 Update
I posted the following on another thread in response to a question so I thought I would post it here too. Ivan's problems just seem to get worse as time goes on.
The news on him just keeps getting worse. The hip pain is pretty much gone but all he does is lay around the house. He acts like he is bored out of his mind. I took him to the vet last Thursday because it appeared to me that he had an anal gland infection (which he has had before). The vet shave his bum only to see three swollen angry looking lumps around the top of his anus. She said they looked like they could be developing fistulas and those would require surgery to remove. Either that or put him on a really strong antibiotic but he would have to go off of his anti-inflammatory for the two weeks he would be on it. We don't know what to do! It seems like no matter which way we lean with this poor guy he ends up in pain. On top of that he has something wrong with the corners of his mouth. He gets this crud that looks like dried dog food. The vet told me what it was but I was in shell shock from the other news to remember all of it. So I am Washing his bum twice a day with a warm towel - leaving it on as a compress for 5-10 minutes before that and apply Tritop. It is a nasty job but if you could see his poor butt you'd want to do anything in your power to take care of it. I won't even think about takeing a picture to show you.
Anyway, We go back to the vet this Thursday. Wish us luck!
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