Back to the Vet

The good news is that we waited about 1 full hour to see the vet with other dogs and people coming and going and Mia was on her best behavior.  She had a lot of anxiety during that amount of time but she didn't bark even once, and usually she's in total and utter meltdown mode barking at everyone and everything and it's a very BAD scene.  This time (our first trip post-bootcamp) she was so well behaved letting out only a few little whines.

The bad news is that she has this growth between two toes on her back foot and it grew really quickly from only becoming something about 5 days ago to today when it was enormous.  The vet pricked it to get a sample to put on a slide and it just about exploded blood all over her - it was disgusting.  She doesn't really know what it is or how it happened, but she said that it could be from Mia licking her feet and causing an infection or it could have been a splinter that became infected or it might not be infected at all and just be something that will pass on its own.  After the prick there was a good amount of blood so then Mia had to wear the cone of shame and we were given 2 weeks of antibiotics and something to bath her foot in 2x a day.

The cone completely changed her personality from being high energy and happy to being depressed and sad.  It was as if this one device somehow sucked all the life from her... and it's heart wrenching.  We just need to watch her and make sure she's not trying to lick it at all and then we can take it off while we continue her meds and soaks.  I'm glad that we went in, but this whole experience took 2 hours because they were running behind schedule and because for some reason every time we go there it takes Forever and by the time we're done everyone is hungry and cranky.  We're going to schedule these visits for earlier in the day from now on, 2 hours is just too crazy for us.  Hopefully this growth heals and no further action will be required.  Poor Mia has gone to the vet so many times since she's been in our care, she must think we're monsters!