[Dailydrool] Babbs and her surgery

[Renee Kummerer]

Babbs is doing well after her surgery.  She had an epulus removed from her gum.  It was a mass that was growing on top of a bottom tooth.  While she was there they did a teeth cleaning and flushed out her ears since she has been getting bad ear infections.  They are waiting for a culture to come back from her nose.  They think she might have some sort of infection in there that possibly came from her bad ears.  They have made a brace with tape and put her ears on top of her head.  The brace is connected to her collar with tape so it will stay on.  They want to get air into the ears so they dry out.  Has anyone ever had this done?  She is on her third day of having the ears up.  When she walks, the bandaged ears fall in her face and she can't see and walks into things.  I personally hate the thing.  I put her harness on today and rigged up something where the collar is attached to the harness to pull back some on the bandage on her head.  It works great.  I don't use it when I am not here or when she is sleeping.  I think she is miserable in this thing.  I don't know how long they keep it on her.  They want to see when the culture comes  back what kind of antibiotic to put her on.  It's been a nightmare.  I don't think this thing is going to help.  She has a chronic ear that gets infections a lot.  I did try the blue stuff and it didn't work for her.  Not sure why,  it has worked on some of my other dogs.  Can you keep the drool coming for a while.  I think I need it as much as she does.  I won't be happy until this thing comes off her head.
Renee  ( a worried mom)
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