In early November, while I was teaching lessons - the weather was warm and the kids were running (literally) in and out the doors playing together. Maggie was sitting out on our front lawn and a Husky (he lives the next street over) had gotten out. The teenager from the Husky's house was chasing after him - and he saw what happened next and so did Cole's best friend, Connor. The husky picked up Maggie and shook her fiercely. She fought for her life and got away - but there were injuries: a puncture wound on her tummy, a puncture wound on her side, a broken tooth (which was pulled later) and she also got stitches in her paw. She was also traumatized - she wasn't our Maggie for the next month+. She had a hard time with her appetite and just seemed miserable.
She kept gnawing at her wounds, so I put a t-shirt on her to keep her from touching the wounds. I didn't realize she had developed an abscess in the side wound - we went back to the vet and she had a drain placed and new antibiotics. The drain was only for a few days and it healed very quickly.
I had to be very creative to get medicine into this little girl. YouTube really is amazing - I learned how to make pills out of chicken that would dissolve when placed in the side of her cheek - otherwise she would have been even more miserable without the pain killers and antibiotics.
This is the drain.
A new shirt for Maggie
I'm terribly behind in blogging - so FYI, she is back to herself now. She sits in her window spot and tries to get out if the kids leave a door open. It's nice to have Maggie acting like Maggie - we're all happy to have her with us a little longer.
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