Feb 20 2009
Poor ol’ Dog
It is tough to see an animal in pain. Ol’ Char managed to get herself stung by a bee the other day and all day yesterday she was moping around asking the world to feel sorry for her.
She got nailed in the back leg and it swole up about triple its normal size. She refused the ice packs and would not keep them on.
We Got some Benadryl down her and kept an eye on her to be sure she didn’t develop breathing problems.
She limped horribly when she knew we were watching, and limped about half as bad when she thought we couldn’t see. She kept looking at me with pleading eyes, as if to say, “Please dad, will you carry me?” But I let her drag her own 100 lbs of Purina around and answered “Ya, right!” I hate having to be so compassionate, but sometimes you just have to….
She is nearly back to her old bouncy self today, but if she realizes she isn’t limping, she can fake it with the best of ‘em and will even look back to see if you are watching and appropriately concerned.
It’s a dogs life.
Thomas H. Forthe
