by VickieP » Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:47 pm
Our usual Vet is out today, but when she called last night she said the Clinic owner/Vet would let me know Weatherby's status this morning. Ronnie prefers the Owner Vet as that's who's been treating his parents dogs for many, many years. I don't like him because he's cut and dry. Our lady Vet would fill me in on little things, like whether Weatherby was hunched up in obvious pain or wagging his little nub of a tail when she talked to him. Anyway, this morning he said that Weatherby was barking when he opened to door this morning, meaning he was doing some better. They gave him one more injection this morning and then will let it taper off to see if that took care of the swelling. He did say that in his experience, when a dog is in as much pain as Weatherby was, that they ended up doing the surgery eventually, but we'd wait and see how he does. He said if the pain is gone, then we probably would be able to pick him up tomorrow, but we decided that we want him to stay another night. I'll talk to our vet tomorrow, but we'd rather him be there an extra day, where he can immediately get help if it comes back. When they gave him the shot last Thursday, he was fine that night, but woke up the next day screaming.
VickieP
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