EuroChook
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Yes, the ibuprofen will work. She will be okay. But please, if you choose to follow my advice, then stop the vit E for now.I gave the vitmin E this morning, so she should be ok to give an ani-inflammatory right? Would the ibuprofen you mentioned work?
What I'm thinking is this: these are symptoms some time after the initial attack. If it were neurological deficit caused by trauma, the symptoms would be there really close to the event. (A guy in a car wreck will have chronic symptoms starting right after the accident. He doesn't do okay then suddenly have an arm that doesn't work, say, if something secondary isn't causing it).
Most likely, given the open wound, this is secondary infection. It will be systemic and not at the original site. It is the most common sequela to an open wound, even if everything is done right.
Therefore, the priority is to manage inflammation and infection causing it first.
If there is no inflammation, it will be okay either way. But without antibiotic and anti-inflammatory, then she is in trouble.
The vit E should not at this stage have too much of an impact on her hemodynamics. (Slightly elevated risk, but it's not like she has been on vit E for days and days and weeks). Either way, we must start anti-inflam and anti-biotic.
You're doing fine. There's a lot of conflicting information going on. But even for people, you treat inflammation and infection as an emergency/first priority.
If there is neuro deficit, then it will be chronic anyway, and symptoms are best reduced and controlled with gabapentin.
So, my advice, which you are always free to take or leave, is to do the first things first--control inflammation, control the source of inflammation.
Important to give her fluids, nutridrench via eyedropper, if necessary. Come on, little lady, pull through this!