Toe incident aftermath No. 1

Toe incident aftermath No. 1, originally uploaded by Jessica Jessica.

Last week, Pooka was playing at day care when something Very Bad happened. One of her back toenails somehow parted with her toe, taking a little piece of toe-bone with it.

Ouch.

She tolerated the fluorescent green bandage for a few days, takes her antibiotics wrapped in peanut butter without complaint, and even holds still for 6 or so minutes while I soak the foot in epsom salts twice daily.

To keep her from licking at the wound, which must scab over and heal or the unthinkable happens, she's now trapped in a lampshade collar thingie, and giving me the look. See other photo above.

Update: I wanted to add thank-you's to our Hounds Abound friends for saving Pooka's toenail and keeping her calm and mellow until I could get out of work, and to the affable and energetic Dr. Mortimer at Green Lake Animal Hospital who took a look at said toenail and realized Pooks needed an X-Ray. She wasn't limping, so at first, no one expected she had broken anything. Dr. M. called me on Monday to check in, too. We feel good knowing he's on the case.