End of my birthday

My birthday ended with a flourish last night, but not really as I expected. We were watching the Olympics playing with the dogs when the two dogs found themselves in a tight corner next to each other. Gizmo the shih tzu, still isn't sure about gadget, the pit bull, so when gizmo realized that he was underneath gadget he must have panicked or snapped at him. The next thing I know they are both flailing around trying to get away from each other. At some point gizmo with his bulging eyeballs got hit in the eye. The white of his left eye started to fill with blood, so we all went to the emergency veterinarian at 10:30pm.

When we got there they took giz in the back to be evaluated, and paige, gadget and I sat in the waiting room. After a few minutes the vet came out and told us that he seemed to be doing okay, they had given him pain medication, we would have to give him eye drops and he would have to wear a cone for at least a week, but mostly what I remember was her telling us we needed to watch because with injuries like this some dogs are susceptible to having there eye pop out of there head. Yeah I may have to bring my dog right back if I find his eyeball dangling.

She went back to do a few more tests, but while we were waiting several other people brought their pooches in. There was a bulldog who had hives from a vaccine he had gotten earlier in the day. A group of hipsters brought in a dog they found to see if it had a chip which it did not so the took it home with them until an owner could be located. A middle aged, upper class man brought his dog in which he said had been bitten on the snout by a copperhead. The best though was the older very talkative couple, who brought in their lab mix puppy that had gotten a fish hook through his lower lip.

We brought giz home about 12:30am with his cone of shame, and he has been sleeping a bunch thanks to some nice pain medications they prescribed him. Gadget seems very interested in gizmo, perhaps knowing that he is hurt. I might have to ask for a redo on the end of my birthday day though.



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