At some point over the weekend before last we had noticed that she seemed to have an infection on her paw, so, at the beginning of last week, she was taken to her preferred private health practitioner. The vet confirmed our diagnosis, prescribed a course of steroids and antibiotics and advised that we should bring her back in a week if there was no improvement.
At the beginning of this week her foot was marginally improved, but it was clear that the infection was still present. We toddled off to the Vets, once again, and it was decided that she needed an x-ray and to have the site of the infection explored and lanced.*
To cut a long story short, another £400 pounds was added to last week's £60 bill. There didn't appear to be anything nasty embedded in her foot and she has another course of antibiotics to consume. She will, of course, be taking it easy on the end of the sofa until the incision has healed.
Despite her advancing years, Marauder appears to be in robust health ... this isn't that surprising as she appears to get better medical care than I do.**
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* When I returned home without Marauder, 30% started to imagine horrible outcomes and ended up heading up to the Vets to say goodbye to M ... just in case!
** Marauder ... "Badman, You should go private like me"
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Hi,
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Badman