Thanks for the support and the knowledge guys! Izzy is hanging in there. The vet suggested that every night, about 30 minutes after we give her the tramadol, we continue to lightly massage her paw and 'dab up' the stuff that comes out. We've done it every night for about 15 minutes. Clear liquid has been coming out, a little pink, a little yellow, but nothing like what I would have expected to be infection.
Last night, gunk just poured out of it. Thick, yellow, gunk. These poor dogs that are dealing with this, what a nightmare. For lack of a better word, we 'sopped up' almost 15 gauze pads full of it, and only stopped because she was starting to pull her leg away since it was sore. We then iced it and let her sleep. This morning the swelling is down some, so maybe it's helping.
Our vet apparently has a board he's visiting similar to ours, but is vets only. Maybe its a listserv, I'm not sure. He said he was doing some research to see if anybody had any luck with aspirating those swellings to get the fungus out or if that just added to the problem. Seems like the faster we get it out of the dog's body, the less it has a chance to reproduce and spread. He said he'd let me know next week, and to let him know how she was doing and we got some of the gunk out of there.
Our pascalite clay was delayed in shipping. Should be here on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the meantime I'm going to see if I can get lucky and our holistic pet products store carries some..unlikely, but worth a shot.
As for everything else, she seems to be doing ok. Hits the wall energy wise after you give her the fluconazole. Pretty good energy, definitely a healthy appetite. Hope the good days last for a while! And hope the other pups are doing ok today!
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Topic: a new awful skin lesion for izzy (Read 1247 times)