And how will you keep him from scratching or even pulling the drain off?
I do hope that eveything works right for him.
I'm worried about Rosie.
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He is sitting right next to me wrapped up in a towel and placed on a soft cushy pillow. So when he moves to scratch, I just grab his little foot and gently tell him, no way dude.
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Geez. The smell of his abcess is EVERYWHERE. It's horrible. I've washed my hands, changed shirts, and I can still smell it everywhere.
I just made Velveeta Shells and Cheese and I swear to Christ that it smells like Rosie's abcess. I can't even eat it now.
I never dreamed that anything could smell THIS BAD.
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Geez. The smell of his abcess is EVERYWHERE. It's horrible. I've washed my hands, changed shirts, and I can still smell it everywhere.
I just made Velveeta Shells and Cheese and I swear to Christ that it smells like Rosie's abcess. I can't even eat it now.
I never dreamed that anything could smell THIS BAD.
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Thanks you guys!
I finally fell out around 8:15 pm and took a nap.
Rosie ate his whole bowl of Critical Care and some hay while I was asleep and now he's working on a bowl of shredded veggies.
When he's done eating we are going to Flush The Hated Smelly Abcess. I'm gonna teach Xan to do it so maybe I won't have to (heh, heh, heh).
Seriously, though, he seems to be doing a lot better after the anesthesia has completely worn off and all. Thanks to everybody following Rosie's journey.
In the words of the vet tech, J., who showed me how to flush his abcess today: "He's an INCREDIBLE pig. What heart!! To be so old and so sick and to still keep fighting! Rosie's a trooper."
I finally fell out around 8:15 pm and took a nap.
Rosie ate his whole bowl of Critical Care and some hay while I was asleep and now he's working on a bowl of shredded veggies.
When he's done eating we are going to Flush The Hated Smelly Abcess. I'm gonna teach Xan to do it so maybe I won't have to (heh, heh, heh).
Seriously, though, he seems to be doing a lot better after the anesthesia has completely worn off and all. Thanks to everybody following Rosie's journey.
In the words of the vet tech, J., who showed me how to flush his abcess today: "He's an INCREDIBLE pig. What heart!! To be so old and so sick and to still keep fighting! Rosie's a trooper."
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We took some more pictures.
Here is one of Rosie's tube, from inside his mouth, next to his bottom right incisor:
http://photos.imageevent.com/paravati/r ... thtube.jpg
Here is a better picture of the tube from under his chin. You can see the hole we're flushing with Nolvasan and the stitches:
http://photos.imageevent.com/paravati/r ... _tube4.jpg
Here is one of Rosie's tube, from inside his mouth, next to his bottom right incisor:
http://photos.imageevent.com/paravati/r ... thtube.jpg
Here is a better picture of the tube from under his chin. You can see the hole we're flushing with Nolvasan and the stitches:
http://photos.imageevent.com/paravati/r ... _tube4.jpg
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Well, the vet said that first we needed to get rid of this massive infection. She wants him to stay on the Baytril for a while, and we will know the results of the culture soon. Once the infection has toned down a bit, she says there's a lot of scar tissue inside the abcess that has to be removed. And if it doesn't get much better, that the tooth will have to come out. I think it was just so bad when she went in there this time that she didn't want to further traumatize him by taking out the tooth just yet. I hate it that he'll have to go back for ANOTHER surgery, but I will just have to trust her in this case.
Rosie is fast becoming one of the most expensive pigs we've ever had here. He is eclipsed only by Tigger, the $1400 pig. What is it about the ornery little boys that makes your heart melt??
Rosie is fast becoming one of the most expensive pigs we've ever had here. He is eclipsed only by Tigger, the $1400 pig. What is it about the ornery little boys that makes your heart melt??
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Thanks, E. I've never seen a drain, period. Hehe. So this is ALL new to me.
He's doing much better today. He gets his Meloxicam (.12 in the morning and again at night) and then nods off for a bit. He will wake up after about 20 minutes and spring around the cage, hopping from water bottle to pellet dish to CC mix to bowl of shredded veggies to bowl of specially cut up fruits to Timmy hay to Blugrass hay and back to water bottle again. (His whole cage is an experiment in Getting This Pig To Eat). He chows down until he's tired and then goes back to sleep again. Amazingly, he has gained weight and is now over 900grams.
His abcess has reduced in size. Now, the swelling is mostly to the right of the tube and follows the path of the tube down his neck. I can still feel a bit of the scar tissue in there but it's nowhere near as swollen as it was yesterday. It still stinks when we flush it, though.
He's doing much better today. He gets his Meloxicam (.12 in the morning and again at night) and then nods off for a bit. He will wake up after about 20 minutes and spring around the cage, hopping from water bottle to pellet dish to CC mix to bowl of shredded veggies to bowl of specially cut up fruits to Timmy hay to Blugrass hay and back to water bottle again. (His whole cage is an experiment in Getting This Pig To Eat). He chows down until he's tired and then goes back to sleep again. Amazingly, he has gained weight and is now over 900grams.
His abcess has reduced in size. Now, the swelling is mostly to the right of the tube and follows the path of the tube down his neck. I can still feel a bit of the scar tissue in there but it's nowhere near as swollen as it was yesterday. It still stinks when we flush it, though.
SHOP AMAZON 
