I am a halloween scrooge.  K was working late on the big night, so I came home to spend the evening with my doggie.  The evening consisted of four action items:

• Come home
• Lock door
• Turn out all the lights
• Duck all kids looking in the windows
• Turn on the TV
• Turn on my computer
• Crash on the couch

No halloween candy.  No trick-or-treating.  No kids at my door.  It was a huge relief.

Earlier in the evening, I took Macy to the vet.  The pumpkin splint came off and the stitches came out but a new bandage went on the foot to cover over the toe.  Apparently, there is a small spot left where three flaps of skin come together…it is the last spot that isn’t completely healed.  The vet was happy enough with the healing process and I am relieved.

The highlight of my day was my acupuncture.  I went in the middle of the day and it was beautifully soothing.  Monday and Tuesday were absolutely crazy at work so my stress levels were all maxed out when I arrived into B’s office on Wednesday.  He is great at getting me to take a couple of deep breaths and calm myself.  Once I lay back and B begins to insert the needles, I feel like I am almost in a trance of relaxation.  This time, I was so relaxed that I fell asleep…and awoke to a big honking snort of a snore that came out of my mouth!  Mortifying.

I have to say, even if I don’t get pregnant from the acupuncture, it is worth every visit!

So, yesterday was supposed to be the BIG DAY.  We had the appointment, after work, to remove the bandage and also the sutures from Macy’s foot.  K left work a little early and picked Macy up.  I met them both at the vet’s for the joyful occasion.  I was planning a party in my head for when we got home…something along the line of doggie bones hidden thru the house.

Macy’s nurse came and got her, bringing her in back.  And, about 15 minutes later, the vet came out to tell us that Macy’s foot had not yet healed as much as she would want.  The pad of her foot is continuing to separate from the toe area along the line where the incision is.  Apparently this, again, was caused by her putting too much pressure on her foot.  She explained that each time a dog puts pressure on her foot, the pad expands…thats it’s job.  So, when this happens on Macy, it pulls against her stitches.  The vet decided that she needed to re-bandage and put a splint on to prevent Macy from putting the pressure on the pad of her foot.

 10 minutes later, out comes Macy with her new splinted bandage.  Very cute – they did an orange bandage with a black pumpkin:

Here she is sportin’ the new diggs:

We have been feeling bad about the e-collar (cone) because she is desperate to lick the cooch.  Every day she struggles to get to it.  Last night, she even took to licking the plastic which was overlaying the cooch area…it was so sad to see.  So, today, we decided to take off the e-collar for the day while we spent the day with her.  With no exaggeration what-so-ever, this is how she spent the entire day today:

Sorry for the gross shot, but neither K nor I could get over how long one dog could lick for!

Also, because I didn’t have photos the other day, I had to add these in too…

Here is the evidence from the bandage ravaging on Sunday:

And, here is a bad photo of the make-shift bandage, but if you look really close, you can see a couple of pink flowers on her foot (that’s the pantyliner):