When I collected William from the vet yesterday afternoon the nurse failed to point out that they'd shaved a patch on his throat to take bloods. It's quite a large patch but pretty much hidden in his neck folds so I didn't notice it until late yesterday evening when he started scratching it. The patch was bright red and very, very sore looking
so I bathed it with diluted Hibiscrub and did my best to stop him from clawing at it.
After a restless night I took him back to the vet this morning and he now has Fuciderm to help soothe and heal. I pointed out that whoever shaved him should have noticed that the hair on his throat is always a bit greasy looking and the skin pink and a bit roughened. He's had problems there before, which must be somewhere on his records, but it's obvious that the skin there is compromised and they should have noticed. I almost mentioned it to them yesterday morning when I dropped him off but I didn't think they'd be doing anything to his throat.
Poor Wills is feeling sorry for himself and isn't eating much at the moment. He's restless and keeps pottering about whimpering very softly
. He's been like that before after anaesthetic so I'm not worried about how he's reacting, although it upsets me to see him so unhappy. I'm cross about the shaved patch though
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The receptionist at the vet showed me that she's added a "warning" at the top of his records that he's not to be shaved there again unless absolutely necessary, so hopefully it won't happen again.
