I feel defeated.

Bailey needs a trephination.

It’s that surgical procedure I mentioned in my previous post where holes are drilled in the frontal bone so anti-fungal medication can be delivered directly into the dog’s sinus cavity.

Damn aspergillosis.

Here’s the bottom line: if the fungus destroys the cribriform plate the aspergillosis spores enter the brain and the animal dies.

Not a pretty sight.

Trephination is the best treatment because it allows veterinarians to get the anti-fungal medicine directly onto the infected areas of the sinuses.

According to AI: Canine trephination, specifically Canine Fossa Trephination (CFT), is a veterinary surgical technique where a small hole (trephine) is drilled into the canine’s maxillary sinus (cheekbone area) or frontal sinus to access and treat severe sinus infections like fungal sinusitis (Aspergillosis) or polyps, allowing for debris removal, irrigation, and topical medication delivery, offering a direct path to difficult-to-reach diseased tissue beyond standard endoscopy, though it involves surgical risk like infection or nerve damage if not done precisely. 

The procedure has about an 86% success rate.

And costs in the neighborhood of $12,000.

Here we go…

Blessed be :}

Mi manchi profondamente, mio ​​amato immortale.