This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com
Gail, Bjarne had a penicillin resistant infection in his shoulder, which resulted in an abscess. Have they cultured the bacteria from the abscess? The vet put a drain in the incision and I flushed it daily for two weeks until there was no longer any bacteria present. A drain would probably be helpful since it recurs when it closes up! they foreign object may well be a splinter of wood which would not show up on x-rays! Jean > This message is from: Gail Russell <g...@zeliga.com> > > > We have a horse who stopped eating, and had a huge ulcer under his tongue, > plus an > abscess that opened and drained under his jaw, with the channel for the > abscess > going forward, toward his nose, toward the base of his tongue. > > We treated for over a month. The abscess channel was big enough that I could > put > my finger up to the second joint into the channel. I could feel bone on > either > side of my finger. All of the other tissue had been cleared out by the > abscess. > > We thought we had him well, but he relapsed as soon as the abscess healed > over. > > He is at the vet's now, awaiting anesthesia tomorrow AM to thoroughly examine > his > mouth and tongue, and then, probably another round of antibiotics. We found > he > needed antibiotics for anaerobic bacteria to get whatever the bug was. > > They X-rayed him today and could find no sign of metal foreign objects. They > also > did a barium injection into the abscess to see where the pocket went to. > > Experience and advice appreciated. The vets are trying, but are stumped. I > am not > wanting to take a 21 year old arthritic QH to a major vet hospital for this. > Hoping we can figure something out without that. Apparently exploratory > surgery is > quite likely to end badly due to all the nerves, ligaments, etc, under the > tongue. > > Jean Ernest...didn't Barney have some horrific infection that went on for a > long > time? > > Gail Russel. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
