Kat's Dogs Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Whew. Glad she is going to be OK. Now we can just hope for a quick recovery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitch Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I just saw this thread - I'm glad it wasn't too serious and she can come home. Here's hoping for a speedy and uneventful recovery for the big-eared girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK dog doc Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Oh, good Lord - what a scary day! I'm SO glad she didn't get any life-threatening injuries! I can only imagine how stressful this must have been or you. Bless her tough little BC constitution. I hope she's well and pain-free and back to normal in no time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpups Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I'm so glad to hear Lark is home and likely to make a full recovery! How scary for both of you! Â Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted November 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Thanks everyone. Lark looks like Franken-pup at the moment, and I guess the worst possibility is that she might not grow hair back on some of the areas where she was abraded the worst. The vet was absolutely amazed that given the extent of her abrasions (even in her armpits!), etc., that she managed not to break anything or do other serious damage. Her chest/abdominal X-rays looked really good. He did not X-ray her skull because he said she was showing no evidence of any neurological impairment (despite the fact that some of the worst cuts were on her head). Â Liz, He thinks her lungs will be fine. He seemed to think that she would have been coughing or otherwise showing some breathing distress yesterday if she had any bruising. While I was there, she was quite busy howling in the back--I don't know if she heard my voice or what, but she was definitely singing a rousing song back there. Â He sent me home with some silver sulfadiazene to spread over all the abrasions, and thinks she might have skin die off where it was scraped so didn't stitch anything. Â He also left her IV connection in just in case she got in trouble in the night, and I'm to remove that this morning. She was walking fine yesterday, but is limping some this morning, I guess as the bruising and soreness really set in. I'll keep her on the pain meds to keep her comfortable. She's also a bit depressed, but I think that's to be expected and could also be a result of the meds. Â Anyway, that's the update for now. I'll try and get some pictures of her later today. It's difficult to even love on her because she's got so many areas that are scabby (but she did sleep on the bed with me last night--so what if there are now bloodstains on the bedspread--and is able to jump on and off the bed without any obvious display of discomfort). All I can say is she is one lucky little dog, and doG must have been looking out for her yesterday morning.... Â J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiegirl Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Thanks for the update Julie. Yes, she seems to have someone looking after her. You tell her from me- "no more roads missy- you do not go near roads ever!" I bet she will be sore- she must have rolled well with it, GOD she is fortunate. Well, I wish I could hug her. I can only imagine what your cortisol was yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha J Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Oh what a good outcome, obviously it is not very nice for you to see her sad and uncomfortable but it could have been so much worse. I am sure the night sleeping with you helped her and she is obviously getting heaps of love. Â She will hopefully feel a lot better in a few days and it doesn't matter if all her fur grows back, she will just be unique, well actually they all are anyway. I hope you can be giving her those cuddles without causing her pain very soon. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy V Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Yikes! How scary! Glad Miss Big Ears is doing well. Please keep us posted if anything changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flrpwr52 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I'm so glad she is doing OK. It breaks my heart to hear when any dog is injured. Keep us updated on her progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiga's_mom Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I just saw this now. I'm glad to hear that she's doing well and going to be ok! Poor thing. Keep us updated on how she's doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra s. Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Poor Larky! But it sounds like she was very, very lucky - and the sheep won't care if she's got a few bald spots! Â Sending lots of good recovery vibes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoresDog Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Poor Lark, but what a relief that it wasn't worse -- that she didn't go under the wheel. Julie, you must be very drained today. Having a hugely stressful experience is exhausting to one's body. Please pamper everyone today, yourself included! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloRiver Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Julie, I'm so glad that tiny Lark is back home. What a horrible scare for both of you -- hopefully she'll heal up nice and quick and be as good as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Oop Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Poor, poor Lark! I'm glad that she's doing better and that she escaped more serious injury. Wishing her a speedy recovery. Â Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Festerling Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Man, I feel slow. Glad it all worked out but what a scare for you. I wish her the best recovery possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Thanks for the updates, and what a huge relief the injuries weren't worse...! Â The first time I laid eyes on Lulu, down at the city shelter, she'd been hit by a car and had scrapes all over and a badly broken foot. I can still see the scars on Lu's head, but only because I know where to look. [Lu is doing great these days -- did some fine outruns at Anna's the other weekend -- and sends sympathetic sniffs to Lark. Luisa sends tons of supportive vibes to Julie.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Oh yikes!! I just saw this now. How scary. I'm glad the news from the vets was so positive... I hope she heals up good as new. Poor Lark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaliC2007 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I just saw this too. I am glad she is going to be ok. How scary. I lift my corona to a fast recovery. Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 How's she doing today, Julie? I was away from the 'puter yesterday, but wanted to check up on her today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheRuffMuttGang Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I am out of town so just reading this but I am relieved to hear that Lark will be okay, Julie. How scary!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Howard Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I'm just seeing this. I'm so sorry you had to go through this Julie. I'm glad Lark is on the mend, give her a gentle pat for me. Mona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 This should pretty much be the final update on Lark I think. She is acting like her old self--dying to work and play. She acted all ouchy when I had to rub her silver sulfadiazine cream into her cuts and scrapes last night, but I suspect she was just being a drama queen. She's supposed to stay quiet for a week, but she was so desperate this morning that I let her help hold the sheep off the feed bunks (I use both her and Twist and the sheep are used to it and so don't try to run the dogs over or anything--so all Lark has to do is go in and walk up on them and I figured that little bit of "work" would make her happy.) No pain meds today, just her antibiotics and antiinflammatories. So I think she's well on the road to recovery. She doesn't get to run in the trial this coming weekend (doctor's orders), but that gives Pip and Phoebe a chance to have a go at it. I think we got very lucky this time. Thanks again for all the well wishes. Â J. (And Miss Larky Malarkey aka Scarface) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyDogs Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Coming in late to this thread but soooooo glad to hear Larky is bouncing back! Give her a hug from me, Julie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoofly Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Geez Julie, it's been awfully exciting over there while i've been gone. glad all is well, more or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maizy Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Oh my gosh...I thought my heart would break when I read the first post... but I'm glad to see that Lark has made it through ok!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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