08.04.07
Wiley Update
As you might be able to see, today is a bit of an update day. The site has a new look. My house is much cleaner and looking remodeled. Even Wiley has had an update.
Today was the big day for stitches removal. Wiley was excited and ready for no more bandages! I could almost hear him humming it. What he was not prepared for, nor I for that matter, was an infection and a larger collar. What was a “23″ collar is now a “30″! Apparently, John and I informing the vets that Wiley could reach his bandages with no trouble and our repeated visits for new ones was not enough. It took Wiley gnawing at his own skin and getting an infection to solve that. Needless to say, he is not happy AND he can still reach enough of his leg to irritate the infection. But he does have one thing going for him, no more bandages! He spends most of the day with me, in an effort to thwart his self-mutilation. Don’t worry about him though, he certainly has plenty of meds to heal quickly. As for Nevada in his future, outlook not so good.
In other news the closet extravaganza is complete. Well, complete sans cabinets and front drywall. Now we mud! The goal is to complete this by August 20th, the start of the fall semester. We’ll see if that’ll happen with an upcoming trip across the Rockies!
joe said,
August 6, 2007 at 1:20 pm
The closet looks good. You’ll have to push it to get done by the 20th.
joe said,
August 21, 2007 at 9:51 am
What is the status of the Willey dog?
smarriott said,
August 22, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Well, I was hoping to post something this weekend about that, but since you asked. He is doing better. As soon as we got back, I made the executive decision to remove the cone and leave it off unless it was desperately needed. Since John and I both started school we started wrapping the wound and then wrapping towels with a little bit of vinegar on it (not on the wound, just on the towel and only enough for him not to like the smell). He did well with that for a while, until John and I decided to use zip ties instead of rubber bands…..he ate the zip ties today and threw up all over the couch. We’re going to try leaving it open and see how that goes. He doesn’t bite at it nearly as much as he used to.