after coming back from moscow on saturday, i took lucia out for a walk that afternoon. our happy little reunion quickly turned into me looking after a sick dog. she began vomiting and suffering from diarrhea by dinner time. i didn't know if it was something she ate during the walk but suspected it was a bit of garbage she snuck away with without me noticing. after a sleep free night of watching her and trying to make her comfortable, my girlfriend and i took her to the dog clinic. after a several questions, the doc said she suspected lucia ate some snow/ice chemical concoction that one of the homeowners had spread out on their driveway to melt the ice. there's no limitations on what people can use to treat their property so if anyone gets infected by it, they are out of luck and look forward to a few days of misery in bed. in lucia's case, she probably drank or ate something that basically gave her a case of food poisoning.
the doc gave her several shots of anti-inflammatory drugs along with vitamin shots and anti-biotics. she gave me instructions on how to care for her with some throat medicine to reduce the inflammation over the next couple days. although she was still weak, she started showing more signs of life by the time we got to my car. by the time we got home she was able to move on her own and walked into the house. she's still weak and moving slow but at least she on the road to recovery.
it sucks when you encounter problems even during something as simple as a dog walk. i promised her the next posting would involve a place that actually has somewhere to walk where road-side trash and anti-freeze mickeys are not the norm.
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