Re: [PyrNet-L] RE: pyrnet-l-digest.19990909

["NANCY DIROCCO" <NDIROCCO@berkshire.net>]

Good news.  Well we are back  and saw my regular vet this morning.  After
examning Molly, he seems to to think that it is a hot spot that she has
irritated and nothing more.  The swelling seems down a bit, and there is no
further oozing from it.  We are going to watch it (I am a RN) and treat  it
with Gold Bond and oral antibiotics for a week.  Aside from her shape
shifting under the  chair in the exam rooom which is her claim to fame in
that office, she is none the worse for wear and was very happy  to be able
to eat and driink when we got home.
Nancy



>Subject: [PyrNet-L] Re:????lesion
>Yesterday, as I was brushing Molly I came across a 2" diameter  and about
1"
>deep bump on the back of Molly's head.  By this morning, it had a small bit
>of serous (blood colored clear liquid)  oozing from it, but nothing
infected
>looking.  Took her to the vet this afternoon, shaved down the area, and she
>tried to needle aspirate it, but to no avail.  Gave her a couple shots of
>antibiotics and she is going back in the morning when they will open it up
>under anesthesia and see what could be causing it.  She did feel a bit warm
>too touch but temp was only 102.
>We just came back from cape cod , and thinking later on ,it could be one of
>two things--- there are a load of wood ticks there and possiibly  one
>burrowed in unchecked,  or it is a reaction to a spider bite,, of which
>there were also plenty.
>
>To me this sounds more like a spider bite.  Spider venom kills the tissues,
>including nerve cells, in a slowly expanding circular area around the
>original bite.  Infection follows.  Particularly insidious as there may be
>little pain due to dead nerve cells.  Particularly serious as "dead-tissue"
>infections follow.  These are the anaerobic infections like gangrene.
>
>Hate to be a panic monger, but better panic than malaise where our pups are
>concerned.
>
>Jack Mowery and Belle of the Amarillo Mountains