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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Woe Is Pup



The bad news: The vet removed Elke's bandage yesterday and naturally she began to lick and bother the stitches. So, out came a huge e-collar. This thing looks like a lampshade and the poor dog is bumping into everything.

The good news: The pathology report on the growth on her foot was a cutaneous calcinosis secondary to a pressure point.

We were very happy to hear that. Now all we have to do is keep our sanity until her foot heals.
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 30, 2007 1:22 PM

    awww, sad poochie.

    -pez

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  2. Shover RobotAugust 30, 2007 2:44 PM

    yeah PITA is not going to approve of this!

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  3. The Merry WidowAugust 30, 2007 3:09 PM

    Praise G*D it was minor! We dodged a bullet last year with my puppy-wuppy tearing the tendon in his knee, but we got it healed without surgery!

    tmw

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  4. cubeAugust 30, 2007 4:08 PM

    pez: it is a sad thing indeed to watch this poor dog run around with this thing on her head.

    shover: it's to keep her away from the stitches in her foot, but I caught her licking her foot today!

    tmw: we have some lucky dogs.

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  5. nancAugust 30, 2007 4:10 PM

    i always expect the dog who wears one of these to break out a cigar, a glass of brandy and start singing or telling jokes...

    <*;]

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  6. The Merry WidowAugust 30, 2007 4:37 PM

    Nanc-Or intoning in proper Elizabethan English about the dreadful conditions they find themselves enduring...with great fortitude of course!
    Cube-Blessed puppies for sure!

    tmw

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  7. BeckEyeAugust 30, 2007 9:36 PM

    Aw, poor puppy! I hope she's back to normal soon.

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  8. Jamie DawnAugust 31, 2007 1:44 AM

    Awww, she looks cute.
    I wonder what she's thinking???

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  9. 8675309August 31, 2007 2:04 AM

    Poor little thing! Hang in there, Cube. We'll pray for quick healing!

    And keep that e-collar -- you never know when it might come in handy. At last year's Halloween costume contest, my friend used an e-collar, a large, green-painted jingle bell and some red pipe cleaners to transform her dog into a martini glass. :)

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  10. nancAugust 31, 2007 7:37 AM

    bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!

    *80

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  11. cubeAugust 31, 2007 8:12 AM

    nanc: the lampshade would have to be on her head for the jokes.

    tmw: there you go...

    To sleep! perchance to dream... of getting rid of this freakin' collar!

    beckeye: thank you.

    j.d.: see my reply to tmw ;-)

    jenny: lol. I think my dog might build a bonfire in the backyard & burn the thing.

    nanc: I hear you.

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  12. Shover RobotAugust 31, 2007 11:53 AM

    aww well get well soon Elke!

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  13. BrookeAugust 31, 2007 12:29 PM

    Thank goodness it wasn't cancer! WHEW!

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  14. cubeAugust 31, 2007 2:07 PM

    shover: Thanks. She seems to be on the mend. The vet took the stitches out this morning & bandaged the foot again. We're off the e-collar, thank goodness. It was driving everyone, including Elke, crazy.

    brooke: It was a tense week for us humans. Elke didn't mind anything as much as wearing that e-collar.

    We'll have a nice carefree weekend.

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  15. JenSeptember 04, 2007 4:54 PM

    It's cute, like a big old frame for her pretty face :-)

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  16. cubeSeptember 04, 2007 5:32 PM

    jen: Elke's a cutie, but lately she's also being a bad dog. She's able to whip her foot around the lampshade, er, e-collar, & pick at her wound.

    So we wrapped her wound with bandages & she's managed to rip them off & pick at her wound.

    We're at our wit's end. It's all about wound management & we just don't know how to manage this one.

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