So Penny got spayed at the animal shelter Thursday. Yesterday I noticed it looked like there was a hematoma right under where the incision was. I haven't been able to keep her quiet so I called the vet and described what I saw (blanking on the term hematoma until about an hour ago) and they didn't understand what I was saying. But I also wanted to get a Cone of Shame for her since she was licking the spot.
I took a picture of the place to show and ask if I should bring her in and went to get the Cone of Shame. The receptionist showed it to a vet tech who just said "I won't diagnose for a picture" and I replied, I wasn't looking for a diagnosis, I wanted to know if I needed to bring her in right away. There was some confusion over whether I should, and finally I made an appointment for Wednesday at 10:30.
I got home and tried to tie on the Cone of Shame with gauze according to how the vet said. Penny got that thing off in record time. So I got her a collar, set it to the tightest setting and used that. She got it off in less than 10 minutes. So I called the vet back and asked for suggestions and they said to put her in a onesie.
Except I couldn't find a cheap one that looked small enough and I think I'm going to try the Cone of Shame thing again.
Much nothing~ma to you, Maria.
I don't know how small Penny is, but maybe a premie size onsie would work, askye?
I was thinking that but I didn't find one, but I'll go looking again harder tomorrow. Maybe I'll go look and see if I can find a dog tshirt for a really small dog, maybe that will work.
You need sloth pajamas!
brenda, may I?
And Askye, good luck with the cone of shame and the onesie, and the glayvin. Pets. They keep us occupied, right?
Brenda, how's Darby doing with her food?
Ugh Maria, sending you much ~ma and prayers that the biopsy results are good.
Hoping it's nothing, Maria.
Yay, my next door neighbor (who I've only met like, twice before, and waved to as we both pulled in/out the garage at the same time a few times) came over to say she'd seen our garage door open last night and wanted to know if everything was OK, and that it had probably been too late when she got in to knock. (All was OK--roomie forgot to close garage door, I noticed this morning, nothing seems to be missing). But we exchanged contact info, so that's very good--now I can call or email her if there are any issues.
Lots of ~ma, Maria. I've had a couple of atypical moles removed and it was NBD. Which reminds me, need to get back to the dermatologist for a mole check.
Hooray, sj! Fabulous.
Still can't find my bank card. This is not great. Gonna check some more tonight, but if I don't find it, I'm going to have to ask for another one tomorrow. Urrgh.
Also, the new ED wants to me with my boss and me tomorrow afternoon, and I don't know why. I did a dumb thing, putting some very generic overall organizational issues into an email, and I'm hoping it hasn't gotten forwarded to him. IDK. So, just a tad of not-fired~ma would be nice, if y'all can spare it. I know I'm being paranoid, but this place operates fairly opaquely.
Job~ma, smonster. I hope maybe the ED thinks your candor refreshing and promotes you!! (just thinking positively!)
Let me know if your volunteers need any more recs.
