229. Swab Results...

Because the swab was taken the day after Spice had been injected with her first lot of antibiotics the swab results have come back negative i.e no bacteria was able to be cultured which isn't a lot of help but the vet seems to think that she is on the right antibiotic as Pen & Strep apparently covers most of the bacterias most commonly found in bone infections and due to there being some improvement she thinks it is working. However, since last Thursday Spices condition hasn't improved, - she is still resting her leg and is still lame in trot. If there is no improvement whatsoever over the next 12 days which will be almost 4 weeks since the antibiotics were started the vet has said that the chances of Spice making a full recovery would be very slim and that even if the antibiotics were to completely clear the infection she could well be lame for the rest of her life... I am still hoping for a miracle but at the same time trying to prepare myself for the worst.