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The Worm

TisonLast Tuesday evening just as our team meeting ended and everyone was leaving there was a horrible sound of someone  being eaten next door! I looked through the fence to see who it was. Just then the neighbor opened the gate and handed a puppy to Dawn. It had wandered from home and wandered into their pit bull's front yard.

Being dark and cold we took it in and kept it that night. I wanted him from the get go and Dawn wanted to get rid of him. “I’m too old for a puppy” was her war cry. I too thought that he might be a bit much but… to date (July 13) he’s still here.

Yesterday he was sick all day and this morning he has moped around too. I saw him getting ready to vomit and rushed to take him outside.worm While on the way the mess came out just missing my flip-flopped foot. Water, grass and a 4.5” round worm all came spewing out in a gush!

Have you ever seen a round worm? I hadn’t until this morning. The picture doesn’t do him justice! He looked like a piece of brown spaghetti just before he curled up into a tight ring. As I ran to get the camera Dawn screamed, “MIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” I wanted a shot of him for posterity. 

Later as I did a bit of Googling and I discovered that these babies are quite common in puppies. They come from filth and can be transmitted within the womb or through the mother’s milk. Thanks mom, wherever you are. Thank the Lord Sorocaba has a “Pet-Supply-Plus” type store that just opened up. I went and got a little pill that should evict mister round worm from his tiny home. There’s a spiritual application here somewhere but I’ll leave that for another day.

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