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I was searching on internet about Ear Ablation Surgery and happened to find this thread. Thank you all for sharing your experience and they are really helpful!
My cat, Fish, is only 1 year and 4 month old, but is having ear infection for about 6 months. He is having good appetite and play and run normally. His right ear has yellowish discharge, and my vet cultured it saying it's baterial infection. However, we tried several antibiotics based on the culture result and we did ear cleanning and applied ear drops, they all do not solve the condition. Few days ago, my vet suggested us to do an x-ray to see what's going on with my cat's right ear, at the same time, she did orthoscope examination in my cat's ear. She said the typanic membrane look replaced by a solid ulcerated tissue, but she's not 100% sure if it's polyp. She told us normally the typanic membrane should be a thin shiny membrane, but in my cat's right ear, it's not like that. And there is a lot of liquid/discharge in the canal. So she recommended us to do Total Ear Ablation Surgery to remove the canal and flush everything out. This surgery sounds so drastic to us, so we are so worried about it.
I also asked my vet about checking what really is the "solid ulcerated tissue", but vet said this need to do CT under full general anesthesia. My vet said this tissue should be the cause for my cat's ear infection, and she said now my cat is having otitis media/internal. Her suggestion is to do surgery as antibiotics might not work.
Currently we don't know how to decide and what to proceed.. My cat is so young, and except the discharge from right ear, he looks fine, eat well, energetic and play normally. This surgery is so drastic and risky as hearing, facial nerve might be affected. But we feel his right ear infection is like a timed bomb, still need to solve it, if not it may lead to other problems.. If you have any suggestion or any experience to share, please help me, thanks a lot in advance!
I was searching on internet about Ear Ablation Surgery and happened to find this thread. Thank you all for sharing your experience and they are really helpful!
My cat, Fish, is only 1 year and 4 month old, but is having ear infection for about 6 months. He is having good appetite and play and run normally. His right ear has yellowish discharge, and my vet cultured it saying it's baterial infection. However, we tried several antibiotics based on the culture result and we did ear cleanning and applied ear drops, they all do not solve the condition. Few days ago, my vet suggested us to do an x-ray to see what's going on with my cat's right ear, at the same time, she did orthoscope examination in my cat's ear. She said the typanic membrane look replaced by a solid ulcerated tissue, but she's not 100% sure if it's polyp. She told us normally the typanic membrane should be a thin shiny membrane, but in my cat's right ear, it's not like that. And there is a lot of liquid/discharge in the canal. So she recommended us to do Total Ear Ablation Surgery to remove the canal and flush everything out. This surgery sounds so drastic to us, so we are so worried about it.
I also asked my vet about checking what really is the "solid ulcerated tissue", but vet said this need to do CT under full general anesthesia. My vet said this tissue should be the cause for my cat's ear infection, and she said now my cat is having otitis media/internal. Her suggestion is to do surgery as antibiotics might not work.
Currently we don't know how to decide and what to proceed.. My cat is so young, and except the discharge from right ear, he looks fine, eat well, energetic and play normally. This surgery is so drastic and risky as hearing, facial nerve might be affected. But we feel his right ear infection is like a timed bomb, still need to solve it, if not it may lead to other problems.. If you have any suggestion or any experience to share, please help me, thanks a lot in advance!