Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

I'm on the way to Omaha so I might as well tell this part in it's entirety. I left to get Striker in Atkinson at 8:00 am and had a 2:00 pm appointment at the specialist in Omaha. The theory is she finds the foreign object and does surgery on the spot. I meet for the exam and due to the swelling and soft tissue irratation, she's going to knock him out and check things out. I leave and they call me saying they can't find a thing. The next step is a MRI to try and track it down. They don't have one but another vet clinic in town does so they set an appointment for 7:30 am. I have to spend the night with this poor dog. Luckily Linda packed me an emergency bag in case I got stuck. Good thinking Linda.

I had asked all the vets about other forms of treatment but everything was going to be unless they found the object. The vet called me after his exam which was on real time with Vet School in Kansas who was consulting on this exam. They couldn't find it either. So after visits to 4 vets we ended up with a ' tie game' and now were into extra innings. We chose taking him home, hitting him strong anti-biotics and see what happens. They could have gotten it out when it was flushed but not observed or can be traveling to other sections of the body, if so the infection will probably return.

2:00 on Thursday I'm traveling home to Circle Paw with a pretty sore puppy. He does seem better then when I brought him so maybe the examinations flushed it out. We'll see. Back at camp by 7:00 and a fresh tamale dinner provided by Ed. Good music and some great war stories while I missed camp.

Roading:

· Lea, Clifford, Kate & Ritha - 45 min. – Linda says everyone is doing just fine.

Hills:

· Hank & Robin – Robin only 4 times that Stan had to get up and down. A significant improvement. Hank was rank- not applying himself to front. Robin backed an eary sharptail contact of Hanks. 30 min.

· Dani & Libby - Both did a decent job, hunted some and then Dani gave us the slip – hit the shelter belt trees coming in and didn't want to come with the gang. No birds but Dani a brat to pick up lately. 20 min. officially but Dani was down 38 more.

· Rio & Bart - Rio started out tagging Bart and got corrected & proceeded to hunt the front on his own. Bart got to the pond and never would leave it – obviously having some fun with birds but didn't continue on with the group and they picked him on the way back. Rio the front runner today. 38 min. No birds under judgement.

Thursday afternoon was pieceful and the boys were up haying in the hills.