In James Thurber’s charming fable "Many Moons" [Are there ever fables that aren’t charming? Yes, to wit: "The Bird, the Mouse, and the Sausage" from the brothers Grimm. I love it, but it’s not charming.], the Princess is ill and won’t get well unless someone brings her the moon. The King summons all his wise […]
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"Sandy and the Giant Slime Ball" refers to: A. The sequel to "James and the Giant Peach" B. The cleaned up version of "Sandy and the Giant Booger" (too much time around 12-year-old Boy Scouts) C. The story of how I became covered with Metamucil, among other substances The correct answer, I regret to say, […]
There was a heavy fog as I left Kennett this morning at seven. Amazingly, after the late night last night, I rolled out at 0630 with no problem. I feared I might be behind schedule anyway, as the heavy fog precluded much speed between Kennett and Hayti. It was an odd juxtaposition of having the […]
Short post, as I’ve had a long day, and a short night coming and another long day tomorrow. After working until 2:00 PM, I checked on my Mom and then spent my second stint parking cars at the Delta Fair until 10:00 PM (Thursday was my first shift). Our Boy Scout Troop and Venture Crew […]
Old Yeller Alerts will appear at the first of a post that doesn’t have a happy ending. I like to use real cases to illustrate an important or interesting medical situation. Unfortunately, some of those cases don’t have happy endings. Recently a reader told me that they avoid some of my posts to avoid an […]
So what happened in the wee hours this morning? First, the prologue… When I am presented with an animal who has medical problems, I am also being presented with a mystery. Sometimes it is much more mysterious to the pet’s owner than it is to me (see future post on emergency diaper rash). Sometimes the […]
I have got to be more careful what I write about. It’s 3:40 AM. I got the call thirty minutes ago and I’m at the clinic waiting for the dog who started having problems at 7:00 PM last night. Hey, it’s worse now.
One thirty AM: Doc: "…ungh…hello?" Anonymous caller: "Say, I was just watching my dog and…" Doc: "What, you don’t have cable? Neighbors pulled the blinds? You’re stoned? What?" AC: "What? Uh, anyway, I was just watching my dog and I noticed that he is passing a lot of blood. Is that normal?" Doc: "Absolutely, […]
Yes, that’s what the Delta Fair smells like. Normally, we stay open late on Tuesday evenings. Even though we’re usually open until noon on Saturdays, there are still some folks whose work hours make it hard to get their pet in for a visit. So, starting about 1990, we started scheduling until 7:00PM on Tuesdays. […]
It was just a little lump between Fluffy’s toes. I mean, it was tiny, but in three weeks it had grown and was about 3/8 of an inch. Her owner wasn’t too worried, but she wanted it "looked at". I tried to aspirate it (suck some cells out through a small needle) for a cytology […]