Thank you EVERYBODY! So many of you emailed or commented to help ease the worry! It was wonderful! Since losing my kids, I have bonded with this little girl and would hate to lose her! Thanks from the bottom of my heart!!  Thank you Fredericktown Animal Hospital Peanut The Nut is almost back to her normal self! I say almost because her tongue is still a bit sore but so so much better!!! She is licking again, Drank water today for the first time and is over all feeling lots better. The bruising is shrinking by leaps and bounds. Instead of half of the tongue we are now down to a nickel size spot. I called her doc today to see if maybe I could take her off the prednisone (sp?) as she was not swelling anymore. So tomorrow we will be steroid free. Still gonna keep her on the pen g until I feel she is out of danger of infection. If you look close you can see right below the sore on her tongue, the snake bite on her lip...photo from last night looks much different today (sorry n...

Peanut ended up in Emergency Hospital this morning. She got bit by a young Copperhead snake .  I will start at the beginning. Mtn Man was out front this morning enjoying his coffee while scoping out the land from the front porch at his forward command center. Peanut joined him outside. She commenced to exploring which started right under the front porch. She started barking "raising cane" at something under the porch. Mtn Man got up to access the situation but could not see what she was barking at. Peanut was trying to show him where the critter was but it was hidden behind some old concrete and leaves. I stepped outside to see what all the commotion was about and I was told that she had something under the front porch. So I encouraged her to show me where it was.... this is where the proverbial crap hit the sky! She came out of there shaking her head like crazy. Dangit!! She got bit by something...... Mtn Man continued to find the little sucker with all hopes that ...