As any good dog-o-phile would do, Neil reached over to pat the nice doggie ...... (yes, we all know, don't pet strange dogs.... yeah, yeah, yeah..) He came back with a little bit less nose than he started the day off with. Well, no, he had all his nose, it was just bitten and bleeding ... A lot.
At first Neil thought that the dog had just bumped his nose, and caused a nose bleed, not until he pulled his hand away and a full blown River Nile running red poured down onto his sweat shirt and the pavement did we realize it was more.
Bursting into the Starbucks, I was all " who's dog is this " and " give me ice, STAT!" .. and call St. Paul Spencer to come fetch us to the emergency room...... Turns out the dogs name is George, and you know" had never done this before". ( we had to go back to get our car and I took pictures of the blood stained sidewalk)
Now if you are in the Greater Atlanta Area and you have to have your nose bitten by a cute black labbie dog named George, North side Emergency room is the place to be. Into a room VERY fast, and many many calming words to the crazy crying fishwife that I had become. Sometimes it is good not pictures were taken.
Neil and Paul were very much troopers during all this, like I said yesterday , I was Shirley McLean and Debra Winger needed her shot....At one point I was told to calm down or leave. I behaved after that.
We see our Doctor in 5 days to get the stitches out, and they said there should not be much of a scar, Neil does have a perfect nose and all.
Christmas 2009 rolls on..... Rochester on Monday....hopefully.
5 comments:
Damn, that is a cute doctor! Sorry about the nose!!!
Someone more shallow than I might say that Dr Mike alone was worth the risk of fatal infection, but I'm just happy you're OK.
What I MEANT to write was that I'm very happy that BOTH of you are OK. I got Kyle's infection bolloxed up with Neil's dog bite, and...well...I just got distracted. Blame Dr Mike.
You people should not be let south of Chattanooga. That's all there is to it. And next time take your insurance card!
Wow, such trauma--it's scary when an obvious dog-lover such as Neil could be so misunderstood by a supposedly mellow lab that it would interpret him to be a threat to its family and Starbucks and self. I'm glad that the damage was limited and hope that your drive home is safe and enjoyable.
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