16th
September 2013
Dear Cassi,
I was roused today by Pickles calling me to tell
me that Pork shop had injured his leg, but when I got out of bed the overweight
Labrador was walking fine. I gave the old dog a pat on the head and went about
my day as normal.
I took him for a short walk after walking the
Doberman and Pork chop could hardly make it down the street. The Labrador could
hardly walk when I found him wandering the streets and even now struggles with
rising and sitting, so this gave me no cause to worry over the big blob of
brown fur.
As the sun set I took it as a time to give the dog
an evening walk, but as I stroked his coat to wake him I felt something like
mud in his fur. On investigation I found what looked like an old puncture were
the skin had died and left a bald spot that now looked inflamed. I probed this
some and removed clods of blood stained fur until I could see the skin clearly.
The area was swollen and red looking something
like a boil and I pressed it seen blood and infection make its way free until
the wound was less bulging. Then on the dog’s leg I found a lump that burst in
my hand. A hot pink sludge covered my fingers, but I could tell the wound was
still harboring fester, and so I pressed with my poor dog giving out a small
whimper.
The gore on my hands was unsettling and my old lab
will have some hard days to come but the condition is not life
threatening. This dog has lived a hard
life that left him with scars and places that will grow pus for years. Still,
he is a happy old thing and that is all we can hope for.
Make the best of life, little sister,
Richard Leland Neal
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