Leo's OK

The lump on his side was one nasty abscess. It was filled with [description omitted for your protection]. When Dr. Westbrook burst the abscess, and the [omitted] spurted out, my Dad jumped back behind me pretty darn quick. He just didn't want to get that foul stuff on him, but Leo'd already peed on me as we were taking him to the Vet's office, so I didn't care all that much. Leo weighed 9.5 pounds. That's down from 17 pounds at his last appointment. He also had a fever, which suggested infection, which led Dr. Westbrook to use a syringe to probe the lump, and tell us that this abscess had been there for a while. Dr. Westbrook gave him an antibiotic to take for ten days and then we made a follow-up appointment for next Friday, and that was all. That's a load off.