Sophie's owie!!

Sophie got a case of staff infection about a week ago. She started scratching at this area under her collar, so we took it off of her and found a nasy infection. We couldn't figure out where she got it, so we took her into the vet. He said that with them playing out in the snow so much that some water must have soaked in and made her itch, so she scratched it and gave herself a puncture hole. I didn't know this but apparently every living thing with 'epithelials' (sp?) AKA- skin- carries staff on the surface. That includes you and me - gross eh. Anyway, when she punctured that spot the staff went crazy since it was in a warm wet environment and BAM! She's got a VERY painful owie! I asked him how long it had been like this because she was acting just fine until that day. He said it looked like it was only 48 hours old TOPS- not to worry- we weren't being bad 'parents' for not knowing. He said it's quite common...but we still felt so bad for out little girl.
Anyway- after we went to the vet, she got some pain killers, antibiotics, creams and benadryl to help her sleep. After many pills, lots of food, lots of love, cuddles and 'dry time' in the house- she's now doing much much better!!!