Extra Long, Extra Painful

Kix had surgery today to remove an abscess.  It was a big one that wasn't going to be resolved with antibiotics.   We picked hm up and brought him home.  I asked the doctor how it went and if he did an excision.  They had saved what they removed, per my request, and had put it in a little jar with some alcohol. 

What surprised me is he said he made sure he got it all by opening him up further.   This is a nine-week-old baby who fits in our hands, and he has an incision halfway down his main body.  Maybe more than half.   

They can't give them anything for pain relief because not a lot has been researched on these small animals and they don't know what will be dangerous for them.  The antibiotic is supposed to be a pain killer though for them.   Really?  I don't buy it.   That sounds like nice words to tell a worried parent.  

He does seem to be recovering fine, given all he's been through.  

The Boys Are Off; The Books Aren't Read:  My daughter and I are alone together for a whole week.   We're going to do a lot of things (after she finishes reading the huge pile of books she was supposed to be reading the whole time she's been out.  She now has a huge volume to read every day of the short time remaining in her break.