Dr. Lucy

For a while now, after we give Lucy a bath, she rubs her face on the towel to dry her face off and it starts bleeding. We found a little spot on her cheek that was causing the bleeding, so we decided to take her to the vet to make sure it wasn't anything serious.

Last week, I took Lucy to the vet to get her cheek looked at. The vet said it wasn't anything to worry about, but it was a small growth and it was infected, so she put her on antibiotics and cauterized it so that it wouldn't bleed. Well, as soon as we left the vet's office, Lucy got an itch and scratched the entire growth completely off her cheek. The little thing was literally on her cheek one second and laying in the seat of the car the next. And then she started bleeding like crazy! It was a mess!

So all week we've been giving her antibiotics and keeping an eye on the huge scab on her cheek. The poor girl looked like she had gotten in a fight..and lost! But a few days ago, after giving her a bath, the scab fell off and I was able to get a good look at the wound. It had completely healed up!

I took Lucy to the vet this morning because she was scheduled to have surgery to remove the growth. The vet couldn't believe how good it looked! She asked Lucy where she got her doctorate to practice medicine.

So basically, Lucy did the surgery on herself and saved mommy & daddy a pretty penny! GOOD GIRL!