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blue tick health issue

Just thought maybe someone may have seen this before. My hound ran a fever for about a month he was under vet care with antibiotics. I thought he acted funny with a little stiffness in his hip area at the top of the hip/ hind quarter .After a run of antibiotics he seemed better acted ok and started eating good again. Then all the sudden he developed a swollen area on the right side where the hip and rib cage meet about 3" wide x 6" long . Very tight and sensitive. Took him back to the vet they did xrays and said everything looked ok , muscle swollen . New round of antibiotics , all swelling went down then he started licking an area that came up like a cyst about 3x3 . The area started draining and eventually went down and we thought he was good . 3 days later another one pops up close to the same area but a little behind the first one . Back to the vet this time they did blood test . all good . lance the cyst where it wil drain and gave us another round of antibiotics .Well that cyst is going down but I see what looks like another one beginning further up the rib cage . These come from the inside out .They took a graft to send to the lab but I wont know results for a few days. This dog don't hunt he's a retired and neutered face barker that is my yard dog . Great Dog . Anyone one had this happen to them? Got any ideas? Thanks Wayne

My have vet start with steroids too. I am just guessing but there is prob knots under pups jaws. Feel free to text or call we can give you our vets number and all info we have on this. 660-292-2829. Would really like to know you blues lines too.