WOW - Dave, glad you got in and got it looked at and hope you get well soon.
As a personal experience two weeks ago a friends dog scratched me on the lower lip with his paw. No idea what was on his paw but I got a lymph node infection. Time line --- soft swelling below the right ear in 24 hrs, 12 hrs later hard lump about 2 inches long by 1 inch wide going down my jaw line, another 12 hours right side of face fully swollen with hard lump expanded from back of neck across the front of my throat. Into Emerg and they said they most commonly see this from cat scratches. It has started to affect breathing and blood flow. I was on daily IV for a week and multiple horse pills daily for two weeks.
After all the stuff I have touched with wild game with nicks and cuts this happens. Lesson learned for me --- A person needs to be really aware of any change that occurs to the area around an exposure to an animal.
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