Cone of Shame

Last week Tim took Kenai out skiing with him.  At some point during the descent, her paw got stuck under his ski, and was cut pretty bad.  Tim took her into Salt Lake, and went to the ER at the hospital he is doing his rotation at.  He ended up putting Dermabond (Glue used instead of sutures) on the wound and it looked to be doing really well.  We kept it wrapped up for a few days, but she was just itching to get out of the bandage.  So, we took it off because we were very pleased with her healing.  However, she decided to lick and lick and lick the wound.  And, before we knew it, she had licked all the Dermabond off!  So, for the past few days we have been keeping a close eye on it, and hoping that it would start to heal up on it's own.  Today we decided she should probably be seen because it looked like it had opened up again.
So off to the Vet we went.  He is such an awesome guy, and really likes to talk to Tim about medical stuff.  He recommend that we put some sutures in it to keep it closed.  That was fine with us, but she would have to be put under to do such a thing. The Vet asked Tim if he would like to do it, as a learning experience, and as a way to save us money.  Yeah, so Tim got to suture Kenai up, had a great teacher take him step by step through it, plus we only had to pay for the supplies!!!  Wow, what a cool Vet!!!!  Tim did a great job, and took really good care of his Baby Girl.  Kenai was great, and just loved everyone at the office.  She is resting peacefully now, and I am sure she is looking forward to breakfast in the morning.  (She has to wear the Cone of Shame till the sutures come out so she does not lick them!)