A month or two ago I noticed a bump above Milo’s tail. It felt pretty hard so I assumed it was a tumor. He’s nearly two and a half years old so surgery isn’t an option, therefore I just kept an eye on it figuring I’d have to have him euthanized if it got too large and affected his quality of life. The other day I noticed there was a second bump forming and was getting quite big quickly which concerned me. When I pressed on it, this time around it felt more like it was filled with fluid so I made a vet appointment to see whether it was an abscess they could drain.
The good news is that it was a big abscess (the vet and her tech took him into a separate room to take care of it and were gone fifteen minutes) but he’s otherwise healthy. The bad news is we’re now $153 poorer. We have spent so much at the vet in the past two months which sucks. Some people would suggest I just have these guys put to sleep when they start having health issues but I can’t do that. They may not be a dog or cat but they are still my pets which I love. The timing just sucks with Joe not working.
In any case, the little guy lost 40 grams from having the abscess drained! I have a cream to put on it plus oral medications I have to give him twice a day so now I have to get up even earlier to make sure I have time to do that before work. Plus Milo is a big baby. He cries (squeaks) when I give him the medicine. He basically does that whenever you do anything he doesn’t like (when I give him a bath, for example, or when the vet was holding him on his back to examine his belly). Gizmo doesn’t like when I give him medicine either but he doesn’t carry on like Milo does. I should have Joe take a video of it later this week when I’m giving it to him. It’s kinda funny what a drama queen this boy is.