Sunday night about 10, I heard DH yell, "I think we have a problem." While running after something in the yard, the dog instead caught the edge of the upended tomato cage. It sliced right through her right upper chest, and she was bleeding heavily.
After a most stressful five-hour jaunt to the emergency vet and almost $700, she's home, sewn up, and medicated.
I'm very thankful she's ok. I'm not so thankful about the bill. Today we go back for another look at the wound. Ah--the emergency fund.
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Right before we got our beagle (she was with my inlaws temporarily) she ran into a bush and poked herself in the eye. We are so paranoid of this stuff now.
You made me thankful our emergency vet clinic is only 30 minutes away. There's also a new on-call emergency vet 2 doors down from us. I'm familiar with the first place though.
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My thoughts are with you on the other front as well. Sounds like are doing all the right things, and I am inspired by how you are handling everything in your lap at the moment.
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That's what the EF is for! Hope the poor pup is on the mend soon.
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I hope she heals soon. What an unfortunate accident!
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I'm happy to report she's on the mend. We've taken the cone off for 15 or so minutes at a time, while petting her. But unsupervised, she starts at the stitches, so wears the cone about 23 hours a day.
The pain meds are over today. She's very dopey after them, and I'll be glad to have the real dog back soon.
November 27th, 2011 at 11:52 pm 1322437937
Sort of reminds me of when I was a little girl. I wa squatting down to look at some interesting plant in the garden, when I punctured a blood vessel in my leg on some sort of wire fencing. I remember I ran to the house in my white, slip-on sneakers. By the time I got there, my sneakers were pink/red!