My shiz tzu had a fatty tumor removed from his side about a week ago. He has been laying around for 10 days now and his belly is brusing all over. I thought he might be bleeding internally from the surgery. I took him to the vet on Friday and again Monday. The vet said it wasn't related to the surgery, wasn't sure what was causing it and ran a health profile of blood work. This showed a little infection and he gave hime a dexamethasone injection. Has anyone seen bruising like this and what was the cause.
Bruising on dog's belly
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Posts: 0 (02/19/04 11:56:09) |
the dexamethasone inj. is a steroid to help the decrease the swelling..you said he ran a profile..did he do a cbc? or a platelet count? if there is an infection, is your dog on antibiotics? it is also possible that the area where the tumor was removed was just a very vascular one..does the incision look ok? is it healing well?
good luck i hope all turns out well.. |
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