Oh dear! I can sympathize with dealing wtih an abcess on a kitty's face! Aroara and I have been dealing with that for 3 weeks tomorrow. She had it drained at the vet's office once and took antibiotics for a week. Then it got infected again. I took her back, and he was going to drain it again but instead decided to cut it out. There's a thread in Cat Health about Aroara's ordeal, but suffice it to say that you and Ellie-Mae will certainly be in my thoughts. I sure hope that you are able to get it under control and healed up without a lot of expense.