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Hello Lysane,
I have dealt with several bad leg cuts that were infected. This is what a
vet told me to do and it has worked very well for me. Put a thick coating
of "Furazone" or "Furaseptin" (thick yellow stuff
like Vaseline but water based) all over the wound, wrap it with plastic
wrap (not tight) then wrap a paper diaper around it and secure with
vet-wrap (firm). Leave it on only 24hrs. Remove and hose the wound to
remove any loose scabs and make the wound start to seep blood. I let the
horse stand until the leg  is dry (otherwise the Furazone will not
stick on long enough to re-wrap) and then repeat until the swelling and
pus are gone. When a hard spray of water hits Furazone the stuff foams
like soap and cleans off completely leaving no residue. Once it appears
to have no infection I smear on the Furazone and do not wrap. The wound
gets lots of crud in it and I hose it off every day and reapply Furazone
and they always heal very nicely. The really bad infections also get 3-5
days of Penn-G @ 20ml twice a day. That's a big shot and I do not use
cold Penn, I keep the bottle at 80F while giving shots then discard it
(do not keep it, get a new one for next time) and rotate the shots around
the horse's body, neck and butt on both sides.
I know your problem is less serious but the Furazone wrap might help draw
everything out. Good luck.

At 08:08 AM 1/27/2007 Saturday, you wrote:
> Thank you to everyone for the
> advice. Seems that there might still be something in there that just
> didn't show up on the x-ray. 
> When I went to the barn last night, her scar seemed to still be swelled
> even though the scab on the wound was hard and dry. 
> I put some hot compresses and then lifted the scab off. There was still
> some pus under there in the wound and attached to the scab. Glad I
> decided to go with "plan b" rather than just wait for it to
> rupture again. 
> I cleaned it with a syringe and saline solution and it looked pink when I
> was done. I also put the antibiotic cream ("Special Formula
> 17900-Strong") in the wound. The cream is very liquid and has a long
> tip for putting right in the wound...my mare wasn't thrilled but seems
> like it will get it in further rather than just on the surface. 
> Not sure how many times or days in a row I am supposed to do this
> though...whether once is enough or should I do it again tonight. I'm
> never sure whether I should bandage or not, the last time I bandaged a
> wound she had proud flesh growing, but then again at night she usually
> lays down for awhile on that side and could get all kinds of stuff back
> in it. 
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> Lysane
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