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It's been 1.5 weeks since Ryder was in for his dental. I immediately noticed when I got him home his "arm" was rather red, and bruising was setting in. For certain he didnt have a needle properly inserted I guessed. Today, while his fur is growing back, I continue to notice bruising in the same spot, that doesn't seem to be going away quickly. I don't recall bruising from the needle ever taking this long to dissipate. While I am not overly concerned enough to bring him to the vet, just wondering anyone's past experiences?

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Sometimes it takes a while for the blood to reabsorb. You can try using warm compresses to help it along, and arnica gel/cream if you have any.

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The needle or IV catheter can be perfect and still bruise. I just did Summit on Thursday (needed a mass removed). I placed AND removed his catheter myself, all without any glitches. His leg his bruised. Kili bruises every single time she has blood taken, no matter how clean the draw and no matter how long I leave the pressure bandage on for. We're talking about greyhounds here... they suck at clotting unfortunately.

 

A week and a half is a little long though. I might not expect the bruising to be entirely gone, but I'd expect improvement. Summit is about 5 days post op and he still has bruising, but it is obviously resolving.

 

ETA: Here's Kili's leg from awhile back

 

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I still haven't had the chance to free up space to post pics or I would have :(

 

It really is amazing the differences between the dogs. Kasey had a needle inserted for chemo weekly for a month and a half and encountered zero issues. This guy....a couple hours and bruising. I'd guess it looks fairly similar to the Kili pic.

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Nothing to do with the vet screwing up. Neyla would get such bad bruising from routine blood draws that we switched to using cat needles.

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