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Dexter's Diagnosis

I took Dexter to the vet today, to have his sore ear checked out. I knew it was hurting Dexter, and expected that he would need some drops or something for it, but I wasn't prepared for how bad it was. When the vet looked in his ear (his left ear, not his "special" ear) he told me it was clogged with wax, debris and pus (bleurgh). Dexter would need to have the ear washed out before we could start treatment. While we were there, I also asked the vet to check out Dexter's back, as he'd had an unusually strong reaction to being humped by a dog in the park. Dexter usually completely ignores anything except someone trying to take his tennis ball, so I wondered if the dog had hurt him. The vet checked out his back, which is fine, but thought there was some tenderness in his sacral joint. So while Dexter was under anaesthetic having his ear cleaned out, they would also take x-rays of his back and hips. As a little post-script, the vet said he's also squeeze