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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 549032" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I thought so too, HD... if I were to do it again I'd go 10-14 days on antibiotics rather than just 5... but who would have known? my vet tried to talk me into retreating her, but I'm looking at this logically, and even if I retreat her the chance of success is around 5-10%, and she may have such bad arthritis in the joint that I end up having to put her down afterwards anyway. My vet book says that even when surgery is done, the joint completely opened, irrigated and cleaned with saline, injected with antibiotics, etc... chance of full recovery is only 67%. For a calf that's already relapsed twice and had the infection for over 2 weeks... I have to operate on logic, not emotion, and take the advice I've offered other people.</p><p></p><p>My vet made a comment that I didn't think about 'til later... said he was keeping notes on what I was doing for this calf so he could tell other people what type of treatment was necessary in order to cure joint ill.</p><p></p><p>Wonder if that means even he hasn't found something that will successfully, consistently cure joint infections? :???:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 549032, member: 852"] I thought so too, HD... if I were to do it again I'd go 10-14 days on antibiotics rather than just 5... but who would have known? my vet tried to talk me into retreating her, but I'm looking at this logically, and even if I retreat her the chance of success is around 5-10%, and she may have such bad arthritis in the joint that I end up having to put her down afterwards anyway. My vet book says that even when surgery is done, the joint completely opened, irrigated and cleaned with saline, injected with antibiotics, etc... chance of full recovery is only 67%. For a calf that's already relapsed twice and had the infection for over 2 weeks... I have to operate on logic, not emotion, and take the advice I've offered other people. My vet made a comment that I didn't think about 'til later... said he was keeping notes on what I was doing for this calf so he could tell other people what type of treatment was necessary in order to cure joint ill. Wonder if that means even he hasn't found something that will successfully, consistently cure joint infections? :???: [/QUOTE]
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