puggy_puggy Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Poppy's cast has gone stinky She has an appointment with her specalist this afternoon. Pretty sure the cast will have to be cut off. I am praying that it is only her elbow that has rubbed on the cast and caused a sore. I have poked cotton buds into the cast and the elbow area is where a bit of wetness and the stink is. Everywhere else the cotton bud comes out clean. She is still using her leg and isn't running a temprature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Poppy's cast has gone stinky She has an appointment with her specalist this afternoon. Pretty sure the cast will have to be cut off. I am praying that it is only her elbow that has rubbed on the cast and caused a sore. I have poked cotton buds into the cast and the elbow area is where a bit of wetness and the stink is. Everywhere else the cotton bud comes out clean. She is still using her leg and isn't running a temprature. Any smell what so ever straight to the vet. Its imperative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Specalist has seen her and he wasn't going to take the cast off untill I hinted that he really should. He actually didn't think it smelt so bad. It took 3 of us to hold her still to get a sedative injection into her. Turns out that the cast was rubbing on her elbow and where a pin was inserted, which is what I thought was happening. I think that a small abscess drained itself as it stunk more when we took the bandages off the cast then when we opened the cast up itself. Apart from a little rubbing the leg is healthy. The incision, where the operation was performed has healed up nicely. Poppy had her leg cleaned, rebandaged and the front of the cast put back on. She is still groggy but I bet back to screaming to be out of her crate agian tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Good that you insisted on it being checked out. Could have proved to have made matters worse if it was left, by the sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Glad it's all cleaned up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Glad it's all cleaned up now So am I. I don't think I could have coped with the smell in bed again tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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