Dust and ash still fill the air. The sounds are starting to die down next door, but no signs yet of what made the holes in the walls.  It’s been pretty quiet at the clinic which is probably a good thing. If my den looked like this place looks right now, I might not want to invite the pups over to play.  It seems like my parents are only seeing the sick dogs this week. I don’t know where the happy, healthy ones went. Maybe the monster behind the wall scared them away.

A large black lab, named David, came in with the droopy, sloshy ear disease. Father had to drain all of the red syrup out.  We’ve also had two dogs visit that have the worms living in their hearts. Their hearts sound ok to me, but I guess that’s why they’re getting the worm out treatment; to keep their hearts sounding good.

We also had a large wrinkly girl Shar-Pei dog named Ming-Ming come in. Ming-Ming was having a problem with her girl parts. The Shar-Pei’s mom was hoping to get Shar-Pei grandbabies, but then she noticed pink fluid coming from Ming-Ming’s girl parts over the weekend. “She’s not acting like herself. She just wants to lie around all the time. She’s been drinking tons of water too. Do you think she’s losing the babies?” Ming-Ming’s mom questioned.   Mother felt the wrinkly girl’s round belly and looked at the pink stringy mucous coming out of the girl parts. Father scanned her middle with the goo covered probe, but didn’t see any babies in the black and white pictures.

Finally mother had to deliver the sad news; “Ming-Ming’s not pregnant. Her uterus is filled with fluid and the discharge coming out is a sign of a very serious infection. The best way to treat her is to spay her as soon as possible.” Ming-Ming’s mom was preparing to be a grandmother, and the news that no puppies were coming took her by surprise. But the idea that there would never be puppies was too much for her to bear. So Ming-Ming waddled out with medication and a vow from my mother to check on her every day. Bea says the whole puppy thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I hope that Ming-Ming will get her surgery before it’s too late.