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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  It sounds like we are basically dealing with something very similar to what Cathy's Teddy went through. I wish I would have had these responses before we went, but I am so glad I didn't try to wait this out till Monday, and my vet was glad I brought her back in this morning. She has a fever and is in quite a bit of pain. He wasn't the vet that did her dental, but her notes indicate it was a routine extraction with no complications. He feels it's a bleed causing the problems not an abscess but started her on antibiotics and extended her anti inflammatory meds. In the link Maximo provided with pictures of Teddy, Mylee's eye is not nearly that red, it is just swollen. |
Teddy's eye wasn't really red - it was just bulging. Three days after antibiotics were started, the situation didn't improve so I took him to a vet hospital and that's when they had to do the detailed work up. I've since had he opportunity to talk to quite a few other people about Teddy's odd situation and the theory was that these tiny jaws and removal of certain larger teeth just create trauma to the area and can impact the salivary glands. Or the dental disease itself sets up the bone loss and things can get whacked out.
If she doesn't improve quickly, I think she will need a specialty hospital with the ability to do a CT scan and see what's going on. A retained tooth root wouldn't be that unusual and it does not mean something was done wrong.