CassandraSue
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Me again! My Russian tort seems to be doing well after surgery for an abscess on his throat. The vet says it's in a tough location, and she was unable to extract everything during surgery. We've been on a regimen of antibiotic injections, topical drops and cream.
We went for a checkup today and she says that although he seems to be doing well, and the wound is healing nicely, there is still a lump and the abscess is likely to recur once we are done with antibiotics (in a couple of months). In that case, we'd need another surgery.
So, my questions are: Do abscesses ever just not recur? And also, not for nothing, if surgery was the treatment and it didn't work the first time, why would it work the second time?
I want him to be well, but giving him surgery every few months doesn't sound like a solution. Is there any hope here?
(My tort, Leafy, is likely approx 15, but unsure of exact age. I've had him for 8 years.)
We went for a checkup today and she says that although he seems to be doing well, and the wound is healing nicely, there is still a lump and the abscess is likely to recur once we are done with antibiotics (in a couple of months). In that case, we'd need another surgery.
So, my questions are: Do abscesses ever just not recur? And also, not for nothing, if surgery was the treatment and it didn't work the first time, why would it work the second time?
I want him to be well, but giving him surgery every few months doesn't sound like a solution. Is there any hope here?
(My tort, Leafy, is likely approx 15, but unsure of exact age. I've had him for 8 years.)