Jemma's going to the vet... again...

[Shamrock]

aww poor Jemma, that must be so sore!:sad:
Good luck and best wishes for tomorrow. Prin, here's hoping it's nothing too serious.

[angeldogs]

Awww poor jemma girl.
Hope everything goes good at the vets.

[deemaree7]

Great idea showing a photo of the problem.
I have seen this before but much worse with the whole ear swollen like that, In the photo it doesn't look infected due to absence of redness, and if not sore then also indicates not infected. (Symptoms of infection heat redness pain)
The two sides of the ear split apart and fill with fluid or blood or pus, often resulting from a puncture wound or minor trauma. Usually if only blood or fluid it resolves itself but sometimes ear can stay fat or the whole ear is permentantly droopy, looks funny but doesn't bother the dog.
cheers

[breeze]

Updates on Jemma ?? How did it go at the vets??

[Prin]

So we're waiting and seeing. He said he doesn't drain them when they're at the base of the ear like that. It'll either go away or become a full out hematoma. In the meantime, she got an antiallergy shot to try to get her to stop scratching it.

While we were there, the dog before us had a full out hematoma. I thought that was a pretty crazy coincidence...

[Hunter's_owner]

then that it goes away on its own

[breeze]

Hopfuly it will go away by itself

[Frenchy]

but what's an hematoma ?

Did the vet knew what caused it ?

[Prin]

Hematoma in the pinna of the ear is when the flap of the ear fills with blood. It's like a bruise, only it really puffs up and you have to get it drained... If you don't get it drained, it drains itself and the ear shrivels up...

[Frenchy]

that it goes away by itself then. Did you give Jemma extra cookies ?

[Prin]

No, but she did get extra cuddlies.

[Dogastrophe]

Is it similiar to cauliflower ear in humans? If it doesn't drain itself will it calcify and become a hard lump?

Hope it clears up for her on its own!

[Prin]

Yeah, it is very similar to cauliflower ear if you don't get it drained properly.

[joeysmama]

Oh poor Jemma it sounds so uncomfortable. that it either clears up or is drained soon, so that it can be over and done with.

Love the picture of Jemma looking straight at the camera. It reminds me of photos of people who don't particularly like thier picture taken but they'll tolerate it. It seems as though she might say "Take the picture already !"

[angeldogs]

I hope it clears up on it's own. that it will.remember xtra cookies with the cuddles

[rainbow]

HUGS from me too. How is Jemma today?

[erykah1310]

What happens is the blood will break down in the ear once the bleeding stops and then it reabsorbs or something like that. Almost always ending up in a screwy ear.
I hope hers doesnt end up all wonky like Mr.Floyds did, he had 2 one ended up in "cauliflour" look and the other ear, you would never even know he had a hematoma. Therefore this here is what Mr.Floyd looks like now.



I hope Jemma doesnt have any signs of it after all is said and done.
pretty Jemma.

[Prin]

Well, it got bigger today. But all in all, it's the same... It probably won't get too cauliflowery because it's at the base of it and not on the flap. That part's already a little rigid, you know?

[rainbow]

[angeldogs]

for jemma. .that it soon goes down.
poor baby girl.

erykah.mr floyd is a cutie.

[Hunter's_owner]

Poor Jemma. More sent, hoping that it soon goes away without any long term effects

[Prin]

Thanks... It's still there... Didn't get bigger, really, but it's still there...

[Lukka'sma]

Poor Jemma. Hope things resolve soon.

[Mocha's mum]

Awwww....poor Jemma :sad: I hope she's feeling better soon....

[hazelrunpack]

They take a while to heal...poor Jemma. it starts subsiding soon!

[technodoll]

it's done down tomorrow morning! c'mon jemma, you can do it!

[krdahmer]

Aw... I feel her pain... I have one on my leg, and it's still not gone after like 2 months!

Hope her's heals up faster!!

[brandynva]

Poor Jemma. Hope it goes away soon, or at least that the vet can treat it. And I hope it doesn't cause her too much pain or stress.

Erykah, don't you love kitty's soft furry paws?

[Prin]

Well, it's still getting bigger... :sad: So it's likely she'll have to get it drained this week sometime... :sad:

[technodoll]

awe crap!