new from europe (arthritis and vetoryl?) - Ian, Flynn and Enya have passed

the last hour he is awake and moaning again. i gave him some extra painkillers.

Awww:-) sleeping quietly. The vet apparently fixed him up.
Get some rest yourself.

i will, it is beyond bedtime already, but flynn's moaning is worrying me a bit.

He's started moaning again?
You mentioned that one abscess was quite deep. Could it be hurting him?
I would call the vet and ask if there should be pain and what you can give him.

Is he due for a bandage change so that you can look at the wound and make sure that it's healing and not looking red or infected?

it is monday 3.10 a.m. here and the bandage was fixed 4 p.m. yesterday. the vet said that it has to stay put till tuesday. unless there was swelling or severe pain. he is on a high dose of painkillers already. hope he feels better in the morning.

I'm thinking that you should take a look. If he's moaning, it's still hurting. Could the bandage be to tight? If there is intermittent swelling the bandage might be tight now.

Poor Flynn, he does sound miserable. I would have thought an abscess going right into a joint would most definitely need antibiotics, that does sound serious. If he is still crying it must be painful for the poor boy. I hope you can take him back to the vet if he has not settled. Good idea to check the bandage is not too tight for him. Hope he is feeling better in the morning.

I would think any infection that could involve bone would be really painful. I am thinking this needs some time and major pain killer to get him thru the keeling of this. Poor Flynn I feel so bad knowing this is happening to him. I am hopeful he is going to be good as new once this infection is out of the way. That can make him feel badly all over with something like that in his blood stream. Praying he comes out of this like the champ he is. Blessings
Patti

yesterday when we came back from the vet, he felt fine. a few hours later he started moaning again. later on, he slept the rest of the night. he had his short walk this morning at 8.30 and 12.30, but at 4 pm he collapsed. the vet confirmed what he already thought yesterday that there was already a sepsis going on despite the 10 day high dose of ab, nsaids plus painkillers.
he was not able to fight this infection anymore.
he went peacefully at 6.45 pm.
he was not able to live a real bordercollielife anymore.
he fought to the end, but couldn't win this anymore.

Omg!

I wasn't expecting to hear this at all.
I am in shock!
I'm so sorry. :-(