You know it's a good sign...

...when your Vet doesn't have a clue what it is...

That's right folks, Hank had his 2 week check up tonight! YAY, finally time to figure out what this was all about and where to go from here. Over the past few days Hank's ankle has been swollen still, and isn't "draining" as much. Good for the carpets, bad for the dog. So, at our check up tonight, the doctor came out and said she doesn't really know what it is. She said it's abscess like, but not just a solid knot that they can just cut it out. OH, and because it's in the WORST POSSIBLE SPOT on his body, they can't really go in and investigate because he doesn't have much extra skin to help cover it up. SO...

Time to try a new antibiotic! Yup, good times. The Vet actually said she has no clue "what the hell it is." She said if Hank was 10 and this was really hurting him, she'd know what it is, and it wouldn't be good. But even as she poked at it tonight, he wasn't bothered by it at all, which has been our case as well. So, she asked us to do a few things:

1. put a heat pack on his ankle for 10 minutes each day, and then "milk" the gunk, out of his ankle manually. Jeremiah was really looking for a new bonding experience with Hank, and I am SURE this will only bring them closer together.

2. try a NEW course of antibiotics, 2 pills once a day. No problem. We have been doing 2 twice a day, so this will be cinch!

3. try and figure this out on our own. Clearly she's the one with the med school degree, but then again, what's a WSU education REALLY going to get you in life? Trust me, I work with a few of these people...

Alright, so we're going to try the draining and the meds. We'll go back in 10 days (April 24th) and move forward from there. She did say if it's still the same, then they'll have to go in and open it up to check it out. She said she doesn't know what it is, the closest thing she's seen to it before was a dog that got a seed stuck in his ankle that just got it all irritated. The thing with the knot on his ankle is that part of it is soft and can be pushed around, and part of it is hard scar tissue that will (hopefully) go away in time. We sure hope this new course of antibiotics works for him, AND we hope that the forced draining each day will help too.

The good news is that he's doing really well and the Vet said he can start going to Day Camp again, HOORAY! He can NOT go to Marymoor yet, he needs to stay out of the water till we get his ankle figured out. But, at least we can get him some exercise, praise the Lord! Hank's been pretty excited the past few days when we get home from work with lots of energy to run off, so hopefully the weather drys up and we can take him to Robinswood and on good walks around the neighborhood.