April 25th 2009 7:09 am
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On Wednesday, Dad took me to the vet to get my stitches from the terrier bite out. They said it had healed very nicely, and that eventually the scab would fall off and it would be fine. But...Thursday morning when Mom and Dad woke up they noticed that it was wide open again. I must have scratched at it in the middle of the night and it opened up again. I already had an appointment with the vet to get my first allergy shot that afternoon, so she looked at the bite when I was there. She agreed that it wouldn't heal like that, and that it needed to be re-stitched again. She said that they could put me under and do it, or if Mom thought she could keep me distracted, they would just give me local lidocaine to numb the area and then clean it out and stitch it up. Mom asked if they had treats, and the vet tech returned with a bag of Bil Jac. I LOVE that stinky stuff. Sure enough, I sat very still and ate Bil Jac out of Mom's hand while the vet and vet tech re-shaved the area a bit, cleaned it out, cut new edges on the wound (because the edges had already healed and won't heal together unless there is a fresh blood supply), and sewed it together with four stitches. The vet was pretty quick, but I got a LOT of Bil Jac and praises from Mommy too!

Here's to hoping that these stitches do their job!