I'm not really keen on dogs' bums. Frankly they can keep them to themselves as most respectable animals do...well cats, but they're more an art product than a serious animal. It occurs to me that chimps are also immodest, but chimps don't live here. Mickey does.
Sunday my beloved and keen eyed resident nurse, Marguerite, noticed Mick displayed "a really big pimple on his anus." Wonderful.
Monday I marched him off to the vet. As per instructions, I sedated him first. Much good it did me. When I got back to the treatment room I found both the vet and the vet tech firmly plastered to the wall. They didn't even offer me the muzzle. "What", they asked," is wrong?"
"He's got a big protruding pimple in his butt", I answered. In dealing with medical types of any stripe, always use good plain English.
"Oh."
"Well, don't you need to look at it?"
"Hmmm..."
The vet moved carefully to Mick's backside and eyed the area from a good three feet away.
"Can you get him on the table?" he asked.
Reflexively I grabbed Mickey under his front legs and heaved. Mickey weighs forty pounds and does not cooperate with this lifting business.
"Maybe you should lift him a bit higher."
Somehow I shoved Mick onto the table.
"Oh....that looks nasty."
"How can you tell, you're not even near his back end." I huffed.
The vet moved in, looked and darted back to prop up the wall.
"If it was the big guy, or even Winnie, I'd lance it and clean it out, but it's Mickey. I'd have to put him under."
The vet makes it clear that "putting an animal under" is dangerous and very, very expensive. He adds lots of "very"s to the expense part when it's Micky under consideration.
I left with pills for Mick, I put old linens all over the furniture, and hoped this would soon pass.
It's Wednesday. The linens have blood spots all over them. Rand Paul got elected. I have listened to a raft of morbid comments about Mickey's big bump. Apparently the rest of my family is keen to see it burst.
Why is it always the smallest dog? Why is it always the "part terrier"? And why oh why do I live in a state that elected Rand Paul? Finally, will my back EVER stop hurting?
The Road to Zimbabwe - memories of travel & romamce by John & Nancy Blignaut
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