Piper's Vet Visits - TWO, ALREADY in 2010!

The beginning of the new year has been a little traumatic for Piper (or is it just Piper's parents?). The third week into January, we noticed that Piper's eye was swollen! I mean majorly swollen! Then, there is the discussion...., here it is a SUNDAY - meaning extra $$ at the Vet's office. Now, don't get me wrong, we won't spare any expense to get our Piper medical treatment if she needs it. But, you know, you just have to step back and look at the situation and try and determine if there is anything you can do yourself to make it better. In our past experience, if we had come across something like this before, we probably would have handled it at home, but this, we had not. Her swollen eye just freaked me out, and knowing that it could possibly impair her vision permanently, opted that we just had to take her in, and J agreed, so we did. I took a cell phone picture before we took her to the vet so we could monitor it. When J & Piper were waiting in the Vet's 'inner' office, J took another picture of Piper's eye because the eye was swelling more. Here is that picture.

By the time the Vet came in, the swelling had subsided, so J showed the picture to the Vet, and his reaction was like ours... WOW! Since the swelling had subsided, the Vet's diagnosis was "Allergic Reaction". He thinks that maybe it was a spider bite. We're just glad that it wasn't serious! Money well spent.

Piper has certainly grown in the last couple of months. She turned 7 months old on Sunday, January 24th. Here is a current picture of her. She weights just about 50lbs!! I certainly hope that she does NOT get any larger!!!
Yesterday, Piper had another Vet visit. Poor Baby.... this time it was to get her spade. :-(
So, today, I am "dog watching". That's right folks, almost like bird watching, but with a d-o-g. haha... I crack myself up..... (or is that the fumes from the meds I'm giving Piper?)

Dog watching, in order to keep her still, and to keep her from LICKING her wounds (ha - pun intended - poor baby) - I swear, I am smelling some kind of fumes... but just where the heck are they??....
~~Anyway, y'all should SEE the Cone that the Vet's office sent to put on Piper!! I swear, you'd have to be an Engineer to put that thing together!! Luckily, J is an engineer! OH, but WAIT, he's NOT HERE!! So, I have to "Dog Watch". I don't mind, really, it's just that I can't lay on the couch, or sit down without jumping up to follow her around the house! Yes, I've closed off the rooms as usual, but since she's had the roam of the land, er, house lately, she finds a spot and sits down and licks, lick, licks.... Man, it's a good thing I have good hearing!

Piper woke up at 2:30 this morning, and up again at 7:30. All I've wanted to do is take a little nappy-poo. Finally, I got her to settle down and we both took a nap. So, I'm not supposed to let her outside without supervision, cuz she'll either lickity-lick, or run and jump, or lay on something rough that will irritate or rip her stitches, so I guess it is more like bird watching than I thought.... follow... follow.... follow.... Lucky gal, she is getting LOTS of treats today!
I'll have to post pictures of the cone later, cuz J took the camera today. I'll take before and after pics. Right now, Piper is snoring peacefully at my feet. Ahhh.......