Paw Scare and Vet Visit #2

Over the weekend, we had a little scare with Kai.  A friend of ours accidentally stepped on Kai's back left paw (Kai has a problem with being underfoot) and Kai yelped and was limping around for a bit.  He seemed better after a few minutes, so we didn't think any more about it.  But later in the day, we took Kai to visit his Cousin Vinny, and while they were playing Kai suddenly yelped very loudly and was crying for several minutes, holding his back paw off the ground.  I'm not sure if Vinny stepped on Kai by accident, or if Kai hurt himself by jumping the wrong way on his already sore paw.  But we had never heard Kai cry like that before, and he was definitely hurt.  I held him on my lap for a while until he calmed down, and then we put him to rest in his crate for about a half hour.  After that, he seemed better, although he was favoring that foot for the rest of the evening.  Chris's mom (who is a RN) looked Kai over, feeling his paw, leg, and hip, and he didn't yelp, so it seemed like he was ok.  Still, he gave us a bit of a scare there!

The next morning, he was running around like usual.  I'd sometimes see him favor the paw for a few seconds, but it didn't slow him up at all, and by the evening he was completely normal.  Whew.

Kai being a good boy at the vet office.

We had our second vet visit with Kai this morning.  He was due for his 2nd set of vaccinations.  He was a very good boy, and didn't even cry when he got his shot.  He weighs a little over 9 lbs now (he was just over 6 lbs a month ago).  The vet had told us on our last visit that one of Kai's testicles hadn't descended yet, and on this visit it's still the same.  The vet isn't concerned, though.  He said Kai doesn't have much of a scrotal sac yet anyway, so there's still plenty of time for things to come into place.  We will be getting him fixed, anyway.  But of course, I want him to be healthy and have all his parts where they are supposed to be!