I haven't been on much lately. I have been busy. Just thought everyone would like a Teddy update.
Right now Teddy is out of commission. He was swimming at the river the other day and got a nasty cut on the pad of his foot. He was bleeding pretty badly. We took him to the emergency vets and a girl came in and bandaged up his foot because he was bleeding all over the floor. we waited for an hour and Teddy was bleeding through the bandage all over the floor again. Finally the vet came in. he asked what the problem was and we told him that Teddy was swimming at the river and got a nasty cut and was bleeding a lot. The vet did not even LOOK at the cut. He asked me to show him on Teddys other back foot where the cut was. It was on the big pad on the side. He then suggested that teddy would need stitches and would have to be put under to get the stitches. He then left (still hadn't looked at the wound). A girl came in with a paper for us to sign saying the procedure would cost $700 :O WHAT??!! he didn't even look at it. We really didn't think it was bad enough to warrant that kind of treatment. So we asked if there was a non surgical way to treat it and the girl said "Oh of course. We can just take him back and clean it up, give him some antibiotics and wrap it up" Funny the vet never mentioned this option. That was going to cost us $400 bucks. We said fine. We waited for another 45 minutes and heard nothing about taking Teddy back to get it cleaned. So finally we just told the girl at the front desk that we would just like the antibiotic shot and we would take him home and clean it and dress the wound and take him to our vet. So they did.
Today we went to our new vet and Teddy loves him. he is a great vet. He said no way did the wound need to be stitched and $700 is a little steep for maybe 2 stitches. He said to just keep it wrapped for a couple of weeks and he is on two antibiotics. He can't play for a few weeks either
He is already getting cabin fever from being cooped up.
here are some new pics
Right now Teddy is out of commission. He was swimming at the river the other day and got a nasty cut on the pad of his foot. He was bleeding pretty badly. We took him to the emergency vets and a girl came in and bandaged up his foot because he was bleeding all over the floor. we waited for an hour and Teddy was bleeding through the bandage all over the floor again. Finally the vet came in. he asked what the problem was and we told him that Teddy was swimming at the river and got a nasty cut and was bleeding a lot. The vet did not even LOOK at the cut. He asked me to show him on Teddys other back foot where the cut was. It was on the big pad on the side. He then suggested that teddy would need stitches and would have to be put under to get the stitches. He then left (still hadn't looked at the wound). A girl came in with a paper for us to sign saying the procedure would cost $700 :O WHAT??!! he didn't even look at it. We really didn't think it was bad enough to warrant that kind of treatment. So we asked if there was a non surgical way to treat it and the girl said "Oh of course. We can just take him back and clean it up, give him some antibiotics and wrap it up" Funny the vet never mentioned this option. That was going to cost us $400 bucks. We said fine. We waited for another 45 minutes and heard nothing about taking Teddy back to get it cleaned. So finally we just told the girl at the front desk that we would just like the antibiotic shot and we would take him home and clean it and dress the wound and take him to our vet. So they did.
Today we went to our new vet and Teddy loves him. he is a great vet. He said no way did the wound need to be stitched and $700 is a little steep for maybe 2 stitches. He said to just keep it wrapped for a couple of weeks and he is on two antibiotics. He can't play for a few weeks either
He is already getting cabin fever from being cooped up. here are some new pics
