OUCH!!!
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MAN those Emergency vets are expensive!! 
BIRDDOG
That brings back memories from a hunting season a few years ago. Our female had an extremely tough run of luck. On her first trip to SD she took 9 stitches to her chest, on the second trip she took 6 staples to her flank, in ND and northern WI she took out two porcupines, in Kansas she cut her foot and ran a stick up her nose. Not a lucky season for her. Oh, she took out a skunk the day before our ND trip also.
The memory that sticks with me the most was the first trip to SD that year. We were headed to the Miller area and decided to hunt WPA’s on the way. On our first stop she had a run in with a barbed wire fence and lost. It was about 1:30 on a Saturday afternoon. We headed back to Clark, SD looking for a vet. Of course on a Saturday afternoon they were all closed. We stopped at a local gas station to inquire about where we could contact a vet. The lady said that she would just call “Larry” and he would maybe come down to see if we would need medical assistance. I was a little unsure if “Larry” would be of any service as we really needed a vet. Well about 20 minutes later, in pulled Larry. He had been out on one of his farms working with some cattle but came in to see what he could do. Well it turned out that Larry was one of the local vets but was in the process of retiring to an easier job, farming.
He thought that we would need stitches so he had us follow him to his office on the west end of town. My mind was racing on what this was going to cost! He unlocked, turned on the lights and had us follow him to the examining room. There he proceeded to clean up the wound. He gave her a shot of novocain, irrigated it, cleaned it and then put in 9 stitches with a coat of super glue over the top. I meanwhile was not only concerned about the dog and the hunt, but also of my pocketbook.
After he was done I put her back in the truck and returned to pay the bill. Larry was scratching figures at the desk and I asked him if he took credit cards? “Nope, only cash or checks”. “Oh man” I thought, I’m screwed now! When he handed me the bill for coming in on a Saturday afternoon and all the time and work I about tipped over!!! It was a grand total of $42. I know that around here it would have been 10 times or more. I don’t know if Larry ever knew on what a positive impact he had on my hunt.
5 staples over her right eye and 2 more in the middle. There was some sinus damage over the eye and undermining in the center gash. I hope that sinus damage doesn’t effect her sniffer. MAN those Emergency vets are expensive!! 
