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My cat, Blix, has had a persistent foot infection since September 4 (24 days now). He is under a vet's care, and I was wondering if any one else here has had a similar experience, and, especially what was the final outcome? We have another vet visit tomorrow (Sept. 30), and I want to brace myself for possibilities.
That is my basic question. Here is the case history (I am relying on memory, so not sure about some dates):
On Saturday, Sept. 3rd, Blix was in our back yard. We have made it so that he cannot get out of the yard. But there was a feral cat who made it into the yard, and started a fight with Blix. I broke up the fight, and checked Blix for wounds. I didn't see anything. But he was limping, and, being an idiot, thought maybe he sprained his ankle in the fight.
On Sunday, I took a closer look at his foot and noticed a small hole in his paw (right front foot). It did not look deep, but I decided to take him to my vet on Tuesday (the vet was closed Monday due to being Labor Day).
On Monday (Labor Day), I noticed there was pus coming out of the wound. With my vet being closed I drove him to the Purdue University Emergency Vet Clinic, about 8 miles away. They opened his wound, so that it would drain, and supplied Blix with antibiotics and pain meds. He did well, but dutifully took Blix my regular vet for a follow-up visit on Monday, Sept. 12. By that time his meds ran out. Everything looked good.
However, on Friday or so, I noticed pus back on the wound, and took him back to the vet. An abscess had formed. My vet did some x-rays and ultrasound, made a couple of incisions to get the abscess to drain, and gave him a shot of antibiotics and pain meds.
So far, the abscess/infection has not abated. It waxes and wanes. We've been going back and forth to vet. Day before yesterday, my vet said that everything points to a foreign body that maybe worked its way into the wound after the original bite. It's wouldn't be part of a tooth, since it would have shown up in the x-rays. Anyway, tomorrow (Sept. 30), I'll be bringing Blix in again; they are going to inject some high contrast dye and do more x-rays.
So anybody with a similar experience, I would really like to know how thinks worked out.
I thank everyone in advance for any insights or advice, suggestions, etc.
That is my basic question. Here is the case history (I am relying on memory, so not sure about some dates):
On Saturday, Sept. 3rd, Blix was in our back yard. We have made it so that he cannot get out of the yard. But there was a feral cat who made it into the yard, and started a fight with Blix. I broke up the fight, and checked Blix for wounds. I didn't see anything. But he was limping, and, being an idiot, thought maybe he sprained his ankle in the fight.
On Sunday, I took a closer look at his foot and noticed a small hole in his paw (right front foot). It did not look deep, but I decided to take him to my vet on Tuesday (the vet was closed Monday due to being Labor Day).
On Monday (Labor Day), I noticed there was pus coming out of the wound. With my vet being closed I drove him to the Purdue University Emergency Vet Clinic, about 8 miles away. They opened his wound, so that it would drain, and supplied Blix with antibiotics and pain meds. He did well, but dutifully took Blix my regular vet for a follow-up visit on Monday, Sept. 12. By that time his meds ran out. Everything looked good.
However, on Friday or so, I noticed pus back on the wound, and took him back to the vet. An abscess had formed. My vet did some x-rays and ultrasound, made a couple of incisions to get the abscess to drain, and gave him a shot of antibiotics and pain meds.
So far, the abscess/infection has not abated. It waxes and wanes. We've been going back and forth to vet. Day before yesterday, my vet said that everything points to a foreign body that maybe worked its way into the wound after the original bite. It's wouldn't be part of a tooth, since it would have shown up in the x-rays. Anyway, tomorrow (Sept. 30), I'll be bringing Blix in again; they are going to inject some high contrast dye and do more x-rays.
So anybody with a similar experience, I would really like to know how thinks worked out.
I thank everyone in advance for any insights or advice, suggestions, etc.