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dryoasis88 · 10-15-2011, 04:12 AM

Well Hepburn slept the whole night apparently pain free but this morning was not doing well. I took him in at 8am and saw the husband of the vet I talked to last night, who is also a vet at the practice I go to. He took one look at his ear, put in a q-tip and out came a lot of red-brown fluid and Hepburn screeched. Turns out his ear has a massive infection that developed very quickly and is completely swollen shut so they can't even see if something is in there or not (i.e. foreign body). So he gave Hepburn a anti-inflammatory per injection, an antibiotic in his ear after he cleaned as much of the gross stuff out as possible, a pain medicine with an extra dose for tonight and tomorrow morning and said be there at 10am tomorrow. He will put him under for about 10 minutes to get a good look in his ear (he wants to use just an injection, but I will discuss this with him in the morning based on cost and risk, I prefer gas anesthesia but Hepburn has had and tolerated both). Afterwards he will be on antibiotics depending on the severity of what they find. If it is already on the other side of the ear drum, they may have to open up the middle ear and insert a drain to avoid causing permanent balance issues.

Oh a good note though, Hepburn is happy and playing, running around like his normal self. He still scratches at his ear and shakes his head, but probably because the ear is full of fluid ickiness and he can't understand why it feels weird. His pain is relieved for the time being and I am just happy to know what is going on and be one step closer to solving the issue.

Thanks for all your support and I will post an update after our visit tomorrow!

10-15-2011, 04:12 AM	#9
dryoasis88 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 99	Update Well Hepburn slept the whole night apparently pain free but this morning was not doing well. I took him in at 8am and saw the husband of the vet I talked to last night, who is also a vet at the practice I go to. He took one look at his ear, put in a q-tip and out came a lot of red-brown fluid and Hepburn screeched. Turns out his ear has a massive infection that developed very quickly and is completely swollen shut so they can't even see if something is in there or not (i.e. foreign body). So he gave Hepburn a anti-inflammatory per injection, an antibiotic in his ear after he cleaned as much of the gross stuff out as possible, a pain medicine with an extra dose for tonight and tomorrow morning and said be there at 10am tomorrow. He will put him under for about 10 minutes to get a good look in his ear (he wants to use just an injection, but I will discuss this with him in the morning based on cost and risk, I prefer gas anesthesia but Hepburn has had and tolerated both). Afterwards he will be on antibiotics depending on the severity of what they find. If it is already on the other side of the ear drum, they may have to open up the middle ear and insert a drain to avoid causing permanent balance issues. Oh a good note though, Hepburn is happy and playing, running around like his normal self. He still scratches at his ear and shakes his head, but probably because the ear is full of fluid ickiness and he can't understand why it feels weird. His pain is relieved for the time being and I am just happy to know what is going on and be one step closer to solving the issue. Thanks for all your support and I will post an update after our visit tomorrow!