Emergency "Surgery"

Last week, Lewis needed a bit of emergency treatment. He came home after being gone for about 24 hours straight, and his ear was bloody and oozing. We called our (amazing) neighbor who is a vet tech and she came right over to look at him.

She determined that he had most likely gotten into a cat fight and was bitten on the ear, and it was getting infected.

In order to clean the wound, she needed to shave off his hair with a razor (WAY easier said than done.) She ended up swaddling him in two towels because he was so fidgety. She said that a stray cat can actually do more harm to a human than a pit bull because of their claws and teeth and the fact that a human can contract an infection from a cat bite. So we were as careful as possible not to get hurt!

After she shaved the hair off his ear, she cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide several times to get all the gunk out. Then she slathered on an antibiotic cream before letting him go.

Right now we are trying to keep the wound clean and medicated and hoping that the infection will clear up. Otherwise we will have to probably take him in to see the vet and have them clean out the wound again. The Lord knows we love animals, because He seems to bring us the “problems.” J But we know that Lewis will make a very good pet for someone, someday, when he is better!