Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Ouch!

While my human has been recovering from her surgery, the roommate has been kind enough to take me on walks. Granted I'd much rather run along side the scooter than slowly stroll around the neighborhood but oh well. At least I'm getting out of the house which is an improvement over the last time we went through this.

While on these walks I find my nose drawn towards all the strange stuff I don't normally get to sniff while trotting along side the scooter. I can smell people, other dogs, birds, bug, flowers and so much more. I must admit I kind of enjoy the extra time for sniffing and exploring. Sometimes I get a little carried away and totally forget I'm with a human which usually results in a slight tug on the lead and a vocal reminder to heel.

On one particular walk I found some neat little bugs. The human say them too but not being native to this state didn't alter course or speed. These little bugs were kind of stinky and when I leaned in and slowed for a closer examination one of them bit me on the toe!

At first it wasn't much of a problem but by the time we were nearing home my foot was starting to hurt. Still I never complained. I'm a tough dog after all. After y usual rest and the treat of my chew bone my foot really started to hurt and my toe had grown to twice its normal size.

My human and her mother noticed this as well so my human looked closely at my foot. This did not feel good I should ad. After a few pokes as my human played nurse she decided it was a fire ant bite. It could have been a scorpion sting but she figured a scorpion sting would have swelled even more. My toes were already spread wide due to the swelling, how much more swollen does she think it could have gotten??

She checked me over for signs of shock but there were none. I'm a tough dog, remember. Since it was late we all just went to bed. Granted we went to bed a little later than usual because my human wanted to keep an eye on me.

I didn't sleep well that night because my paw hurt. My human didn't sleep well either because she was worried about me.

The next morning the swelling had gone down a little (very little) but it didn't hurt as bad. The human gave me a little medicine to help with the inflammation and pain then sent a picture of my wound to her friend to confirm her initial assessment. He agreed with her and agreed that since I didn't go in to shock right away that I'd be fine in time.

It's been a few days now and I guess the humans were correct. The actual bite site is still swollen a bit but it is getting better day by day.

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