Wait & See

When I last posted on Perry’s health (click here) I said that we were waiting to see our usual vet. She visited on the 14th January. After a thorough examination, the conclusion was ‘wait & see‘.

She said the following:

The ball of dead tissue that fell off (15th December) left a crater, which has a lining of dead tissue. (The dead tissue is where there is an absence of blood vessels which can happen as a lump grows). This can be surgically removed but it is unknown how deep it is etc. It is normal for the dead tissue to expand & is not necessarily a bad thing. The tissue around it looks healthy which suggests it may be healthy underneath too. The best case scenario is that when ready, it will just fall away.
The lower wound appears to show that bleeding from the abscess/cyst/blood blister was from two areas. There is a ‘cavern’ between them that looks like a scab. As with the upper wound, it is hoped his body will push out the remaining blood clot when appropriate.
The lower part of the lump is hard & still intact & brushing against his leg, hence his mobility issues.
It is still unknown what is happening inside/below the lump so there could still be unforeseen complications.
There was no obvious reason why he would bleed again, especially given his last bleed was on the 1st January.
It could take Perry up to 3 weeks to recover from the significant blood loss.

There was a lot of information so my interpretation is probably not spot on, but I think I got the gist of it!

One thing I am sure of is that the vet weighed him & he was a huge 65g! That may be all the extra millet I have been giving him. As he is still stable & appears in good spirits, I have already begun to cut back on the millet!