So I was bitten by a dog this morning as I was walking to Orange to pay my bill.
There's a pair of really snarly, mean dogs that scare the pi** out of me and my mild-mannered mutt every time we walk by. Usually we walk on the other side of the street, but the Valeria construction is all over that sidewalk. This morning I did not have my dog, but these two hounds from hell bark at me even without my dog. Too late, I noticed that the gate was open, and one of the two dashed out and sank its teeth into my leg.
I have a pretty good high-pitched girl-scream with excellent volume (who says theatre training isn't useful?) and I started wailing. All the workers on top of Casa Valeria started yelling and pointing, all the taxi drivers on the street rushed over, and astonishingly enough, Cestur was there in seconds. By now blood is pouring down my leg and pooling in my Birkenstocks, and I'm shaking so hard I think I'm going to faint. Cestur drives me to CMC, where I'm whisked into Emergency.
Here are my questions:
1.- CMC gave me a tetanus shot , a couple of stitches, a prescription for antibiotics, and an injection for pain, because I told them I was not having an IV. This seems like a reasonable protocol. Any thoughts?
2.- A Cestur guy came in to "interview" me and suggested I report it officially. I personally think the dog should be put down, because it is clearly dangerous, but I don't want to paint a target on my back. The people who own the dog are---for lack of better words---not exactly the classiest, if you know what I mean. The yard is filthy; I am sure the dogs are not vaccinated. I think it was grossly irresponsible to leave the gate open, but I am not sure there is anything to be gained by discussing this with the owners.
I guess the good news is that all of the taxi drivers met me when I got onto my street and wanted to know if I'm OK. (I am; a fair amount of pain and a little shocky, but fine). One of them had called the owners and reported it to them. And I feel as if the police know about it without me having to make a report.
What would DR-1 do?
There's a pair of really snarly, mean dogs that scare the pi** out of me and my mild-mannered mutt every time we walk by. Usually we walk on the other side of the street, but the Valeria construction is all over that sidewalk. This morning I did not have my dog, but these two hounds from hell bark at me even without my dog. Too late, I noticed that the gate was open, and one of the two dashed out and sank its teeth into my leg.
I have a pretty good high-pitched girl-scream with excellent volume (who says theatre training isn't useful?) and I started wailing. All the workers on top of Casa Valeria started yelling and pointing, all the taxi drivers on the street rushed over, and astonishingly enough, Cestur was there in seconds. By now blood is pouring down my leg and pooling in my Birkenstocks, and I'm shaking so hard I think I'm going to faint. Cestur drives me to CMC, where I'm whisked into Emergency.
Here are my questions:
1.- CMC gave me a tetanus shot , a couple of stitches, a prescription for antibiotics, and an injection for pain, because I told them I was not having an IV. This seems like a reasonable protocol. Any thoughts?
2.- A Cestur guy came in to "interview" me and suggested I report it officially. I personally think the dog should be put down, because it is clearly dangerous, but I don't want to paint a target on my back. The people who own the dog are---for lack of better words---not exactly the classiest, if you know what I mean. The yard is filthy; I am sure the dogs are not vaccinated. I think it was grossly irresponsible to leave the gate open, but I am not sure there is anything to be gained by discussing this with the owners.
I guess the good news is that all of the taxi drivers met me when I got onto my street and wanted to know if I'm OK. (I am; a fair amount of pain and a little shocky, but fine). One of them had called the owners and reported it to them. And I feel as if the police know about it without me having to make a report.
What would DR-1 do?