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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #1 
My old girl Jasmine started running a 103.5 fever yresterday and I noticed a limp. She has a very swollen area around her right front wrist Pasternak areas.checked for any kind of insect bite but clear there. I was sudden onset as she had been fine the Fay before. Any ideas.? I did start her on antibiotics and tramadol

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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #2 
That was suppose to be pastern...apparently the I pad doesn't like that word.
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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #3 
Ask your vet for help...hope she is ok Teresa. Swelling and fever is infection and maybe antibiotics will work, but then again are they the right ones? Is is hot? again, I would not wait, but call your vet...
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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #4 
Good luck with her.  Keep us posted.  The heat and swelling could be explained with having twisted or something, but a temp...that's a different story altogether.  Call your vet.

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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #5 
my first thought is a septic arthritis.
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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #6 
Antibiotics are working well. Swelling down and fever gone. Wow, that set in fast.
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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #7 
Just had same thing - prelim diagnosis is bone tumor. I'll trade for septic arthritis.
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Whew.. good that you started her on antibiotics so soon.
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Posted 09/14/12 Reply with quote  #9 
Erika, that was (and still kind of is) my biggest fear. I'm sorry about your girls diagnosis.  She's 8 years old and though the antibiotics seem to be helping A LOT, I'm not convinced there isn't more going on. I guess we'll see after the full round of antibiotics.
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swelling and fever back..going for X-ray HOPEFULLY in the morning.
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fingers crossed T this is just an infection.
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Teresa...quick thinking...so happy she is well again. Let us know about follow up...
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Please let us know as soon as you find out anything.  Thinking of you both!

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Still no answers. Blood work perfectly normal. Suspicion of septic arthritis because she is my girl that had DJD grade 3 at 2 yrs old. Her elbow was so bad he could even move it. He put her on rimadyl for 3 days and cephalexin for 7 more days.also thinking either insect bite or osteosarcoma, so if she's not better by Wednesday, she goes in for X-rays (sedated so has to stay all day) and possible biopsy. Truly hoping for marked improvement by then. Odd thing is she's actually walking fine now. Her right leg is just double the size of the left leg. She's still running 103.5 fever. He didn't want to do X-ray today because of sedation and them closing early.
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Teresa~ Sending much love and light to your girl and you !

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Sending good thoughts for Jasmine - hate to see our old gals suffer with anything. Blood clot??
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At this point, it can't be rules out. She's a very sedentary girl.
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Posted 09/15/12 Reply with quote  #18 
sending good thoughts, septic arthritis can be deadly if left untreated.  One of my friends lost a four month old from it!
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I have always worried about her with such bad elbows at such a young age and actually have been pretty impresses that she gets around as good as she does. She ate well tonight and fever is slightly lower, but the leg is swollen all the way from the toes up to her body.

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Posted 09/16/12 Reply with quote  #20 
Teresa,

Did you check her armpit really good?  My Buford had a similar thing happen and it turned out to be what we think was a spider bite right in the fold of his "armpit" (I know there's a better word - lol).  His leg was horribly swollen, shoulder to toes, and he had a high fever.  We checked everything out, but where it actually was.  We finally found it a couple days in.  When that thing opened up you wouldn't believe what drained out of it. 

I've attached a picture of it...post opening.  We had to use a tissue granulating spray to get it to close back over.  It healed very nicely. 

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The vet check her over pretty good, but just in case, I'll look there. Thanks!
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