 Ouch!
I noticed that Adie was limping about every third step and when she laid down she started licking her hind foot. When I investigated I saw that she had cracked her toenail all the way around the cuticle and right up against her toe. I took her to the vet and the vet had to remove the whole thing.
I was a basket case. I was crying on the way in because I knew that clipping that toenail all the way off was going to hurt like hell. I could barely stand to watch the vet looking at it! When she asked me if I would hold Adie while she clipped it I just lost it. I couldn't imagine the scream that I was going to hear. We decided I needed to leave the room and the vet tech would hold her. I have NEVER had to leave an exam room before.
I sat in the waiting area and, indeed, waited to hear the cry of pain and whimpering that would soon come rolling down the hall and into the outer office. The longer I waited the more anxious I became. Finally out comes the tech with Adie in her arms. No noise and Adie is grinning at me like she just chewed up something she shouldn't have. Not a peep out of her!
She didn't even bleed that much! What a tough little ball of fur huh? |