Chloe's first injury...

On Saturday afternoon Chloe was running along the fence chasing our neighbor's dog....all of the sudden Josh heard her squeal. She ran over to him and her front right paw was bleeding pretty badly. We couldn't see anything in her paw, but obviously she cut it on something. We're not sure what it was, but we're guessing it was a large splinter or possibly a nail. Part of our neighbors fence fell during the bad storms a couple of weeks ago, so it's very possibly that Chloe might have stepped on a leftover nail. We could tell that she was in a lot of pain Saturday night and all day Sunday...she was limping and kept licking it constantly. So, I took her to the vet first thing this morning to get it checked out. Sure enough, she needed stitches!! They had to put her under to clean the wound well and stitch it up. So, $230 later, Chloe's paw is back in one piece! She has to take 5 days worth of pain medicine, 7 days worth of antibiotics to fight infection...and I have to take her for a check-up on Wednesday and to get her stitches out in 10 days. Gees....I've got a high maintenance patient to take care of! She's worth it though!!


Right after she got home from the vet...she was pretty pitiful.


My patient after some rest, pain medicine, antibiotics and dinner...she has a little bit more pep in her step! She even considered chasing a squirrel, but she quickly remembered that she is down one leg.