The Medical Report

The last few days have been kind of crazy. Last Thursday Anneliese needed surgery on her chest. Well her Lymph gland actually. She had a growth that was causing her to limp. It was also causing her some pain and she did not want to be held.

I chose surgery for her, to get it removed. So last Thursday I drove her out, first thing in the morning, and dropped her off at the Veterinarian’s Office. The Vet noted that her teeth needed some cleaning, so I also sprung for a dental and nail trimming.

After I left her I drove back home and when I got back, Hubby came out and asked me to “doctor” his toe. He took off his bloody sock, and there was the most awful looking, infected toe that I have ever seen.

Hubby is a diabetic. The diabetes is so bad that he no longer has feeling in his feet. To him, he could see an infection, but he did not think it was bad because it didn’t feel bad.

Okay, now we could go round and round about this. But in the end, his toe was badly infected, and I knew he had to see a doctor quickly.

So, he called the Veteran’s Administration Hospital, and they told him what I had. He must come into Urgent Care to be evaluated.

He went off in one direction while I waited to hear about Anneliese.

Well, we all know that the VA doesn’t move very fast. In fact Urgent Care is definitely a misnomer. Nothing moves quickly there. So, Hubby spent most of the day waiting for care that he never got!

I picked up poor little Anneliese with her 2 inch incision (and many stitches) and met Hubby at home well after 6:00 PM.

The next day, on Friday, I went with Hubby, back to the VA to see Hubby’s Podiatrist. I like Hubby’s Podiatrist. He is very good and cares very much about his patients.

He looked at the toe and cleaned it and cleared off the dead skin. Then he pointed out the ulcer on Hubby’s toe and showed me how to clean it and dress it.

So between the big toe on Hubby, and Anneliese’s belly, I have been kept quite busy as both Human and Veterinary Nurse. Both of my patients are doing well, although, truth be told, Anneliese is doing better than Hubby.

Hubby goes back this Friday to see the doctor again, and Anneliese goes back on June 15th to get her stitches out.

One thing is for certain, life is never dull!