Patient must not be allowed to lick wounds.

Poor Dewalt got a foxtail gouged all the way through his foot. We were sure that it was a wire or glass, but it turns out it was just a wicked terrible weed. Now the dog has had a foxtail in every possible orafice except (knock on wood) his eye, and now he has his foot to add to the collection. The vet said that sometimes dogs can get foxtails so far up their noses that they can puncture the brain. What a horrid plant! Dewalt had it removed surgically and now has to wear a cone for the next two weeks. Originally he Hated the cone but now he is determined to not let it get in the way of leading a normal life. The advantage of the cone is that now the neighbor dogs, who usually bully him around, are now scared of him in his big darth vader like helmet.
The foot two days ago;

The foot today;




Ok, I'll do my best to find better things to post about than the dog. I'm just trying to keep these posts positive and other aspects of life are too frustrating to post about right now.... Until the next...