Vet Update

Toad went back into the vet and had his bandage removed and ears checked again yesterday.  It seems like with poor Toad any good news always comes with some bad.

The good news...
His skin infection issues are almsot entirely cleared up.  The dead skin is flaking away and his fur is soft and shiny.

He is definitely feeling and acting better.  He loves to run in the yard and boss aroudn the other dog.  He eats like a pig, snorts around, and loves to go for short walks.  He's a bossy, stubborn, typical Bulldog!

The bad news...
His ears, while a large amount of scar tissue was removed, are still very infected.  The pus is still draining out in huge amounts and they still are causing him massive itch attacks at times, to the point where he is screaming and can't stop even if he wants to.

No one is really sure what the next step is yet.  His infection is coming from the scar tissue in the upper ear rather than from iwthin the ear canal so there is question to whether even an ear ablation would even work (meaning removing the ear canals may not even do anything for him infection and health wise).  Removing more scar tissue is likely not an option due to the amount of blood loss and how deep the tissue is, plus the infection is already so deep in there it may not even help.  We will likely try one or both of these surgeries if it comes down to nothing else helping because what we all know for sure is that Toad can't keep living how he is with how itchy and infected his ears are.

For now, Toad has 2 more medications to try for his ears, a special ear flush, and some supplements.  He will go back in in a week for another check and we are hopinh beyond anything else for some improvement and good news. 

Keep up the good thoughts and prayers for him.  He is a sassy, spunky little bulldog so if anyone is tough enough to fight it its this guy! 

Here's updated pictures of his ears.  Other than the gunk and infection slime they look MUCH better!

Left Ear

 Right Ear