An Update on Lewis
Lewis was chewing on a bone a wee bit TOO small last week.
Then he came into the house with a SORE mouth
Reluctant to chew- he wouldn't really let me have a proper look
Consistently painful on palpation of the Left Upper mouth...especially around the Big Upper 4th Premolar
So last week we headed to ...the Vet
my former clinic, the Nelson Animal Hospital
It is always so different to experience it as a client, versus being 'The Vet'
Nerve wracking
Especially the anesthesia, and WHAT they are going to find..Anesthesia went well- I was in the room the entire time to see what was happening..
Some great anesthesia monitoring, and new anesthetic drugs and techniques I will discuss in an upcoming newsletter
Lewis' PRIMARY problem was a LARGE hole/infected necrotic tissue in the upper Left area of his mouth behind the Upper Teeth
It was explored, the infected tissue was debrided, and nothing in particular was found
A sample was taken to send to the Lab
2 small upper molars were removed, BUT it was primarily the HOLE in his mouth..
It appears that he was chewing on TOO small a bone, broke off sharp pieces, then punctured the back of his mouth..
Hence the acute pain..and infection
Lewis recovered quickly and is on this for meds
1. Metacam pain killer 2. Amoixil as an antibiotic 3. I added in curcumin as additional antiinflammatory and pain relief - the Metacam is only once daily, and I feel he needs something else to help him at night. The curcumin really seemed to help.
I dosed him at 800mg of 95% curcuminoids every 12 hours
Now he is Eating, Drinking, and Wanting Love and Attention..( Normal Lewis stuff :-) )
I'll let you know when he biopsy results come in | 
