Good evening, everyone.
It's me again, your old pal Deimos.
I have a female dog that has cancer, and she developed an big, unpleasant abcess in her belly.
Yesterday, it turned into an enormous, gaping, open wound.
The vet said that she can't be operated since she is way too old and it's very, very risky to put her into the anesthesia (he did a test and we are sure that anesthesia would 100% kill her) and even offered to perform euthanasia free of charge.
Then I took it upon myself to extent her life without putting her into any suffering.
The first thing that I did was to check for signs of pain, and she looked fine somehow.
After that, using gloves, I cleaned the wound of any excess debris and pus. It's now a clear wound that looks almost like her normal skin.
After that, I put applied a topical cream, that contains antibiotics, a healing agent to close the wound (silver-zinc something), then I gave her some oral antibiotics and a small dose of painkillers, jut to be sure, then I bandaged the wound. Oh, and the cream is also supposed to repel flies.
Today, I cleaned the wounds (there wasn't any more pus or debris), then I changed the dressing and reaplied the topical cream, she is looking fine, it's playing and eating well. I gave her antibiotics again and I didn't gave her any painkillers.
The wound seems to be closing, I won't sew it or force it to close, since it has to drain, as far as I know.
Sorry for the big text, it's just that I refuse to let my dog die without at lelast giving it a try.
If I can't save her, and she starts to look like a being that is suffering, of course that I would kill her with an well-placed shot.
But she's recovering, as far as I can see.
Of course, closing her wound won't cure her cancer, but it will grant her a longer and healthier life.
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