calliecritturs
Posted : 8/26/2012 9:01:47 PM
The problem is, since time has elapsed since the end of the last antibiotic, now it's probably resistant to that particular antibiotic and will likely need a stronger one this time. In other words, you should have called the vet just as soon as you noticed it was back, altho even then it may have been too late for that particular antibiotic. Once an infection has "survived" an antibiotic only to flare up again, it's usually then resistant -- so "more" probably just plain won't work.
There are also certain things that can become something worse if they aren't taken care of (and I would particularly not mess with something so close to bone/joint.). Literally an infection can morph into something worse.
I know it's not good news for youj, but unfortunately this is where pet ownership/guardianship becomes difficult. She **must** be seen by a vet and right away. Such a thing can rupture inwards and become a systemic infection (that could be way worse, and FAR more expensive than you could imagine).
If there is no person you can borrow money from, call your vet and see what your options are. At the very least, ask if they will help you by dealing with Care Credit (the interest is way high, but it's made for situations like this where you just can't afford it any other way).
I wish I could give you the easy "wait and see" answer, but I wouldn't be doing you any favor.
Try to simply talk to your vet -- they might even let you work off some of the indebtedness (by coming in to clean cages, housekeeping, etc.). It all depends on the vet but they usually try to help where they can.
Don't let this go. There are *no* options where letting this go is 'ok'. It likely will only worsen from here. I've been where you are and I don't say any of this lightly -- crawling to someone else and asking to borrow money can be a humiliating experience and you may already have had to do something like this. Someone else may know of an organization that can help you other than Care Credit.