Thirteen days ago True was fanged by another dog in the waiting room of the university hospital. I didn't even realize he had been bit and later that day he got a big hard lump on his face. I took him to my family vet the next day and she found the puncture wound. He did 7 days of antibiotics which he finished this past Tuesday. On Friday afternoon I noticed he had a small swelling on his elbow. I thought perhaps he had licked it a bit because he has seasonal allergies and gave him some benedryl. Saturday morning it was a bit worse and by the time I returned home from work yesterday afternoon his elbow to wrist was about twice the regular size. I took him to the university and they thought he had a bit of infection and sent me home with more antibiotics. By this morning his leg was about 4x the regular size so back to the univeraity we went. The poor dog just finished having surgery.....they said that there were many pockets of abcess and that it was very close to the joint. They opened each pocket, drained them, took tissue samples, put a drain in and sewed him back up. They are still very concerned because of his neutropenia and the fact that he's on Imuran.....they are hoping he doesn't become septic and have him on massive IV antibiotics. Is there any way that the dog bite to the faces could have travelled into his leg? My vet bill has already surpassed $2,500 with no end in sight yet. The bad leg is on the same side that his face as bitten on and this seems to be too big of a coincidence to me.