Well, things have been going along here, the same as normal. Emma is getting better and better, though the way this works is all really odd… Even though there isn’t NHS for pets, everything is treated the exact same way. Here’s the thing: We took her in, initially, to find out what was wrong, and found out about the broken toes, etc. But we had to bring her back in two days to have her bandages changed and for the doc to check on her wounds. We’ve had to keep bringing her back in for this every 2-3 days until Tuesday, when they decided that her wounds were healed enough that we only need to worry about the broken toes. Back home, Dr Strasser or Dr Livaudais would have looked at her, had Thomas bandage her and told us to change the bandages every couple of days, and shown us how to wrap it, if necessary. Then we would have brought her back in 2 weeks to see how the toes are doing. And we would rather do it that way! We have the basic skills to change bandages, clean wounds, etc. Additionally, to get spare bandages for her, we had to ask the pharmacists directly because they weren’t on display. (The last vet tech did not wrap it correctly and the whole thing came undone.) The pharmacy guy gave us a step-by-step list of things to do to change her dressings, to make sure we did it right. It’s just a little odd. But, Ray thinks that it’s because of NHS, and the fact that they can go to the doctor to have a dressing changed every two days that 1) the pharmacy wouldn’t need to sell very much gauze wrapping and 2) the general public wouldn’t know how to properly dress wounds. I don’t think the vets here did a really bad job or anything (except for this last time), but I really feel our vets back home would have done better. I think the vet techs are better trained, and the MDs themselves had a better outlook on the way things are done. The ones here were surprised that Emma’s teeth were cleaned every 6 months. (They needed to be cleaned that often, no matter how much we brushed them, gave her CEP treats, etc…)

Anyway, we are going to register with a different NHS practice for our human medical care, since the last office we went to was so crappy. Hopefully, these folks will do better.

Got to run now!