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My Doggie & Her Bad Ouchie ...  

trixietrixster 56F  
3188 posts
12/3/2016 8:42 pm
My Doggie & Her Bad Ouchie ...

At the beginning of November, when my and the hubby returned from our trip to the "Bible Belt", the first thing we did was pick up our doggie at the kennel. Rite before she went in, she had a physical, r-xays and stuff, which added up to a pretty penny. She has been going here for most of her life - she's 16. Aside from a heart murmur, which the vet said not to worry too much bout, her blood work that of a 10 year old dog. For being up there in years, her health was really good ...

We spend almost 2K for her "vacation". Her shots for kenneling - doggie day care - extra walks - play time on the weekends. The day after we picked her up, noticed one of her back paws was swollen. Back to the vet she goes and not very happy bout it. When we pulled in, her teeth started to chatter, and she was shaking. Probably was thinking the last time you took me here, you didn't come back for 10 days. This was the first time she was kenneled in a long time. Just don't like doing this to her, tho, we couldn't take her and no one was available to stay with her ...

They look at her paw and told is was some kind of infection in between the one nail and on the bottom of the bed, it had a little sore. Maybe from the grass. Not too specific. I get it, sometimes, you just can't pin down a cause. Time for laser therapy treatment - 6 visits - another 600 bucks or so. When this was completed, they said her paw looked good and she was okies. Bout a week later, not only was her paw still a little swollen, the nail was growing up. Back to the vet we go ...

When they lifted up her paw and looked on the bottom, the sore was now a small hole. The vet said she had a tumor on the one nail bed and the whole toe had to be removed immediately. My first thought - are we going to be able to afford the surgery - broke out into tears. Weighting out her age, her heart murmur, and the cost of 1200 bucks, we opted for her to have the surgery ...

From an slight infection to a tumor is one month's time - crazy stuff. Guess it was just one of those things. Of course, we don't think they gave her anything but the best of care. Just an ironic timing thingy. They wound up only charging us 600 - probably for the laser therapy treatment that she didn't need - in hindsite ...

Her surgery was this past Tuesday and they kept her till early Wednesday evening for observation and to change her bandages. They were amazed at how well she handled the whole ordeal, considering her age. When she finally came home, she was still disoriented and hadn't eaten anything since the nite before her operation. Other than the fluids they gave her in an IV, she hadn't drank. Humans and animals can go without food for a long time, but not drinking isn't good = hydration. I feed her water thru a straw for 2 days - she ate a few stray treats ...

Her bandage can't get wet, so we have to put this iv bag on her paw anytime she goes out. She doesn't like it or wearing a head<b> collar </font></b>- not at all. She's actually walking pretty good with the bandage on ...

Tonite, for the first time since Monday, she ate something more than a treat here and there. Of course, she refused to eat out of her bowl = I hand fed her some chicken. And, she's been drinking on her own ...

The body weight breaks down to 30% on each front paw - 20% on each back paw. Then, it gets divided by how many toes. So, the toe that she had removed counts as bout 5% to 7% of her body weight ... she only weight bout 50 pounds. In the grand scheme of things, that not a lot for her other back toes to pick up the slack on ...

Next week, her bandages come off and they will check her healing progress. Hopefully, she's well enuf to have those nasty bandages come off. As of now, she is doing fabo - huge chance she mite not need rehab. All she knows is that she's home with her parental units, back to getting lots of luv and attention. Keeping the faith that her recovery continues in such a positive manner ...

12-8-16 ... my 4 legged got her stitches out today - YAY!! She's doing amazing and is back to eating and drinking on her own. Monday, her bandages come off ... so stoked!!



In Luv, Lite, Laffter ...


Tmptrzz 61F  
107039 posts
12/4/2016 10:58 am

Trix, at least you were able to catch the tumor early enough to take care of it. I hope she has a full speedy recovery my friend..

Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on..


boobwhisperer69 61M  
8322 posts
12/4/2016 6:57 pm

We luv our doggies don't we! Glad she is doing better! Hugs


trixietrixster 56F  
3125 posts
12/6/2016 11:23 am

    Quoting Tmptrzz:
    Trix, at least you were able to catch the tumor early enough to take care of it. I hope she has a full speedy recovery my friend..
Tmp - encountering a few issues, but still keeping positive!! Ty my friend!

In Luv, Lite, Laffter ...


trixietrixster 56F  
3125 posts
12/6/2016 11:24 am

    Quoting boobwhisperer69:
    We luv our doggies don't we! Glad she is doing better! Hugs
Oh, yeah we do ... four legged "kids" rock out! Thanks for your kind thoughts ...

In Luv, Lite, Laffter ...


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