Will's visit to the ER!

\On Friday we were taking the kids camping on the river.  My brother, sister-in-law, nephews and their dog all joined us.  We packed up the boat and headed to the sand bar.  We were unloading all of our stuff while the kids and dog were playing.  It had been maybe 5 minutes since we arrived when Jade tried to play with Will.  It scared Will and he pulled away from her.  When doing this Jade's tooth tore Will's arm.  It wasn't bleeding but the way it was cut we knew it needed stitches.  We decided that I would take Will to get his stitches while everyone else stayed and then Dale would come back and pick us up when we were done.  Well it turned out to be a long night.  Because it was considered a dog bite we had to fill out animal control forms.  I had to find a way to get in touch with my brother to find out if Jade had her rabies shot.  Since she is a puppy she wasn't scheduled to get her rabies shot until her next visit.  Now the doctor said Will needed rabies shots.  So he got 5 stitches, 2 rabies shots at the wound site and one in his leg.  After this we had to wait an hour to make sure no reaction.  It was 11 p.m. before we left so needless to say Will and I didn't camp.  We were instructed that Will had to get 3 more rabies shots, one 3 days later, 7 days later and 14 days later.  The next morning Dale picked us up so Will at least got to play on the river for a while.  Animal control was waiting for my brother when he got home.  Jade had to be quarantined (house arrest) for 10 days.  On Monday morning Animal control called me and stated that Will did NOT have to get the rabies shots and we didn't have to continue with them since Jade was quarantined.  This was great news since the shots were the worst part of everything.  Will's cut was not a big deal, it was just torn just right that it needed stitching and Jade is just an energetic little puppy who was trying to play.  I think if I would have known all the drama involved with his cut being a dog bite, I would have said it was from her claw!

To add to Will's drama, the week before this happened Will was at my mom and dad's.  A decoration fell off the wall straight on to Will's big toe.  His toenail has since come off and his ankle was swollen and black and blue.  Hopefully Will's unlucky streak is over!