Alli amputation area smells bad

[Crystal]

Been to Dr for antibiotics and been flushing the site. Dr says she looks great but the smell coming from her smells like poopy road kill!! Dr says she is ok. I am not so sure. No fever, no pus just aweful smell. Is this normal????

[Scooterzmom]

Can you get a 2nd opinion, from another vet? I don't think it should smell like what you describe... I dunno...

[Crystal]

Can you get a 2nd opinion, from another vet? I don't think it should smell like what you describe... I dunno...

There are 2 vets that she sees, they both did surgery and say the same thing....

[CritterMom]

What antibiotics did they prescribe? A healthy wound shouldn't smell.

Have they seen and smelled the wound? If not, I would bulldoze my way into the office with her and MAKE them smell it.

[Milo's Mom]

Your nose doesn't lie. As someone that fought a huge infection and abscessed leg amputation site...do not let those vets tell you no!
Make them smell her!
Mine went from good looking site to holy hell WTF is going on and she blew up bigger than a golf ball in 24 hours.

[ctmom]

What does the surgical site look like?

[HRT4SQRLS]

Been to Dr for antibiotics and been flushing the site. Dr says she looks great but the smell coming from her smells like poopy road kill!! Dr says she is ok. I am not so sure. No fever, no pus just aweful smell. Is this normal????

100% NO ... THIS IS A 911 EMERGENCY!



I assume the smell is coming from the wound. If you can’t get antibiotics from the vet, we will get antibiotics to you but you need them MUCH sooner than later!

Do NOT let them give you Baytril!

[Crystal]

They have seen her 3 times this week.Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They have smelled it and she is on antibiotics. Also told we put peroxide mix on it 2 times a day quickly and dab with cotton. Site is no swollen at all and looks much better. But the smell is still rank. I will get pictures for you. She is on Veralox, 1.2 mil once a day.

[stepnstone]

They have seen her 3 times this week.Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They have smelled it and she is on antibiotics. Also told we put peroxide mix on it 2 times a day quickly and dab with cotton. Site is no swollen at all and looks much better. But the smell is still rank. I will get pictures for you. She is on Veralox, 1.2 mil once a day.

Unbelievable!
First the smell and now this and on an amputated site, I'd be losing my sh*t!

[Crystal]

I wrote dates and info on each pic. Any info will be most helpful.

[Crystal]

Unbelievable!
First the smell and now this and on an amputated site, I'd be losing my sh*t!

You know we are!!! I just don't want this poor baby to suffer any! She has had enough. But she is walking fine and does not seem to be in any pain! She is doing great other than the ooze and smell. ONE TOUGH COOKIE!!!!

[Crystal]

100% NO ... THIS IS A 911 EMERGENCY!



I assume the smell is coming from the wound. If you can’t get antibiotics from the vet, we will get antibiotics to you but you need them MUCH sooner than later!

Do NOT let them give you Baytril!

She cannot take Baytril, causes her seizures to worsen.

[stepnstone]

Thanks for posting pictures, I was going to ask that you do.
I'm not a vet but don't need to be to recognize an infection and
it sure looks infected to me. If not an infection how do they (vets)
explain why it's oozing??

[ctmom]

I wonder if she is having a reaction to the sutures? It happens in humans on occassion. That wound should be dry . It looks wet and red.

[HRT4SQRLS]

Could you confirm the antibiotic. Veralox is a acid reflux medication. Veraflox in an antibiotic (pradafloxacin). It is a fluoroquinolone in the same class as Baytril (enrofloxacin). If Veraflox is what you have, it has the same potential to cause seizures as other fluoroquinolone antibiotics.

If she has been on Veraflox for 7 days, it is clear that it isn’t working. The wound should not have an odor and at this point any drainage should be decreasing, not increasing. The odor is an indication of infection caused by anaerobic bacteria. She needs to be on either Clindamycin or Metronidazole for the anaerobes. She should also be on Clavamox for aerobes. There are actually better antibiotics than Clavamox that are in the same beta lactate class. They are the more advanced generations. If he has those they could also be used.

