I just wanted to give an update about whats been happening with Bull's Eye. As some of you know, after a lot of antbiotics and a nasal discharge that just wouldn't go away, I took bull's Eye to Mid Atlantic Equine hospital where he was diagnosed with a massive sinus infection 3 weeks ago.
They put him on IV antibiotics and had to drill holes into his sinuses to flush them. He stayed at the hospital for 11 days and I brought him home about 10 days ago. When I picked him up he still had to be on 28 more days of twice a day tetracycline (50 human sized pills in the morning and 50 at night) and he had this horrific looking wide open hole the diameter of a quarter about half way between his nostril and his eye on the right side (it looked like a large caliber bullet hole --just like you said it would Bostonbanker) They vet just said to keep it reasonably clean and leave it open and it would heal over pretty quickly--I though to my self no way is this healing that fast--but amazingly it has--it is pretty much completely closed and filled with tissue now.
Because of my work hours and commute he needed more after care than I felt I could give him at his current boarding stable so I took him to my trainer's barn and he is helping me with his meds etc. (prior to this I was paying someone at the other barn to help, but I knew it was becoming troublesome) Things have been going well. The hole was weeping as it healed but the vets said this normal. Well today the hole is closed over and not weeping, but I noticed Bull's Eye has the same discharge as before coming out of that right nostril. It not heavy or anything and he us acting his normal playful food obsessed self as he has through all of this---but I am just so disappointed that anything is still coming out of his nose.
I almost feel depressed--I will of course call the equine hospital and see what they have to say--he still has 2 1/2 weeks of meds to take. Not to share too much detail but this episode has cost me $5,000 so far and now with still seeing a discharge ,ugg, I just don't know what to think. I just want him not to have a snotty nose---I am so grateful though, that he has never acted sick--but I just want this to be right and I'm feeling a bit beat down emotionally and financially...well thank for listening to my long update!
They put him on IV antibiotics and had to drill holes into his sinuses to flush them. He stayed at the hospital for 11 days and I brought him home about 10 days ago. When I picked him up he still had to be on 28 more days of twice a day tetracycline (50 human sized pills in the morning and 50 at night) and he had this horrific looking wide open hole the diameter of a quarter about half way between his nostril and his eye on the right side (it looked like a large caliber bullet hole --just like you said it would Bostonbanker) They vet just said to keep it reasonably clean and leave it open and it would heal over pretty quickly--I though to my self no way is this healing that fast--but amazingly it has--it is pretty much completely closed and filled with tissue now.
Because of my work hours and commute he needed more after care than I felt I could give him at his current boarding stable so I took him to my trainer's barn and he is helping me with his meds etc. (prior to this I was paying someone at the other barn to help, but I knew it was becoming troublesome) Things have been going well. The hole was weeping as it healed but the vets said this normal. Well today the hole is closed over and not weeping, but I noticed Bull's Eye has the same discharge as before coming out of that right nostril. It not heavy or anything and he us acting his normal playful food obsessed self as he has through all of this---but I am just so disappointed that anything is still coming out of his nose.
I almost feel depressed--I will of course call the equine hospital and see what they have to say--he still has 2 1/2 weeks of meds to take. Not to share too much detail but this episode has cost me $5,000 so far and now with still seeing a discharge ,ugg, I just don't know what to think. I just want him not to have a snotty nose---I am so grateful though, that he has never acted sick--but I just want this to be right and I'm feeling a bit beat down emotionally and financially...well thank for listening to my long update!
