CONSTANT sever nasal infections

[bordercolliefan86]

Hi my name is Amanda, and Febuary the 10th I adopted a 3 or 4 yr old border collie. From the second day I had him I noticed that he had horrible green nasty discharge coming out of his nose. He sneezed very hard constantly and blood and pus would go flying. Aslo every time he drank water it would either come out of his nose or the would aspirate on it. His lymph nodes on his neck were huge! I took him to the vet and she did a culture of the discharge, and put him under Anastasia to look up his nose better. She did not have an endoscope by the way...

Well, she sent me home with the proper antibiotics for his nasal bacterial infection and told me that he had loads of nasty green growths up his nose, but she could not biopsy them because of his sever swelling.

He struggled to breath. He snorted like a big and sounded horrible. There were some nights I was expecting to wake up and find him dead.

Two weeks went buy and barley any chance. I went back, she gave me more antibiotics and put him under anistisha again to see if the swelling has went down so she can look up there better. And she still could not biopsy the green growths.

He got even worse...

I took him to another vet and they found that he had a gash waaaay back in the roof of his mouth and his throat. They repaired it through surgery and gave him more antibiotics. He was a new dog!!! 110% better!
Until a week ago. Green discharge, nasty smell, and his lymph nodes are bigger than ever. I called to make an appointment with the vet who did his operation but it will be a week before they can see me.

I can visibly see that his gash that was repaired is still fine, and in great condition.

I am worried about this guy

[Jaybay]

You know, this is a weird thought, but I'm wondering if there is still some kind of issue with the surgery area that can't be seen with the naked eye.  I wonder if another x-ray or even a CT scan might give your vet something to work with instead of continuing to blindly throw antibiotics at it.

I feel so badly for your poor dog.  I can't imagine how miserable he is with his snout swollen shut.  When is it you can get in to see the surgeon again?

[bordercolliefan86]

oh, we have did a culture twice. both times it was the same sort of bacteria. but the anitibiotics for that bacteria have not been working!
I went back to the vet for some diffrent antibiotics and steriods. poor guy's nose is so swollen he cannot even breath!

[Jaybay]

Oh what a shame!  It seems the stars are conspiring against you, doesn't it?  Sounds like it's time to have a culture done to determine exactly what bacteria is causing the trouble.  Clavamox is good stuff, so you obviously need to determine the specific bacteria in order to get a specific medication to conquer it. Keep us posted on what happens, and I hope it won't take too long to get to the bottom of it.  :-)

[bordercolliefan86]

Oh, I forgot to mention that i did take him to another vet in the mean time. He is on clavamox, but its not doing anything! His normal vet is in mexico on vacation.

His surgery was done a little over a month ago, probably almost two months ago. He has had his post op follow up and the vet said that he looked great. Too bad he is already starting to go down hill again.

[Jaybay]

You are right to be worried.  Since you can't get him in to the surgeon for a week, at least let another other vet examine him.  It sounds like he needs antibiotics in the meantime until the surgeon can evaluate the surgery area.  If you have an ER clinic near you, that would be another good option.  

How long ago was the surgery done?  If he already had his post-op followup and was cleared at that time, they're treating this as a new illness and that's why they're making you wait.