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antpowerToday my dog got hit by a car. It was incredibly horrific. We were at the park, which is a dog park and all fenced in with a creek and lots of space to run around, when she suddenly vanished. I was looking around everywhere for her and this man put his head over the bridge and said "are you looking for a dog, because I just ran over one". She had squeezed through a gap in the fence and onto a really busy road. There was lots of blood and it was horrible and I was a little bit hysterical. The man kept saying she was dead and I said she wasn't because she was moving and he said it was just her nerves, but she was breathing, so she totally wasn't dead.
Anyway, so I wrapped her up in my hoodie and the man drove us to the emergency vet clinic. He had like a refrigerator truck, so it was very hard to get into it while carrying the dog. She seemed okay in the car, just a bit stunned but she was looking around and stuff, it's just that there was so much blood. The man was a very nice man, he kept apologising. So, I waited at the vet and this nice lady told me stories about her cat to distract me and then the vet came out and said that she (my dog, not the cat lady) had head trauma and was hemorrhaging from the tongue but she would probably be okay.
Then the man who had hit her came back to the vet to see if she was okay and he'd bought me a can of lemonade! What a nice man! I think I should send him a card or something. My sister left work to come to the vet but then the vet said I could go home, so my sister met me anyway because I had no money to get home, on account of I'd been walking the dog. While I was going to meet her, the vet called to say that my dog was responding really well and there shouldn't be any problem with her.
So, it all turned out mostly okay (except for the vet bills), but I feel very traumatised and like I don't deserve to be a dog owner. There was really a lot of blood. But luckily she will be fine, and I met some really nice people. I was going to update with the 30 day Arashi meme thing, but instead I think I will sleep until my dog comes home. It's very lonesome without her.
Anyway, so I wrapped her up in my hoodie and the man drove us to the emergency vet clinic. He had like a refrigerator truck, so it was very hard to get into it while carrying the dog. She seemed okay in the car, just a bit stunned but she was looking around and stuff, it's just that there was so much blood. The man was a very nice man, he kept apologising. So, I waited at the vet and this nice lady told me stories about her cat to distract me and then the vet came out and said that she (my dog, not the cat lady) had head trauma and was hemorrhaging from the tongue but she would probably be okay.
Then the man who had hit her came back to the vet to see if she was okay and he'd bought me a can of lemonade! What a nice man! I think I should send him a card or something. My sister left work to come to the vet but then the vet said I could go home, so my sister met me anyway because I had no money to get home, on account of I'd been walking the dog. While I was going to meet her, the vet called to say that my dog was responding really well and there shouldn't be any problem with her.
So, it all turned out mostly okay (except for the vet bills), but I feel very traumatised and like I don't deserve to be a dog owner. There was really a lot of blood. But luckily she will be fine, and I met some really nice people. I was going to update with the 30 day Arashi meme thing, but instead I think I will sleep until my dog comes home. It's very lonesome without her.
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Date: 2010-07-13 08:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-13 08:58 am (UTC)So there.
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Date: 2010-07-13 09:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-13 10:12 am (UTC)I'm so sorry that this happened to you! This really is the one thing that I'm most afraid of for my dog, because it's just something that you can't really stop from happening - yes, there are leashes, but even so, they can slip from the leash, or get out of a fenced-in location like your dog, or suddenly take off at high speed because they were scared or saw something and run over the only road in a 5-kilometer radius (like my dog once did) and there's nothing you can do about it. It's like with children: You can take the best precautions there are, but short of keeping them locked up all the time for their whole lives, you can't do much to prevent accidents. :(
I'm glad that she turned out to be alright and that there were so many nice people to support you when you needded it.
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Date: 2010-07-13 10:57 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-13 12:23 pm (UTC)You're a good pet mum, really! *hugs*
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Date: 2010-07-13 01:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-13 01:56 pm (UTC)But thank you! <3333333
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Date: 2010-07-13 01:57 pm (UTC)If you were in a dog park you really shouldn't feel awful for the dog having gotten out... they are supposed to be designed for them to run around.
::hugs:: again, I am glad things are going to be ok.
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Date: 2010-07-13 01:58 pm (UTC)I called the vet tonight to check up on her and they said she was doing really well, they'd decreased her drugs and were about to try to give her solid food, so it's all fairly good, she might even be able to come home tomorrow!
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Date: 2010-07-13 02:01 pm (UTC)I was really lucky, wasn't I, with her being okay and with the people I met today. I can't believe the man bought me a can of lemonade!!
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Date: 2010-07-13 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-13 02:03 pm (UTC)I spoke to the vet about an hour ago and they said that she's doing really well, I might be able to bring her home as soon as tomorrow!
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Date: 2010-07-13 02:08 pm (UTC)It's hard, isn't it! I swear I am never going to let her off the lead again!!!
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Date: 2010-07-13 02:12 pm (UTC)That's true, I shouldn't feel guilty I guess, I just felt so helpless and awful seeing her lying there like that! I can't believe she found the one tiny place to get out.
Thank you! <3333333
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Date: 2010-07-13 02:46 pm (UTC)Pets are genius escape artists, honestly. I am so glad there were decent and nice people around to help you. It makes a terrible situation possible to deal with. ^_^
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Date: 2010-07-13 04:11 pm (UTC)I was in the car when my mom ran a dog over once years ago. That was traumatic already even though it wasn't even my dog. I hope you'll feel better soon!
And I'm glad your dog's alright! <3
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Date: 2010-07-13 04:19 pm (UTC)*hugs you* I'm so sorry it happened but thank goodness she'll be okay.
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Date: 2010-07-13 06:49 pm (UTC)It was really nice of him - though I'm sure you being a total mess helped as well. ^-^ I remember the time I had a car accident and my car ended up lying on its roof and I just couldn't stop crying hysterically (I was mostly fine physically, but I had a shock) and everyone was incredibly nice to me, even the guy I'd collided with, despite the fact that I'd been at fault as much as he had and he didn't really have any reason to like me or be nice to me.
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Date: 2010-07-13 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 12:43 am (UTC)but still; HOW TERRIFYING IT MUST HAVE BEEN D: big hugs!!!
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:08 am (UTC)Yeah, maybe it's something our body naturally does to protect us from nasty people!
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:10 am (UTC)<3
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:20 am (UTC)It's been a really horrible few days though, I haven't really slept from worrying about her. The vet won't know she likes it when you make up songs about her and things like that. I wanted to go visit her today and maybe take her emu over but the vet said it would be better if I didn't because they want to keep her quiet and settled. She should be home tomorrow though.
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 07:22 am (UTC)*hugs* THANK YOU!!
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Date: 2010-07-14 08:19 am (UTC)