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Originally Posted by jadabug  Quick update...the abscess seems to be breaking up. The knot is still there but some smaller. It was very hard at first and I could not manipulate it. This morning it is really loose and feels like a little marble moving around, I didn't call the vet but talked to my DIL vet tech and she said that is a really good sign that it is shrinking and the meds are working. |
Very happy to hear the meds are working!
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Originally Posted by jadabug Yes my vet did do a fine needle aspiration on the lump. That combined with the x-ray(which didn't show up anything) is how they determined it was an abscess. My vet talked about the situation with the lumps becoming serious enough to required amputation of limbs too, which scared the holy crap out of me. He said it was important to always err on the side of caution any time you feel a lump. I know the minute I felt this one on Bogie that it sure wasn't something normal and took him right in. |
Thank you for sharing this info.