19.05.16

vet trip:
Tito
Nico
(2)

This was kind of a sad trip. Tito was long overdue for a checkup and Nico has this continuing skin problem that we want to find an answer to, but the motivation for going today was a dog that was operated on at the last clinic. The owners neglected to tell us that she had not been eating before the clinic - if they had we would not have allowed her to be operated on. She didn't do well afterwards and today was the first day I could take her. To my deep sadness she was dead by the time we arrived at Dra. Sandra's. Next clinic we will be doing more screening and asking questions before dogs go under the knife. A female cat that managed to rip its stitches out also came along and was fine - she got patched up and is okay now. You're always going to have some bad with the good but this was a tough day. Tito turns out to have a slightly enlarged heart (but no heartworm) and is on medication now - he claims it's all nonsense and he can kick our asses if he wants to. We're still waiting for the lab results from Nico's biopsy. Both of them were angels on the trip. It was hot as hell in Merida and on the road.
GRADE: A