We had a Monday.

So, apparently it was not good that the slit they made to drain Bob’s hematoma healed incredibly fast.

He had Yoda ear again this morning.

I had several appointments in Whitefish and Monday is ALWAYS busy at the vet… I phoned to check options and in some strange bit of whatever, Dr. Clark himself answered the clinic phone. He suggested seeing if after application of a warm compress, could I coax open the slit, allow the drainage and then keep the slit open-ish so that all can heal from the inside out.

No go. That slit was healed tight shut.

Backup plan was to drop Bob off on my way to town, allow the clinic to treat him in-between things and pick him up on my way home. Although I hated the thought of the potential stress, we did it and according to all, Bob rested quietly before and after the procedure.

They installed a little drain in the slit. And an Elizabethan collar: the cone of shame. And then I managed to dislodge the drain myself with the warm compress trying to unplug a large blood clot from the drain.

Bad words were said.

I haven’t confessed to my deed but my plan is to keep the darn slit from slamming shut with the warm compress routine. The clinic will phone tomorrow to check on Bob and I will have to come clean.

Meanwhile, we are all a bit exhausted.

And, no…I have NOT washed windows yet.