"You wanna know how I got this scar?"
May. 18th, 2009 07:05 pm
Toby, doing his best Joker impersonation.
"You look nervous. Is it the scar? Wanna know how I got it? My roommate is a Dachshund...and a fiend. And one day, he goes off craaaazier than normal. I, being a bit of an idiot, decide to get in his face. Riley doesn't like that...not-t..one..bit-t. So, Tin watching, he uses his abnormally quick reflexes and sharp white teeth aaaaaand...."
Here's the real story, which isn't far from Toby's Jokerized account above. The day after my service to Dr. Patch ended, Toby decides to get all up in Riley's grill. Now, Riley, being a Dachshund, and a demented one at that, didn't like that. Not one bit. So he bit Toby right on the nose. I was freaked right out. The puncture was deep, bloody, and generally unpleasant. And Toby was in a great deal of pain, obviously. Since I no longer had the employee discount, there was no way I could take him to the vet, so I did what I had to do. I put the buster collar we used on Toby when he got neutered back on him, pulled out the Polysporin and applied copious amounts to the bite after thoroughly washing the area, and I began dosing him with leftover antibiotics from when Chester had his dental. They're essentially the same weight, so I knew the dosage would be right. For about a week I did this, rubbing the Polysporin into the wound at least three times a day. It was difficult because the wound had settled tremendously sore and Toby didn't want to be touched there at all. After a week, he looked like Rocky Balboa. It wasn't just swelling; there was infection building up in there, despite the regimen of Polysporin and Clindamyacin. So I had to step up the treatment, which I knew would be unpleasant for us both. I had to squeeze the puss out of the bite and boil it out with peroxide before the wound became abscessed. I did it with Aunt Tudi's help. For two days, I held Toby between my knees, gripped his little head with one hand, and I'd squeeze the wound with the other. Then I'd boil it out and rub in the Polysporin. I had some leftover Clavamox, which I started giving Toby instead of the Clindamyacin. The dosage was a little on the strong side for a dog his weight, but it was a chance we needed to take to get the infection under control.
Three days ago, I was able to remove Toby's buster collar. He's all healed up except for the scar on his nose. As for his relationship with Riley, Toby is inclined to not get all up in Riley's grill now for, verily, Riley is a Dachshund and a fiend.
Now you know how Toby got that scar.