Poor Tom! He woke up this morning with strange swelling in his ears. After rushing him to the vet, we learned that he has hematomas in both ears! Even worse, he needs surgery to fix them!
We've done some on-line research about aural hematomas, and learned that an aural hematoma is a swelling involving the earflap (referred to as the pinna) and is caused by a rupture of a blood vessel under the skin. As the ruptured blood vessel bleeds it creates a pocket of serum and blood in the space between the skin and the cartilage of the pinna. Usually it is caused by excessive head shaking, scratching, or trauma to the ear, but in Tom's case, we dont know why they appeared!
Tom is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. Please help us raise funds to cover his surgery!
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