 Before Surgery
You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of what his mucocele looked like before the surgery do you? My Bentley was stung by several bees a few years ago and when this happened they also ruptured his salivary glad. It would occassionally swell up on the right side of his neck and we would just have it drained and it would go away until the next year. This last time it came back and it was drained twice and we were sent to a specialist to talk about the surgery. It was not expressed that it needed to happen that second so we opted to put in a drain to try and allow the glad to close and repair itself. It seemed to have worked for the most part until recently. Now the mucocele has traveled to the front of the neck and has caused quite a bit of swelling. I had him in the vet a few weeks ago and the vet did not seem concerned. I am freaked out at this point and I have another appointment for them to try and drain it. I am more than willing to do the surgery if needed but I am not sure when to say "when". I am so concerned with him being able to eat, swallow and breathe and I check it out constantly. I feel like I am loosing sleep over this and not knowing when it "gets bad". Any advice would be so helpful....poor guy is only 5! |