Genia
04-07-2002, 11:43 PM
I've been away for a while. With my job, Sept 11 threw me in a tailspin. (Want to know how many hours I can work with no sleep?) I had to take some time to re-evaluate a lot of things afterward but now I think I'm back to my old self. Bandit and Jeffrey are doing great. They both were with my Mom for a while. Jeffrey is still there. My Mom has grown so attached to him. When I told her I was taking him back I thought she would cry! I originally took him there because I had a lot of back yard construction going on so the fence had to come down. He's still there because we'll be moving to Oklahoma in June so we're not going to put the fence back up. Bandit gave me quite a scare recently. My brother's new pup (Jezebel, a rescue, we haven't figured out the breed(s) yet) bit Bandit on the neck. We didn't see the bite because it was in the folds of his neck. A couple of days later he just didn't seem to be himself. I was scheduled to take him for his shots in the next couple of days so I didn't worry too much. I came home from work one day and he didn't greet me at the door. I found him lying on his bed with his neck covered with blood! Talk about sheer panic. I checked the area and it was covered in blood and puss. I called my vet and she had me wash his neck and told me to give him a benedryl to stop the itching. I took him in first thing the next morning. I had to leave him. It was so sad. He howled as I was leaving. Anyone ever heard a Pug howl? Heartbreaking! She said she would call before noon. Around 1030 I couldn't stand it and so I called. She said that from that tiny little puppy bite, bacteria had entered the wound and he had gotten a staph infection. He was on antibiotics for 12 days and I had to wash the area and put Dermagen ointment on twice a day. He had to run around with a shaved neck for a while but I am happy to say he is back to normal.
I missed being here. I would lurk every now and then but my heart wasn't in it. Oh! Hopefully you'll have some new citizens soon. My neighbor rescued a beautiful GS mix from the shelter and a co-worker recently became dad to..what else...a Pug! (He met Bandit and fell in love!) I told them both about Pet Talk and they said they would visit.
I missed being here. I would lurk every now and then but my heart wasn't in it. Oh! Hopefully you'll have some new citizens soon. My neighbor rescued a beautiful GS mix from the shelter and a co-worker recently became dad to..what else...a Pug! (He met Bandit and fell in love!) I told them both about Pet Talk and they said they would visit.