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Stitches for Tyler
The first day of 2005 wasn't that great for Tyler. After a brief romp in the yard with Wren and Marcus, I noticed a wound on Tyler's side (which surprised me, because he hadn't cried out at all). Once inside the house, I examined it more closely and saw that a flap of fur almost an inch in width had been separated from the skin underneath and it was bleeding.
I swapped it with an antibacterial wipe and covered it as best I could, then waited with him on the couch until Deanna came home from shopping with the van. She took a look at it and decided to call and consult the emergency vet. They told her to bring him it so they could stitch him up. Then ended up giving him anesthetic so they could scrape the wound clean before stitching him up, so the process took a while long than expected, and he was a bit unhappy for the rest of the evening due to the after effects of the anesthetic, but by the next morning he seemed fine.
Here are some pictures:
