. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks everyone.
