I'm so sorry, but glad they found it. I've had that experience, with
an emergency vet being completely uncaring, or seeming to be. It's a
pain, a real stresser. I try never to go back to those guys, once I
find out what they're like.
Bless you - hang in there.
Gloria
On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:32 PM, Lynne wrote:
Well I won't be taking Snowy in for spaying this coming week. I
went to clip her nails tonight and noticed that there was a big lump
on her right paw. When I touched it she meowed so I got her into
the emergency vet. They told me I did nothing wrong that this had
happened to her over a very long period of time. Her nail had grown
into her skin, along with hair and they had to put her under and
remove it. It had grown far into her pad and couldn't be removed
easily. I don't get this. She had seen 2 vets prior to our getting
her and no one noticed this. Now the poor little thing has to be on
antibiotics (Clindamycin) and wear one of those horrible hood things
so she won't lick her paw. She had a piece taken out of it and
cauterized. I am so sorry for what this poor little dear has been
through in her short life. I just hope all this trauma doesn't
cause her herpes virus to resurface. The first thing the vet did
when we got her there was to squirt eye wash into her eyes and she
got all upset. I kind of yelled at him for doing that and asked
why. He said she looks like she has allergies and I said "she's a
persian their eyes tear". Fortunately there was a very
knowledgeable technician present who seemed to know a lot more than
this guy did.
Lynne
