Originally posted by K & L
This poor little guy. Did they put a drainage tube in his abcesses? Did they ever determine why his tongue doesn't function? I'm so glad he's getting help!
No need for drainage tubes, all the wounds are open. Hot soaks five times a day, and his antibiotics should clear them up. His tongue likely doesn't function because of where he was bitten. One deep bite is at the base of his tongue (outside) and one was lower and missed his jugular vein by a hair! We could see the vein through the hole after the dead tissue was removed. Yuck. He's doing well so far considering I doubted he'd even be alive on Monday morning. Big difference in only a few days.