Masks (2012)
“Mac in the Herriot Room with Mittens on the examining table. She has a thermometer in her hand. “One hundred and four,” she reads to me. A cat’s normal temperature is around one hundred degrees.
I rush to Mittens and stroke her forehead. “Peritonitis?”
“That’s the most likely cause,” she agrees. “I’ve added a second antibiotic and will continue to support her with I.V. fluids. There’s a good chance this treatment will be effective.”
I wish she could have said it always works, but I know that wo...uld be unrealistic. Each animal is an individual, just like each person. Animals all react differently to medication.
When I cradle Mittens in my arms, she licks my hand weakly. “It’s OK, girl,” I say, scratching between her ears. “You’ll be all right.”
The problem is—I’m not nearly as sure as I sound.
That afternoon, my father picks me up from school as we’d planned. He loads my bike into the back of our SUV so I won’t have to come back and get it. We drive across town to the AVM laboratory.MoreLess
I rush to Mittens and stroke her forehead. “Peritonitis?”
“That’s the most likely cause,” she agrees. “I’ve added a second antibiotic and will continue to support her with I.V. fluids. There’s a good chance this treatment will be effective.”
I wish she could have said it always works, but I know that wo...uld be unrealistic. Each animal is an individual, just like each person. Animals all react differently to medication.
When I cradle Mittens in my arms, she licks my hand weakly. “It’s OK, girl,” I say, scratching between her ears. “You’ll be all right.”
The problem is—I’m not nearly as sure as I sound.
That afternoon, my father picks me up from school as we’d planned. He loads my bike into the back of our SUV so I won’t have to come back and get it. We drive across town to the AVM laboratory.MoreLess
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