Animal Stories

Man, it’s been a rough couple of days! The bite that Piper got really knocked her down. The vet gave her an antibiotic and some 24 hour pain pills, two days worth of which we brought home. The night before, she was lethargic and wasn’t eating or drinking. We gave her the medicine yesterday morning and it revived her a bit, which forestalled another trip to the vet. My main concern was hydration so I bought an eyedropper and started squirting water down her throat every hour. Last night she was lying motionless next to me in bed and I got up at 3:OO and gave her more water. At 3:30 she stood up, I lowered her to the floor and she left the bedroom and ate and drank. Our baby survived this one!

This morning I was driving my kids to Victor when a skunk started crossing the road from my left. We’ve had one dead skunk on the road for days now and I didn’t want to be the responsible party for this one so I slammed on my brakes and tried to steer around him. He stopped in the middle of my lane right in front of me and I had no recourse but to roll right over the top of him.

He sprayed, and my poor bus really reeks, but at least I didn’t kill him. I’m driving the backup bus today so I’ll call dispatch here in a bit and tell them I’m letting it sit for a few days, and switch back to my main bus.

Update: when I got back from break I didn’t feel like dealing with a bus change so I drove the skunk bus all day. What the hell…

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  1. Yea, she’s had more shots than I can count. She’s been under the same vet’s care since she was a kitten. I’m assuming it was another cat but when you live in the mountains, you never know…

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