new vet

So, we went and met the new vet about a week ago. Unfortunately, he had not received the x-rays yet from our old vet, so the appointment seemed a little pointless. By now 2 of the pins have poked all the way through her skin and two others are poking through but just enough to bug her. The vet said it all looked okay from the outside. Then he checked her ears and asked me, "Does she shake her head a lot?" Surprisingly enough she had been shaking her head for the past couple of days. "Yes", I said. "Well, she has ear mites" he said. Excellent...
I made and appointment to get the pins out on the 19th. Or at least take an x-ray and go from there. A couple days later I got a phone call saying that my new vet was going on vacation and we would have to re-schedule the surgery for the next week. So, her appointment is on the 26th.
It's been 10 weeks now, It'll be 12 by the time she (hopefully) gets the pins out. That's 4 months! Just the other day she chewed the bandage off that covers the fixture and she started gnawing on the fixture itself! It must really be starting to bug her.
Two more weeks...