Like every other day, Magic was quiet and stayed in the bedroom most of the day, right up until an hour or so before Jen gets home. (I swear, our dogs know what time it is and it has nothing to do with Pavlov!)  As she emerged from the bedroom, she immediately started doing the boot scoot on the rug, across the hardwood floor, the little rug, the ceramic tile in the kitchen…

I let her outside, she does her job but seems to stay in poop position forever, she comes back in and runs right into Jen’s office to the carpet and sits…she runs to the living room carpet and she sits.  Unfortunately, I have seen her do this before.  Impacted Anal Glands..she did express one of them, but the other one was causing her some discomfort.

In the meantime, while trying to cook dinner, Scott gets here with the circuit board for the HVAC system…yep, a crazy day!

Magic’s discomfort got worst very quickly so as soon as Jen get’s home, she decides to take her to the vet. Stoney Creek is closed so they refer her to Keystone Veterinary Emergency and Referral Center in Havertown, PA.  They must have seen papillon and thought $$$ because the first estimate they gave her to lance her anal gland was full blown surgery at $1100.  When they saw the panicked look on Jen’s face, they went more of a reserved estimate, $475.  From their office, Jen called Old Marple Vet, they had an 8am for her…so she just had to get her through the night.  So Keystone gave her tramadol for the pain to get her through the night, charged her $120 for the emergency visit and sent them home.

Jen’s morning visit included waiting for a while to see a Dr, but they were able to take care of it, give her more tramadol and an antibiotic…and sent her on her way, cost $145….so even with the emergency visit to Keystone and the trip to Old Marple, it still came in way under Keystone’s reserved estimate.  The vet at Marple, Dr Will, said that it would suck to be her for the next couple days, but she should be fine!