Out of the Blue
Out of the blue a phone call comes and you know your child needed to reach out and touch you. I took the news and a rock went into my stomach. Kersten and Kevin have two pups, Bell and Sophie. Those two are as much as family to Kersten and Kevin, as I am to Dennis.
Sophie was to have surgery this forenoon and it was serious. When white blood cells and red blood cells tell a story of trauma, surgery is needed to find out the real deal. When Kevin called, they had been in the waiting room within their own home since the night before when they had to leave Sophie at the veterinary clinic. Kevin had no idea when they would hear if Sophie had indeed made it through the surgery. Kevin did make a reference to crocodile tears during this interim waiting time. I was prepared to also being in the “wait mode.”
Not five minutes later, Kevin called back. The surgery may have been scheduled for the forenoon, but Sophie had been first on the docket and was now in recovery. Sophie had had a volleyball-sized blood tumor on one of her ovaries that had begun to bleed out, and now she was going to be just fine after a “take it easy” time when she gets to come home tomorrow. I think there were more crocodile tears, but now the joyful ones.
Yes, these are not ordinary pets, Bell and Sophie have become a cherished part of Kevin and Kersten’s family. I have to admit, I am quite fond of them as well. Not so much different as Dennis and me with our cats and kittens. Vulnerable beings that have captured our hearts and have made us better people in our day to day lives.