Jun 2017
Just when life most grand
Death saying, "Now, I almost
Forgot about you"
This was prompted today by a tiny (one and a half pound), cute Yorkie puppy named Chance. He came in to the EC after being sick at home with vomiting and diarrhea. He was collapsed, nearly unconscious, ghostly pale, blood glucose of 28 mg/dl, scratching at death's edge. We stuck catheter in bone and we brought him back. He was doing well through the long night, jumping up to greet me, wagging his tail. Just as I was ready to go home, off my shift, he cried out a big whimper, and fell over dead. We tried to revive him, to bring life again, however, same as any of us, death had it's last say!
© 2017 Jim Davis
Death saying, "Now, I almost
Forgot about you"
This was prompted today by a tiny (one and a half pound), cute Yorkie puppy named Chance. He came in to the EC after being sick at home with vomiting and diarrhea. He was collapsed, nearly unconscious, ghostly pale, blood glucose of 28 mg/dl, scratching at death's edge. We stuck catheter in bone and we brought him back. He was doing well through the long night, jumping up to greet me, wagging his tail. Just as I was ready to go home, off my shift, he cried out a big whimper, and fell over dead. We tried to revive him, to bring life again, however, same as any of us, death had it's last say!
© 2017 Jim Davis
