...ah. So it was quite the adventure this past weekend. We live in a desert preserve area, where the vegetation and wildlife are quite close. Rattlesnakes, scorpions, quails, and the like can all be seen fairly often in the neighborhood. The compromise, however, is that we have to keep a close eye on Geordi (and ourselves) during walks along the trails.
I was in the middle of kneeling down to pick up his latest poop and I heard Geordi yelp in pain and my husband groaning and clutching his leg. Apparently Geordi had decided he wanted to investigate a cactus on the ground (a really nasty-looking bugger, too) and it had spiked him in the face. He panicked and withdrew his head...flinging the cactus (about the size of a baseball) into the hubby's shin.
First things first...I had to 'catch' Geordi, who was running with pain and fear, spikes in his nose and upper lip. Both of them were dripping blood. Once I had the pup, I yanked out the cactus (with permission, of course) from hubby's leg. Then we limped to the car and...straight to the emergency vet. I'm glad we had their number on my cell phone...we asked directions while driving.
At the vet's, they took Geordi to the back room and hubby and I picked out (w/tweezers) all the debris and stubborn spikes from his shin and washed the wound, which had 50+ pinprick holes.
We got a bite to eat and came back to a sleepy Geordi and a huge vet bill. It was an easy extraction and he wasn't seriously injured, but they had had to completely knock him out to fully examine and remove every spine. We took him home with antibiotics (he was swaying and groggy) and watched him for another hour.
Geordi's a good pup. The vet even remarked how full of energy he was, wanting to 'play' with staff even with the cactus spines embedded in his face!
All's well that ends well.
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