Taking my poor turtle to vet

My little man - Corrigan is really sick. Nothing too major because he is eating and very nasty as usual but he has a ear infection which wens he has a upper respitory infection most likely. They get puss in the ear. But since turtles don't have a 'ear' but a pad that is like a birds ear you can't drain it unless you slice the head open and drain out the puss.

I AM TERRIFIED FOR HIM... he might need antibiotics too. So now i am spending $100 and it was supposed to go to the wedding but i can't let my baby suffer. SO he is going to vet soon and I pray he will be okay.

Here he is now - big lump on his right side.


I will tell you how it comes and if not too graphic what he looks like after.