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The Drawbacks of Animal Ears:
Danny poked his head out of the portal, “Hey, Spike; quick question, you wouldn’t happen to know a doctor that deals with demons, would you?”
“Whelp’s sick?” Spike asked back.
Danny made a face, “Something’s wrong with his ears.”
“Yeah, I know a doc.”
That night, Spike once again led them to a medical office.
Doctor Liken was something that could pass as human and had gone to medical school for both human medicine and veterinary medicine before studying under several demonic healers.
But he was kind as he examined InuYasha, as kind as any pediatrician could be.
“Ear mites,” Liken diagnosed, “see it all the time in animals and those with animal ears. With a secondary infection from all the scratching making sores.”
Danny caught InuYasha’s hands as they reached to scratch, “Okay, so medication?”
“I’ll give you ear drops; twice a day, for a month. Hopefully they work. I’ve never dealt with an Inuyoukai half-breed, but I did work with a wolf demon once.”
Liken wrote out the prescription, adding, “Give this to my pharmacist and he’ll get you set up. For the infection, another type of drops. Once a day for a month. The first drops will also help with pain and itching. For the sores on the back of his ears, an over-the-counter cream, like Neosporin, can be used. Try to trim his claws down or maybe use oven mitts. Just stop him from scratching. If he shows any adverse side-effects, any reactions, stop the meds and bring him straight back here immediately.”
Danny nodded, taking mental notes, “Got it. Do you understand what the doctor said, ‘Yasha?”
The boy nodded, clenching his hands into fists in order to not scratch at his ears.
But they were so itchy!
Within the hour they had all the prescribed medication and Danny was kneeling in the Summers’ living room and dropping drops into his son’s ears.
As soon as the first set started working, InuYasha relaxed.
His ears felt so much better.
So every day for the next month, InuYasha took his drops without complaint and the infestation and infection cleared up without any bad side-effects.