In the Dog House

After worrying about Maya all day and looking at Nicki's sad face moping around the office, it was finally almost 3pm and I was able to head to the veterinarian's office to retrieve Maya. I was lead into a room in the back and they opened a cage where Maya was calmly laying - until the door opened. She bolted past the assistant and I thought "the poor thing, she just wants to come to me." As I reached down, she ran past, with her head and tail down, trying desperately to find a way out. The surgeon headed her off one direction so she ran another, only to find the assistant had that way blocked so she grudgingly came when I called her (at least I was preferrable to the two stangers who had caused her so much discomfort).

The veterinarian showed me her ear, which has an 'S' shaped incision on the underside, extending from the base to the tip. This was not stitched closed (to allow the ear to drain), and there were approximately 30 stitches placed randomly in the ear, in effect quilting it together.

I put her leash on and began to walk to the door, with Maya 'running in place' in her effort to exit the building as quickly as possible.

I took her home and gave her two benedryl, an antibiotic, and prednisone. She did well, leaving her ear alone and only shaking her head slightly. The ear is shaved, and it is kind of stiff, making it protrude more and appear larger.

A few times she laid by me, and allowed me to minister to her, so I may be working my way out of the dog house - at least until I have to take her back in two weeks to have the stitches removed.