Our other baby is not feeling well this week; Poor guy! Here is the back story; in Bosco's short, yet long three years of life he has been through a lot. We adopted him two years ago from the Duluth Humane Society; he had that look on his face when we arrived to
look at dogs like..."please take me, take me!" At that moment he captured our hearts and we just knew we had to have him. Little did we know that he had already been through so much in his first year of life. Bosco was with two different families within his first year; he was adopted, given up, adopted again and given up again...until we came along and no matter what he is here for good! Bosco was given up twice before because he has allergies and dog allergies are very expensive and hard to deal with. Every spring/summer our vet just expects to see Bosco at some point as his allergies tend to flair up at this time of year. You see, Bosco gets hot spots; these are basically Staph Infections caused by an allergen in the air and they are very common in labs. Bosco tends to get these on the sides of his face and every time he moves his head his ears irritate them. Well this morning was our second visit with the vet this season; Bosco has two hot spots both of which our 2.5" by 2.5" on both sides of his face. At times, the vet has had to put Bosco under to shave the hair off of the hot spots to allow for them to heal. This morning it took three Vet Techs to hold him down due to his pain, while the vet shaved and treated the hot spots. He is now heavily medicated and hopefully he is on the mend. Whether it is your spouse, your child or your pet; you always feel so helpless when one is suffering. Bosco has added so much joy to our lives and we hope that he feels better soon as we're on vacation next week!
Our other baby is not feeling well this week; Poor guy! Here is the back story; in Bosco's short, yet long three years of life he has been through a lot. We adopted him two years ago from the Duluth Humane Society; he had that look on his face when we arrived to look at dogs like..."please take me, take me!" At that moment he captured our hearts and we just knew we had to have him. Little did we know that he had already been through so much in his first year of life. Bosco was with two different families within his first year; he was adopted, given up, adopted again and given up again...until we came along and no matter what he is here for good! Bosco was given up twice before because he has allergies and dog allergies are very expensive and hard to deal with. Every spring/summer our vet just expects to see Bosco at some point as his allergies tend to flair up at this time of year. You see, Bosco gets hot spots; these are basically Staph Infections caused by an allergen in the air and they are very common in labs. Bosco tends to get these on the sides of his face and every time he moves his head his ears irritate them. Well this morning was our second visit with the vet this season; Bosco has two hot spots both of which our 2.5" by 2.5" on both sides of his face. At times, the vet has had to put Bosco under to shave the hair off of the hot spots to allow for them to heal. This morning it took three Vet Techs to hold him down due to his pain, while the vet shaved and treated the hot spots. He is now heavily medicated and hopefully he is on the mend. Whether it is your spouse, your child or your pet; you always feel so helpless when one is suffering. Bosco has added so much joy to our lives and we hope that he feels better soon as we're on vacation next week!
2 comments:
Poor boss! Hope he heals up fast!!
Oh no! Poor Bosco. My parents Newfi just had his cortisone shot for the summer too as he has allergies and was scratching holes in himself. Hope Bosco feels better soon.
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