 June
2010
Terry
Terry is a 5 years old male cat who was brought into the surgery
back in March with a very painful left side. He did not like to be
stroked and his owners reported he was feeling lethargic.
On examination we found that the left side of his body was very
swollen and there were numerous bite wounds in this area. There
was serious infection spreading through Terry’s skin and
underlying tissue and we were concerned that the infection may
start to spread and cause septicaemia.
Terry underwent several surgeries to clean the
affected area and remove dead and infected tissue. X-rays were
taken to check for any spread to his abdominal cavity and biopsies/blood
samples were taken to try to characterise the infection. Throughout
this period Terry had constant antibiotic and pain relieving medication
and often had to be hospitalised and supported with intravenous
fluids.
After six weeks of treatment the active infection
had been resolved but Terry still had a hard area of inflamed fatty
tissue that was painful and not responding to treatment. A final
surgery was performed to remove this area of tissue and Terry has
not looked back since.
Cat bite abscesses are very common and are usually
resolved quite quickly. However, although Terry suffered recognised
complications which meant that his treatment cost thousands of
pounds, he was fully medically insured which reduced the cost to
his owners significantly.
Terry was a lovely patient and coped well with
long recovery and this is why we have made him pet of the month.
Click
here to see May's Pet of the Month - Timmy the Chinchilla.
Click
here to see April's Pet of the Month - Dillon the Labrador.
Click
here to see March's Pet of the Month - Daisy the Golden Retriever.
Click
here to see February's Pet of the Month - Holly the Labrador.
Click
here to see January's Pet of the Month - Ebony the Labrador.
Click
here to see December's Pet of the Month - Stitch the Jack Russell
Terrier.
Click
here to see November's Pet of the Month - Charlie the Staffordshire
Bull Terrier.
Click
here to see October's Pet of the Month - Basil the brave dog.
Click
here to see September's Pet of the Month - Chelsea the domestic
short-haired cat.
Click
here to see August's Pet of the Month - Lucas the domestic short-haired
cat.
Click
here to see July's Pet of the Month - Rabby the English Lop-Eared
rabbit.
Click
here to see June's Pet of the Month - Thomas the West Highland White
Terrier.
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