[Sharon S]

Today’s follow up appt has me perplexed. It’s been 2 days since the founding suing & treatment of the he huge hotspot. Oliver won’t walk generally. He runs from spot to spot & quickly sits down. Yes he’s probably still uncomfortable but I can’t help but think he also won’t walk because he KNOWS I’ll carry him! The vet said we can do back X-rays. Guess that’s next if nothing changes. Any suggestions to ‘suss’ ‘ out if his behavior is just that, & not a ton of pain? The vet couldn’t identify major pain.

[Sharon S]

Well the vet said we did the right thing having his glands flushed. The glands were really swollen. Turns out this hot spot is the size of a grapefruit! Oliver is only a 20# dog! Gosh I hope this helps, we are in to day 8 of misery. I may yet have to have his stools analyses for a variety of possibilities. Wish me luck!

[Sharon S]

I just left my Oliver at the vet to flush out & inject antibiotics in his anal glands. They are going to also clean up a very bad hot spot at the base of his tail. The vet said he could have as many as 3 issues going on ( this after a miserable week at home after getting his glands expressed last Monday)

Issues: hot spot causing extreme pain
Anal glad compaction continues
Stool being too loose all the time

I’ve decided to hold off on the stool issue presently.

It’s been a horrible week for us both & my pocketbook. I did start the pumpkin purée. I don’t know what I will do if this doesn’t work.

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