Based on how high the amputation is I assume the vet removed the entire leg at the joint. I sure hope so as you don’t want to have to treat a bone infection. They are nightmarish to treat and some consider them manageable but not curable.

I would be respectful but I wouldn’t leave without antibiotics.

[Crystal]

Thanks for posting pictures, I was going to ask that you do.
I'm not a vet but don't need to be to recognize an infection and
it sure looks infected to me. If not an infection how do they (vets)
explain why it's oozing??

Cleansing itself!!

[Crystal]

Could you confirm the antibiotic. Veralox is a acid reflux medication. Veraflox in an antibiotic (pradafloxacin). It is a fluoroquinolone in the same class as Baytril (enrofloxacin). If Veraflox is what you have, it has the same potential to cause seizures as other fluoroquinolone antibiotics.

If she has been on Veraflox for 7 days, it is clear that it isn’t working. The wound should not have an odor and at this point any drainage should be decreasing, not increasing. The odor is an indication of infection caused by anaerobic bacteria. She needs to be on either Clindamycin or Metronidazole for the anaerobes. She should also be on Clavamox for aerobes. There are actually better antibiotics than Clavamox that are in the same beta lactate class. They are the more advanced generations. If he has those they could also be used.

Based on how high the amputation is I assume the vet removed the entire leg at the joint. I sure hope so as you don’t want to have to treat a bone infection. They are nightmarish to treat and some consider them manageable but not curable.

I would be respectful but I wouldn’t leave without antibiotics.

Veraflox is correct. They said they removed all dead bone. We think it is strange they did not take more. When she stretches you can see the small hump inside stretching also. We are livid over this whole thing. My husband is taking her back in tomorrow to be very BLUNT! As I know he will be.

[HRT4SQRLS]

Cleansing itself!!

Crystal, I just dealt with a major surgical wound on my mothers shoulder. She fell and dislocated the shoulder and broke off the head of the humerus (upper arm). The jagged bone tore through the tissue and almost exited near the collar bone. You could see the jagged bone but thankfully it stayed under the skin. It could not be set without surgery. They tried twice... no go. She had a 5-6 incision that extended across the top of the collarbone area down the arm. It was a frightful sight. Not one time did it ooze. It never turned pink or red. Frankly it was the most awesome incision I’ve ever seen. In 14 days the wound was completely healed and sutures removes. The scar looks like it was closed by a plastic surgeon. This was a very bad surgery with a lot of tissue trauma from the break.

A surgical wound should never look angry or even suspect. I can see a small amount of oozing initially being normal as serious fluid exits but this far post surgery any ‘normal’ drainage should have stopped.

The movement with stretching is odd. I sure hope they didn’t leave a bone stump inside.

[Crystal]

Crystal, I just dealt with a major surgical wound on my mothers shoulder. She fell and dislocated the shoulder and broke off the head of the humerus (upper arm). The jagged bone tore through the tissue and almost exited near the collar bone. You could see the jagged bone but thankfully it stayed under the skin. It could not be set without surgery. They tried twice... no go. She had a 5-6 incision that extended across the top of the collarbone area down the arm. It was a frightful sight. Not one time did it ooze. It never turned pink or red. Frankly it was the most awesome incision I’ve ever seen. In 14 days the wound was completely healed and sutures removes. The scar looks like it was closed by a plastic surgeon. This was a very bad surgery with a lot of tissue trauma from the break.

A surgical wound should never look angry or even suspect. I can see a small amount of oozing initially being normal as serious fluid exits but this far post surgery any ‘normal’ drainage should have stopped.

The movement with stretching is odd. I sure hope they didn’t leave a bone stump inside.

Bless her heart! Glad they got her fixed up finally! No I don't think my baby is goo either. I hope they can give us a better plan tomorrow. I know this needs to be handled now and quickly. That is the reason for her going to the vet 3 times last week!

[stepnstone]

My girl had a crush injury sustained out in the wild.
Her foot turned necrotic, infection traveled up leg into bone.
Leg was amputated, picture taken 3 days after amputation.