Neo is doing fine. He was at Anna's yesterday in Horsham. The surgery however, was not successful. He has a very large and involved abscess in his neck. It is involved in his muscles, wind pipe, major veins and up into the ear area. She was able to get some of it for a biopsy and we will know more on Monday. He is currently on clavomox, has a drainage tube in, and we must put hot compresses on every 4 hours. We are going to try like heck to save this poor boy. The metal staples the previous owner put in came out yesterday also. Please let me know if anyone had this issue and what worked well for you. I am going to also try some homeopathic remedies to help boost his immune system. Marguerite TinyPrints On The Heart..... TinyPrints Shih Tzu, TinyPrints Ferretry and Rescue http://www.tinyprintsontheheart.com Ebay Sales to Benefit TinyPrints Ferret Rescue Medical Fund http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZalohaferrets TinyPrints Ferret Rescue PetFinder Web Page www.tinyprintsontheheart.petfinder.org TinyPrints Ferret Rescue Store www.tinyprintsontheheart.com/onlinestore.htm [Posted in FML issue 4821]