Scary Moment ...

[scottishlass]

Jeesh ... this evening and night I will never forget.

As I had said before, Chica had surgery day before yesterday and had an eye sewn shut. Well, Miss Little Terror Terrier managed somehow to rip the threads (the knots were still pristine) last night and she was looking at us with both her brown eyes. *sigh*
It was shortly before ten in the evening but we had to inform our vet and he immediately said, that's not good. To keep a long story short, we hauled Chica over to the vet (good thing he only lives five minutes away) and the threads were removed and it was newly sewn. And who had to assist? Yeah ... me. His Hubbiness™ chickened out and as the normal vet assistant comes from a town a couple of kilometers away, I had to step in.

I can savely say I did so professionally, and only when we returned home my knees went weak :)
Gosh, please, I really don't want to do that EVER AGAIN!!

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

OMPH! I would have passed out there and then. You are so awesome. I am so sorry this happened and I hope Chica will not do it again!

AND YAY! To the beautiful and happy banner!

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Well I have kept Chica within reach and when she started to act like she wanted to sneak away I just followed her. She is soooo pissed off at me now, I think she would throw a tantrum if she were a human :)

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Oh, my... You are brave! I think I couldn't stand this kind of things -I would faint.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I thought so too but I guess I have some sort of butcher mentality ;-)

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

he-he...
I remember, once when my ancle-in-low cut his head (nothing serious, just a scratch, but with a lot of blood) I almost fainted at a spot. ;) I'm not afraid of my own blood, but at others - I can't stand it.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't feel nauseous when I see blood, I have been a student medic for the German Water Rescue Squad (from 15 to 21) and sometimes there was a lot of blood even with folks just swimming and sunbathing when we were on duty.
I even attended a post mortem when our medical department at uni still offered public post mortems on Information Days. But to see Chica lying there under sedation ... I was really feeling sick afterwards.

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

To study medicine...oh, no, this is absolutely not for me. I just can't. =)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

The Public Days were cool ... though the smell was a bit much :D
Visually I can take anything ... but olifactorical ... *shudder* I hate smelly things :s

[nananini.livejournal.com]

cuuuuuteeeeee ! I love this new banner

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

not very nice at all :( hope she will not mess up the stitches again *nods*

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

She is under surveillance now ... I hope she won't do it again - I don't think I could go through such a late night surgery again :s

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

*nods* don't sound very nice for either of you :/

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

That and the fact that Chica hated it, she is still pissed off at me it seems :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

naww, hope she will get over it soon ^^

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Why did Chica have a surgery? Sorry I've been behind on posts! :( So glad things are OK now, and yay for brave Una ^^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Chica has had an infection in her right eye which we tried to keep in check since she came here over a year ago. It had gotten better and it was her good eye, too. Now one little vein is growing into the lense of her eye and it had to be removed, hence the surgery, otherwise she would go blind. To let the eye get a rest, it had been sewn shut. She has to have it shut for two weeks, then the eye is healed enough to go without a cover.
What is strange though ... now that the weaker eye has to do all the job, it is actually getting better, she can walk straight, doesn't run into things too much, only her depth vision is probably gone in her left eye.
Hopefully, she will have a good eye sight for years to come from ths one surgery.