Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Carmine's Out of Surgery, But Not Happy

Carmine was not a happy boy today.

He made it through the surgery okay, but he's still not happy. The vet had to extract one tooth (so he has had three extracted total so far) and had to do a root cleaning on one of them. She said his throat and tonsils are inflamed, which could be caused by his teeth or by something else (some big word that I'd never heard before).

He has to go back in two more weeks so we can see if the inflammation in his throat and tonsils has gone down, and if it hasn't, he will have to start a low dose of steroids to see if that helps.


This is an old picture of Carmine.


I just gave him more pain medication and offered him food. He has ZERO interest in food, which is reallly not like him. Thankfully, I know that this is normal (for him) after dental surgery. He probably won't eat a whole lot until he's done with his course of antibiotics (Clavamox).

He's been hiding under my dresser for most of the time we've been back. My poor little orange baby!

13 comments:

  1. Poor Carmine! I hope his inflammation clears up and he does not need more meds.

    ReplyDelete
  2. We send purrs that Carmine will get his appetite back and starts to heal and get better!
    Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
    Treasure,Tiger,JJ and Julie

    ReplyDelete
  3. Poor little guy! The steroid injection should make him get an appetite though. xx

    ReplyDelete
  4. Poor Carmine, these dental surgeries can be tough. We are sending you lots of love and rumbly purrs to help you heal and some love to your Mum because she deserves some too.

    Gerry, Mungo & The Ape xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. Poor Carmine! We purring that he feels better soon.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Oh Carmine, we are sending lots of love and well wishes for you and mom!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Mom started sending Reiki last night and we are adding more power purrs to the mix. Email us when you get a chance.
    Harry, Dexter, Tipp and Mom

    ReplyDelete
  8. Poor Carmine! We sure hope those meds work, and that his inflammation subsides quickly. Purrs and prayers coming your way!

    ReplyDelete
  9. poor Carmine! Hoping he feels better soon. Please give him kisses from Cody and I.

    ReplyDelete
  10. We are all sending our best purrs and prayers to you dear Carmine.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Poor Carmine, I hope you are soon feeling better.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Awww poor lil Carmine! Feel better soon buddy!

    ReplyDelete
  13. We're just getting this post now (June 2) in Reader. Actually, we just 56 posts dumped into Reader, all out of date.

    We hope that by now Carmine has fully recovered and is doing well. No doubt there will be another post we missed, with an update!

    ReplyDelete