Ellie and Pokey Updates!

I believe when I last posted on Pokey he still had his catheter in. It actually came out on its own, which we were all okay with. However, this meant we wouldn't be able to flush it out anymore and know if more goop needed to come out. He is still on antibiotics and we watch and wipe his eye daily. It has been looking good. Dr. Page looked at him Monday and agreed that he looked good.

While he looks good now we need to continuously watch his eye to make sure everything stays okay. There may still be a fair amount of infection going on behind his eye and elsewhere. We will continue antibiotics and take it from there.




Ellie is another story. Dr. Page saw her on Monday and requested that we bring her in today so that she can fix her up. Ellie went downhill quickly after her arrival here. Her attached ear started looking awful and wherever she had sutures her skin was coming off and infection was everywhere. You could hear the fluid and mush when she would shake her head and holes were forming.

After seeing Dr. Page today Ellie looks so much better! It may not seem that way but having it this way will help her heal very quickly. All of the skin that was coming off was taken off completely. Her right ear actually still had bloodflow and she can still hear out of it, so Dr. Page attached it more to the side of her head. Before it was barely attached and infection was spreading. You can see that there was a large amount of damage where her left ear was. She is being kept in a separate pen now with carpets on the ground to keep dirt from the raw areas. I'm sure she misses her pal Peaches. She is still playful and friendly. Ellie is a real trooper!!