Well, we just got back from the Emergency Vet at 10:00pm tonight. Howie basically ripped his dew claw off (being stupid in the backyard jumping at the fence). It was severed in half and hanging - graphic and gross I know. He was in a lot of pain and bleeding. I figured to avoid him fully ripping it off later tonight (and more blood) I would just take him to the near by Emergency Vet clinic and get him fixed up. My sister came to help and since it was only 8:30 pm by the time we could go we just took Finley thinking the appointment wasn't going to take that long. Finley wasn't acting very tired anyway with all the excitement. Finley was CRAZY at the clinic. What fun. They were pretty efficient as they did have other patients too. Howie had to have local anesthetic and have the nail removed. He cried so loud when they did the procedure we could hear him in the waiting room. Poor guy. He was also given an antibiotic shot to ward off infection. He got a pretty red bandage and a lovely cone collar thing which he is not tolerating but he must not gnaw on his bandage. He should be okay in a few days to remove the bandage. Let's hope for a good recovery and NO complications. Boy oh boy not exactly what I needed this Monday night but what do you do?
sounds exciting!!! Hope Howie is better soon.
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