This past Monday I noticed Sonny’s ear lobe had swollen to the size of a blowfish or like a mackerel that had been out of water for several days.  I got him into the vet at the first available appointment.  The vet was able to lance his ear and it went back to a normal flat size.  The vet said there was a chance his ear would swell again and if so he would need surgery.

And sure enough his ear puffed out again.  Michael, my son, started calling him Dumbo, after Disney’s flying elephant.  When we’d left the vet’s office we had medications and drops that I’d hoped would take care of the problem but to no avail.

So today I called the vet…again.  And I was told Sonny would have to have surgery and we’d have to go to a different vet to do so; meeting up for a consultation first and then setting up an appointment for next week.  I’m not sure Sonny’s ear could wait that long.  He might be actually flying (Dumbo) by then.

Frank called and talked to a vet he knows and was able to get him in today, this afternoon.  In the meantime I’d called around and googled on my I-phone looking for a holistic vet and was able to find one in our area.  The doctor said that he could make up a homeopathic remedy for Sonny’s ear that would heal him.  Too late, Frank had already brought Sonny.

So now I’m waiting for Sonny to come home and hopefully the whole thing was not too traumatic for him.  And his ear will heal and soon he will be up for his long walks and blackberry picking.  Yesterday Frank and I were picking blackberries on our property.  Sonny helped…..only he ate all of his ‘pickings’………  Loving Sonny……………….