More Neely Medical Issues

Last night as Neely was getting ready to jump up on the couch with me, I noticed her neck was swollen. Closer inspection revealed a golf ball size hard knot on the right side and fluid on the left. She looked like she had the mumps. She was acting fine, but I was really worried, as it seemed to have come up suddenly. I stayed up all night making sure it was not obstructing her breathing.

This morning I called the vet first thing and got an appointment for 8:30. Dr. Moran examined her, took her temp, looked in her mouth for an absessed tooth or blocked salivary gland, aspirated some blood from the knot to examine and took some blood for blood work. The aspiration showed nothing, nor was there any infection visible in her mouth. Neely's white blood cell count was elevated so Dr. Moran assumes there is some infection somewhere. We have a prescription for Clavamox 1.t tablets twice a day.

Neely spent the rest of today with Dad while I went to work to give an exam and submit my grades.