Busy Week

My goodness we've been busy this week. Tuesday was vet day for Chessie and Wednesday was oral surgeon day for Paul. It was about the worst day on Wednesday to be out driving (snow, sleet, rain, ice) but we knew it'd take forever to get another appointment with the oral surgeon. This was the visit when the oral surgeon cut open the gum where he had extracted the tooth earlier and drilled into the jaw bone to insert a metal post. Trouble is they drilled just a little too far and drilled through the bone and into his sinus cavity. Now he's on extra strong antibiotics (Augmentin), nose spray, and antihistamines so he doesn't get any type of infection. He also got a prescription for Vicodin for pain but hasn't used it. He seems to be doing okay although the stitches are irritating to him.

We got a call from Dr. Kipps while we were out on Wednesday. She was pleased with Chessie's blood test results. Her liver counts had come up significantly but still were not within the normal range. So we need to keep up the good work. I think we finally arrived at the easiest way to give Chessie the Marin pill. I crush it, take off the bulb end of the eyedropper, pour in the crushed pill, add a little less than 1 ml. of water and shake. Then put the bulb back on and squirt it in her mouth...over and done. I'm assuming from Chessie's reaction to it that it must taste bad, although it's supposed to be tuna flavor. So, of course, we have to give her "treats" after the dose.

Yesterday, Thursday, was my turn at the doctor's. You know you're getting old when you have to get skin tags removed. I thought the doctor would freeze them off but she said, "If you can take it we'll just cut them off." Aaargh! Naturally, I had to show how tough I was. She just took hold the skin with tweezers and cut. Yeeouch! But really most of them weren't too bad just one made me say ouch. I was surprised at how little they bled and only one is sore this morning. The doctor also gave me the results from my blood tests. Everything was good and I think she was happier than I was about how good my cholesterol was...total in the 150's which I guess it good.

We're all on the mend.