Wounded Beastie

Spent 2 hours in the vet emergency room with Amy yesterday as we discovered a deep puncture wound on her chest when we went to go for our lunch time walk. It must have happened in the morning, she must have run into a stick or something in the woods, but she didn’t complain, it was only when we went to go out at lunch time and she was moving very tentatively that I gave her a close inspection and found it.

Thank goodness we have emergency vets close by; they cleaned it out, gave her an x-ray to make sure nothing was stuck in it, stitched it up both internally and externally and sent her home with painkillers and anti-inflammatories.

Luckily, although it is deep, it is only in the muscle, it did not penetrate her chest cavity. The most difficult thing is going to be keeping her on the leash for the next week or so until it is healed enough for her to go back to a regular exercise regimen!