Post by pinky on Feb 8, 2013 17:56:36 GMT -4
Dr. Applegate and I just laughed. . . . there we were, together again in the examining room that I'd been in only three weeks before with Mable, except this time I had Jill with me. I had found a pink swelling in her vaginal area last night and didn't want it to get to the point where she was unable to urinate. The physical exam yielded a couple hypotheses: tumor, cyst, abscess. I signed the paper to permit anesthesia and off she went to be studied.
In about fifteen minutes Dr. A came back into the room with that "I have a story for you!" look on his face. He boosted himself up onto the sink counter and said, "I found three things. The swelling is an abscess. I lanced it and drained it. But I also found two other things. . . "
(Can you guess?)
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"Testicles!"
We both burst out laughing. Apparently "she" has SO much chub that they're not evident from the outside. I had always thought that the two openings seemed far apart for a female, but since "she" is so large and long I figured that everything was stretched out. He said that he tried to draw the testicles out into the usual position, but they wouldn't stay there. I think he felt a little sheepish because he had examined her once before and hadn't figured this out then.
The abscess is what is known as a preputial abscess. It surrounds the opening of the prepuce, the sheath for the penis.
Treatment: antibiotic (Baytril to start, and if that doesn't work we'll switch to something else; a culture would tell what organism was responsible, but it cost a fortune, so I passed on it); also Metacam for inflammation.
Could be that this is the result of "her" being so low to the ground and loving to run in a pee-filled wheel, and then not able to easily reach the penile region to groom. (Note: I clean the wheel twice a day and it's not enough. )
So with that story told, it's time to meet Gilberto!
Post-anesthesia, with opthalmic lubricant on his face; looking a little sad. . .
Wednesday, nomming on scrambled egg and kale:
Silly Jilly has officially become Silly Gilly!
It is going to take a while for me to adjust my speech!
So how's that for a surprise!
In about fifteen minutes Dr. A came back into the room with that "I have a story for you!" look on his face. He boosted himself up onto the sink counter and said, "I found three things. The swelling is an abscess. I lanced it and drained it. But I also found two other things. . . "
(Can you guess?)
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"Testicles!"
We both burst out laughing. Apparently "she" has SO much chub that they're not evident from the outside. I had always thought that the two openings seemed far apart for a female, but since "she" is so large and long I figured that everything was stretched out. He said that he tried to draw the testicles out into the usual position, but they wouldn't stay there. I think he felt a little sheepish because he had examined her once before and hadn't figured this out then.
The abscess is what is known as a preputial abscess. It surrounds the opening of the prepuce, the sheath for the penis.
Treatment: antibiotic (Baytril to start, and if that doesn't work we'll switch to something else; a culture would tell what organism was responsible, but it cost a fortune, so I passed on it); also Metacam for inflammation.
Could be that this is the result of "her" being so low to the ground and loving to run in a pee-filled wheel, and then not able to easily reach the penile region to groom. (Note: I clean the wheel twice a day and it's not enough. )
So with that story told, it's time to meet Gilberto!
Post-anesthesia, with opthalmic lubricant on his face; looking a little sad. . .
Wednesday, nomming on scrambled egg and kale:
Silly Jilly has officially become Silly Gilly!
It is going to take a while for me to adjust my speech!
So how's that for a surprise!
I hope Gilly is doing well and your new name for him is priceless. 
