So Macy had never needed to visit the ER. Both Reid and Dale visited too many times, for a marble statue dropped on a foot...Dale 2 yrs old, Hernia...Reid 9 mos, for head bangs, strep, flu, also undergone surgeries for tonsils, hernia, 2 sets of tubes...the list goes on. Macy however managed to miss out on all the trips...shear luck. Well her luck ran out on Saturday night in Kerrville. We went down to visit Grandma and Bepaw and Lucky their dog and celebrate Grandmas Bday. Scott and Tanya and Sammy joined and brought their dog Shelby. The dogs get along great, and the afternoon was uneventful. We had a yummy dinner and when it was done were sitting and chatting at the table. Shelby came and sat by Macy and I's chairs, tail wagging as we petted her...and the next second something set her off and she bit Macy. So I picked up Macy and rushed to the kitchen got ice, Mom got a rag, Duke got my purse and Dad led us to the ER. About 3 hours later we emerged with a glued Macy, and a Bozo bear from the ER. Glue should flake off in 5-7 days. We returned to Grandmas house and Scott and Tanya were mortified, in tears, very upset that their dog had done this, not understanding why since there was no threat, force or food involved. So we all head to bed with Shelby literally in the dog house. Macy appeared to have no issue with Grandmas dog, or Shelby for that matter, however, that contact was only through the patio door, had a sore swollen lip on Sunday but I am grateful it was no worse. The police/ animal control had to be notified since it involved an animal, so one visited us in the ER, we obviously chose not to press charges since I KNOW Scott would have traded places with Macy in a heartbeat, and honestly Shit happens...and it stinks...but it still happens. Sunday, we came home and I took her to the Urgent Care clinic since one side of the cut had cracked open and was bleeding and it looked icky...but I am no judge of dermabond since in all our mishaps we have never used it, but I would like the minimal scar possible, and what to know all is ok. They look at it and said it does not look infected, but she needs to be on antibiotics so we get those and head home. After the bath last night it looks much better, its sore and hard to wipe a runny nose but looks pretty good. Sunday morning I did notice that it was more than a nip...Shelby had actually had a pretty open jaw in the bite. There was scratches and a bruise under Macy's chin...added with the scrapes from her teeth down the side of her nose, we saw at the ER....and only broke the skin at the lip...huge blessing. So Scott and Tanya are talking of getting rid of Shelby, which is heart wrenching, but I conquer since it is not the first attempt to bite, but her first success, and they have a 6 mo old, that you would like to believe she would never harm, but who's to know when Sammy falls on her when he is learning to walk or crawl, or takes her favorite toy. They have neighbors/ friends with little kids and God forbid it happen at Sammy's 1st or 2nd bday party with all the little kids and chaos, and them have had the knowledge of the liability....none the less heart wrenching, since Shelby has a good heart, Scott and Tanya adopted her from a rescue, so she had it hard as a puppy and a bad past is something that is hard if not impossible to train out, but think w/o kids she would be great. Duke and I were talking last night about how awful to be in their situation. But truly No hard feelings, no blame or judgement from us...simply empathy.
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