I hate going to the Vet.
Every time I go to the vet I come away feeling less than adequate as a dog parent. Like the time I took Molly in the UK and got yelled at for her vaccinations being late. Or the other time I took Molly and was yelled at because she was overweight and had a heart problem and IT WAS ALL MY FAULT.
Today was, of course, no exception.
I noticed last night that Ruby had a noticeably red and inflamed-looking paw. I tried to touch it and she flinched so I decided to take her to get it checked out.
The vet had her up on the examination table & looked thoroughly at it, and determined that it was simply DIRTY.
Half relieved, half embarassed, I asked her to give Ruby the annual once-over checkup and shots while we were there. She started to look into Ruby's mouth and was immediately concerned.
In there, she discovered a nasty black piece of wire which was completely covering one molar and was lodged IN HER JAW and her gums / jaw had GROWN AROUND IT. In otherwords, it'd been there for ages. Like a giant staple or something. Horrendous. Her tooth was all black around it and it looked extremely nasty. The vet was clearly horrified, was Ruby off her food? Was she in pain? Errr no, and no, and had I not noticed this?? (small voice) err no, sorry.
Ruby is now having an operation to remove it and I'm waiting for a call to see if she's OK.
Posted by katie at January 24, 2005 04:34 PMOMG!! God poor Ruby :( Let us know how she is - i hate the vet too, bloody know it alls - i am sure that they get traning on how to make people feel like shit.
Posted by: boo at January 24, 2005 05:11 PMOh I dunno, they make me laugh... I mean, someone whose chosen career involves sticking their arm up a cow's arse.
Our cats seem to be remarkably well behaved whenever they are at the vets; of course neither have them have had anything seriously wrong with them (as yet, touch wood)... have to hope the puppy is the same when we get it :)
Hopefully Roby will be fine and will soon be up and around at a bazillion miles an hour again!
Posted by: Aka at January 25, 2005 06:59 AMBest wishes to Ruby. I know how upsetting it is when something is wrong with your pet.
Posted by: Steve at January 25, 2005 02:56 PM