On Saturday we needed to head to Monash for Emmi to have her stitches removed. A three hour round trip, plus time spent there, and I certainly couldn't leave them home at this age for that long without her. But I was quite concerned about travelling with them once I saw the weather forecast. I packed a number of ice packs in a freezer bag to be on the safe side, and a good thing I did too, because half way there the air conditioner in my car stopped working!
Up until then they'd been sleeping soundly, but by the time we arrived, the pups were clearly very unhappy so we found a nice spot in the back of the clinic for them to have a feed and settle. They quickly abandoned the soft cuddly vet bed for the cool surface of the clinic floor and settled in for another sleep.
Which allowed Emmi to have a thorough check up. While she and the pups are doing really well, Friday night I had noticed she was looking a bit pink and a little weepy along the line of stitches. And the vet confirmed what I thought, that although her wound itself has healed beautifully, she has developed a slight infection from the foreign body of the stitches. They were removed, which should solve that issue, but she also needs to go on another course of antibiotics to be on the safe side.
The pups' crate was lined with ice-packs covered in towels for the long hot drive home. That got them through most of the drive happily, but for the last 20 minutes, I could tell they were getting quite uncomfortable again. I couldn't have been more pleased to get them home to our nice cool house.
Today they, and Emmi, have spent a nice quiet day, while Louis, who has been missing out on a fair bit of attention, got to drop in on the Finnish Lapphund Club of Victoria's picnic, to visit with some friends.
Here is our keeping cool method of sleeping!
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