TinysMom
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I thought about taking a picture and sharing it - but I'm not sure if I am up to it.
Zeus had an abscessed tooth several weeks ago. The vet wanted to put him on antibiotics for 2 weeks before doing surgery - just to keep the infection from going into his blood stream (or at least have something there in case it did? Not sure exactly).
Then the abscess appeared to go away.....and when Zeus' meds were gone - I figured we were still ok.
The abscess however came back - in full force. I called for a renewal of his prescription last week and scheduled his surgery for Wednesday.
The abscess is continually growing. I'm NOT going to lance it or drain it - I've always been told to wait until they're ready to burst on their own - otherwise you risk spreading the infection.
Right now the abscess feels like two abscesses that are attached to each other....and its probably the size of an egg.
He's still eating and drinking pretty good and fights when he gets his meds.
I'd appreciate prayers though that he does ok until Wednesday and that when the vet does the surgery she can get the abscess removed intact.
We lost Jar Jar a few weeks ago to something like what Thor was going through and the vet had him on meds, etc. but I think his case had been made worse cause I tried to lance them instead of leaving them intact for the vet to get.
By the time she saw him and got him on meds...she was worried that he might have an abscess too close to the jugular vein...unfortunately he didn't do well on the meds and passed away before the surgery could be done.
So while abscesses don't normally bother me ..... I'm now very paranoid.
Zeus had an abscessed tooth several weeks ago. The vet wanted to put him on antibiotics for 2 weeks before doing surgery - just to keep the infection from going into his blood stream (or at least have something there in case it did? Not sure exactly).
Then the abscess appeared to go away.....and when Zeus' meds were gone - I figured we were still ok.
The abscess however came back - in full force. I called for a renewal of his prescription last week and scheduled his surgery for Wednesday.
The abscess is continually growing. I'm NOT going to lance it or drain it - I've always been told to wait until they're ready to burst on their own - otherwise you risk spreading the infection.
Right now the abscess feels like two abscesses that are attached to each other....and its probably the size of an egg.
He's still eating and drinking pretty good and fights when he gets his meds.
I'd appreciate prayers though that he does ok until Wednesday and that when the vet does the surgery she can get the abscess removed intact.
We lost Jar Jar a few weeks ago to something like what Thor was going through and the vet had him on meds, etc. but I think his case had been made worse cause I tried to lance them instead of leaving them intact for the vet to get.
By the time she saw him and got him on meds...she was worried that he might have an abscess too close to the jugular vein...unfortunately he didn't do well on the meds and passed away before the surgery could be done.So while abscesses don't normally bother me ..... I'm now very paranoid.
