I am pretty sure I have found another abcess on Mack's jaw last night during his dailiy flush. It is in a new position entirely to the previous ones and my only explanation is that the infection may be travelling through his mandible.
I've got a really tough decision to make and I am very much torn between my head and my heart at the moment....I promised myself after the last one that I would not have him operated on again, he has had 3 ops and 4 abcesses in six months, been to the vets on at least a weekly basis, developed mites from stress, his weight yo-yo's constantly and every day I have to pry him our from under his shelter to burrito him and clean his wound which stresses us both out beyond belief. Sometimes he even squeaks.
He also had a local skin reaction to his engemycin injection last week, though this has now subsided.
My head says we still have options and my heart says he has no quality of life if we continue treatment. I'm so torn, I don't want to give up on him after all he's been through but I equally want whatever I do to be in his best interests and not mine.
I've got a really tough decision to make and I am very much torn between my head and my heart at the moment....I promised myself after the last one that I would not have him operated on again, he has had 3 ops and 4 abcesses in six months, been to the vets on at least a weekly basis, developed mites from stress, his weight yo-yo's constantly and every day I have to pry him our from under his shelter to burrito him and clean his wound which stresses us both out beyond belief. Sometimes he even squeaks.
He also had a local skin reaction to his engemycin injection last week, though this has now subsided.
My head says we still have options and my heart says he has no quality of life if we continue treatment. I'm so torn, I don't want to give up on him after all he's been through but I equally want whatever I do to be in his best interests and not mine.
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