TWO TYPES OF REPORTS
1. REPORTS BEFORE SURGERY
2. REPORTS AFTER SURGERY
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REPORT 1 BEFORE SURGERY - 9 JAN 2022 INPATIENT
Report is written today, 9 Jan 2022. DAY 4 INPATIENT AT TOA PAYOH VETS.
A RED-EARED SLIDER HAS A LARGE PAINFUL NECK LUMP AND IS ANOREXIC. WILL HE DIE? Video 1/5- 5/5 and Video 6. #shorts, #neck lump, #red-eared slider, #toa payoh vets
FIRST 4 DAYS OF INPATIENT TREATMENT AND VIDEOS 1/5 - 5/5 and Video 6.
TP 45252 Vage 9-year-old male Red-eared slider with a very painful lower neck lump on left side, 5 mm x 5 mm, firm, has been present for over 4 weeks. "It obstructs retraction of the long neck into the shell. Simply painful to swallow nowadays," the owner said to Dr Sing K Y. .
"Please operate to remove the lump," she continued. "Last time you operated on the top of his neck to remove the pus in 2017. He still remembers you!" The busy nurse showed me the yellowish scar devoid of stripes on the top of the neck behind the ears. This is visible on one of the videos too.
DAY 4 INPATIENT today. 9 Jan 2022: The slider is eating more but the neck lump persists. On Day 7, Dr Sing K Y will operate to remove it and the slider should then lead a normal life.
UPDATES IN BLOG:
A RED-EARED SLIDER HAS A LARGE PAINFUL NECK LUMP AND IS ANOREXIC. WILL HE DIE?
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2022/01/4071-red-eared-sliders-big-painful.html
"I doubt Vage can remember me," I said. "He perks up when I mentioned your name today to tell him he would be seeing you!" the lady owner informed me.
DAY 1 INPATIENT. Painful reddish neck lump. 8mm X 8mm X 8mm. Not eating. Pale gums and tongue can be seen when the slider opens his mouth. "He is unfit for anaesthesia and surgery today," I explained to the owner the very high risk of dying on the operating table. The slider was around 800 g and had no appetite and was anaemic. I gave an antibioitc and anti-inflam injection SC on the right thigh. DAY 2 INPATIENT. More active. Ate some pellets. Syringe fed antibiotics and multivitamins is continued daily for the next 7 days. Neck skin with lump not inflamed and is slightly smaller in size. DAY 3 INPATIENT. Same as Day 2. More active. Neck lump slightly smaller in size. UPDATES IN BLOG:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2022/01/4071-red-eared-sliders-big-painful.html (THIS BLOG).
REPORT 2 BEFORE SURGERY - JAN 2022 INPATIENT X RAYS
HOW TO SEE THE SLIDER'S NECK LUMP IN THE X-RAY - CLOSE UP, SHADOWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
"I doubt Vage can remember me," I said. "He perks up when I mentioned your name today to tell him he would be seeing you!" the lady owner was a busy nurse amid the Covid-19 pandemic and had not consulted the vet when her slider had this neck lump more than a month ago. DAY 1 INPATIENT. Painful reddish neck lump. 8mm X 8mm X 8mm. Not eating. Pale gums and tongue can be seen when the slider opens his mouth. "He is unfit for anaesthesia and surgery today," I explained to the owner the very high risk of dying on the operating table. The slider was around 800 g and had no appetite and was anaemic. I gave an antibiotic and anti-inflam injection SC on the right thigh.
Original X-ray ImageNECK LUMP (L), NOT VISIBLE ON THIS VIEW
8mm x 8mm x 8mmDAY 6 INPATIENTLump no longer inflamed or painful, but NOT visible on this overall view. To do close-up of neck area to see the lump. See next 3 images.
UPDATES IN BLOG: https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2022/01/4071-red-eared-sliders-big-painful.html
Red-eared slider, M, 9 yrstoapayohvets.com 12 Jan 202
Adobe Photoshop -Shadows/HighlightsNECK LUMP (L), ARROW, 8mm x 8mm x 8mm Red-eared slider, M, 9 yrstoapayohvets.com 12 Jan 2022
REPORT 3 - BEFORE SURGERY - 9 JAN 2022 INPATIENT INSTAGRAM AND VIDEOS
REPORTS AFTER SURGERY -21 JAN 2022 INPATIENT
UPDATES IN BLOG:
A RED-EARED SLIDER HAS A LARGE PAINFUL NECK LUMP AND IS ANOREXIC. WILL HE DIE?
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2022/01/4071-red-eared-sliders-big-painful.html
