Better?

30th March 2010

After 11 days of treatment (cleaning the area with hydrogen peroxide & applying antibiotic cream twice daily), this is how Joy’s stomach looks like:

Joy bleeding3

I’m not sure if this is an improvement. I felt that the area & it’s hard (feels like a scab), but at least it’s clean & there’s no more blood.
I know that in the picture she looks really dirty, I think it’s because her bottom side keeps rubbing against her flying saucer, which she always pees on no matter how many times I wash it.

I talked with the vet over the phone & he said that there are 2 possibilities: (1) that it’s a scar tissue, or (2) it’s a tumor.
He told me to keep an eye on her for a couple of weeks to see if the scar gets smaller or not. If it gets smaller, that means it’s a scar tissue, if not I will definitely bring her in to have the tumor removed if the vet thinks that she can handle the surgery.

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