Ok, so who has ever lanced an abscess and cut a little too deep or long?? I just did that. I thought to myself.....I think I just killed my cow!! She has a case of lumpy jaw. Vet was out about 3 weeks ago and gave her NaI in the vein and at that time the lump was very hard and in the lower jaw and side of the face. It seems to improve and got much better in about 10 days. Then after a week of looking good, it started growing again very fast and got very huge. So, I got her in today and felt it, it was mostly soft so decided I would lance it. Stuck the scalpel in at the bottom, she jerked a little and yada yada yada, about a 2 inch slice with gushing blood and puss pouring out. After all that drained out I am thinking, wow, that is a steady stream of blood coming out....maybe I cut too long or too deep? I could not believe how much stuff came out of there and how liquid it was. I hope she doesn't have a bigger problem from me trying to help her after all this. Just wondering if anyone ever had that thought that they might have done more harm than good???