Scared.....
Sep. 30th, 2002 07:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
msfledermausMy stepdad was attacked by some bastard neighbor's Rottweiler yesterday and is in the hospital...he's running a fever, and that goddamn animal nearly took his arm off.
The guy who owns the animal apparently is lying his ass off to the cops...and the cops aren't even going to test the animal that attacked my dad for rabies or West Nile...and he's running a fever, which he never does.
Mom's really scared....
I'm really scared....
It doesn't help that we're two states away from each other right now.
The guy who owns the animal apparently is lying his ass off to the cops...and the cops aren't even going to test the animal that attacked my dad for rabies or West Nile...and he's running a fever, which he never does.
Mom's really scared....
I'm really scared....
It doesn't help that we're two states away from each other right now.
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Date: 2002-09-30 05:57 am (UTC)((((Michelle))))
Those cops have to DO something!
Can the doctors tell if he's infected, with some test?
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:00 am (UTC)Hopefully the dog owner will be charged with something and that dog is *put down*. People like that give every *decent* owner and every decent dog a bad name.
I hope your stepdad recovers soon, with few complications.
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-09-30 06:03 am (UTC)but if it's possible, mom will MAKE them do it; she's terrorized doctors for years, and isn't about to stop now. (It's one of her best qualities.)
The hard thing is I have to go to work...but I'm leaving mom my work number and I'll try to get off early and check on her. I just found out about all this this morning in my e-mail--I tried calling last night and the machine was off....
Thank you so much....
Date: 2002-09-30 06:06 am (UTC)I hope they land on this neighbor with both feet...but it's the Ozarks, so it's not a guarantee, and that goddamn dog is still over there....with it's goddamn owner...
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:07 am (UTC)I wish I could give you a big squish.....
Date: 2002-09-30 06:09 am (UTC)Poeple who don't control their animals are the worst!
Have no fear!
The fever sounds normal for someone who has had siliva
from an animal in his blood stream.
He will be ok, I just know it.
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:14 am (UTC)I hope they can deal with the dog, if it does it once it'll do it again.
Hope your stepdad is okay, I'm sure he will be.
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:14 am (UTC)*worries*
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:20 am (UTC)Ugh. I was wondering why the cops were dragging their feet. :(
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:21 am (UTC)*hugs back*
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:21 am (UTC)i'm so sorry.
sending love and healing vibes to you and your family.
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:26 am (UTC)I'm usually not so violent-minded...but it's my only dad...
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:27 am (UTC)Seems like there's aways something fate drops on your doorstep just when you get some good things happening...
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:28 am (UTC)if you need anything today.... let me know. i would be happy to come on over. maybe bring some veggie chili with me...
Re: I wish I could give you a big squish.....
Date: 2002-09-30 06:31 am (UTC)and mom's on the warpath but good right now, calling every public authority she can get her hands on...better than walking down the street with an M-80, my mother...:)
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:33 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2002-09-30 06:33 am (UTC)*worry worry with you*
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:54 am (UTC)Re: I wish I could give you a big squish.....
Date: 2002-09-30 06:54 am (UTC)If someone hurt Jack or Derek
I would probably end up in jail.
Go your mom!
I hope her town has good
animal control laws.
Re: I wish I could give you a big squish.....
Date: 2002-09-30 07:08 am (UTC)I know mom's been practicing
with dad's hunting gun....
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Date: 2002-09-30 07:08 am (UTC)Nice doggy...
*pat pat pat*
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Date: 2002-09-30 07:09 am (UTC)They wont have the dog tested? They won't do it, because that means killing the dog to examine its brain. But if the owner can't prove its had the shots, and there's no way to test your stepdad for it (which I don't know about), it will have to be done.
(((((((Michelle)))))))
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Date: 2002-09-30 07:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-09-30 07:50 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Here's hoping your Dad's okay and healthy and relatively unscarred after all this. Here's hoping there's also a fair amount of money in it, too. Far be it for me to be litigious, but... you know.
Hugs to you, too.
Love,
A.
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Date: 2002-09-30 08:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-09-30 08:23 am (UTC)my thoughts go out to him today..
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Date: 2002-09-30 08:35 am (UTC)One of the doctors I work with got attacked while riding his bicycle last year and had to get rabies shots as the guy TOOK OFF with his dog and left Chuck standing there, and they couldn't locate him. However, the good news is that even if your dad does need rabies shots, they are not NEARLY as bad as they used to be!! Really!!!
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Date: 2002-09-30 08:42 am (UTC)urg, i never know what to say at a time like this except, i wish that i could give you a real hug.
Oh, no!
Date: 2002-09-30 09:30 am (UTC)Re: Oh, no!
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Date: 2002-09-30 10:58 am (UTC)*hugs back*
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Date: 2002-09-30 02:54 pm (UTC)You're the best, big D....
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Date: 2002-09-30 06:08 pm (UTC)*Hugs you with a warm and squishy hug*