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Kadie

(15,369 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:32 PM Feb 2012

Two Sick Puppies Walk To Human Hospital, Wait In Lobby

Two Sick Puppies Walk To Human Hospital, Wait In Lobby

The Huffington Post Laura Hibbard
First Posted: 02/ 8/2012 4:33 pm Updated: 02/ 8/2012 5:31 pm

In what may be one of the most 'aww'-inducing stories of the day, two sick dogs from Corpus Christi, Texas, made their way to a human hospital and waited patiently in the lobby, KIII TV reports.

According to the station, hospital staff treated the "emaciated" pups, and a doctor carried them to the station's van, which then transported them to the Gulf Coast Humane Society.

more...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/sick-puppies-walk-to-hospital_n_1263498.html


video...
http://www.kiiitv.com/category/194871/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6706496

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Two Sick Puppies Walk To Human Hospital, Wait In Lobby (Original Post) Kadie Feb 2012 OP
Maybe they're on to something. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #1
ah-ha! Who needs health insurance when you can just get one of these... KurtNYC Feb 2012 #28
And they will receive a bill for $4,500 in about ten days (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #2
And by God they'll shred the thing! get the red out Feb 2012 #8
The dog ate my hospital bill! meow2u3 Feb 2012 #10
Hope their TV coverage gets them adopted soon! sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #3
nice story Botany Feb 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author renie408 Feb 2012 #7
Sounds like the opening line of a joke. VWolf Feb 2012 #5
Aww... NewImproved Deal Feb 2012 #6
Smart pups. Glad they're in good hands. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #9
Hope they don't cross Ron Paul's path gratuitous Feb 2012 #11
thank the FSM that their doctor zbdent Feb 2012 #18
awe Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #12
Soon the Tea Party will object to treating uninsured canines nt. NoGOPZone Feb 2012 #13
The hospital's medical staff meant well, but physicians are not veterinarians, and kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #14
Gotta respect veternarians, they are doctors for a wide variety of species... Humanist_Activist Feb 2012 #16
The doctor fed them sausage and bacon KurtNYC Feb 2012 #29
That reminds me of a story from a couple of years ago when an injured deer Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #15
awww.... Kadie Feb 2012 #24
K & R Scurrilous Feb 2012 #17
Smart kids. Rex Feb 2012 #19
Awwwwwwwwww..................... OhioChick Feb 2012 #20
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww malaise Feb 2012 #21
AWWW! May they be blessed with forever homes! Nt xchrom Feb 2012 #22
They're obviously proponents of Single Paw-er Health Insurance. n/t Sabriel Feb 2012 #23
I am not even going to ask what would have happened Generic Other Feb 2012 #25
Exactly. Also in South Texas, intheflow Feb 2012 #26
Lets see, two sick puppies madokie Feb 2012 #27
 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
1. Maybe they're on to something.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:39 PM
Feb 2012

My veterinarian rarely has a long wait, and never demands an insurance card.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
28. ah-ha! Who needs health insurance when you can just get one of these...
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 10:29 AM
Feb 2012


Comes with free medical care (or, according to the video, a doctor feeding you sausage and bacon then driving you to the humane society in front of local news media).

get the red out

(13,466 posts)
8. And by God they'll shred the thing!
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 02:10 PM
Feb 2012

Like my dog did my sock this morning.

Precious little things, I hope they get homes. I so love dogs, and cats, and basically any innocent creature.

Response to Botany (Reply #4)

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
14. The hospital's medical staff meant well, but physicians are not veterinarians, and
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 02:31 PM
Feb 2012

it's been my experience that most physicians and nursing personnel have less knowledge about veterinary care than the average American. They DO have hubris and think they know it all far too often.

Don't get me started on the animal neglect and abuse I have seen at the hands of human medical personnel who should know better.

 

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)
16. Gotta respect veternarians, they are doctors for a wide variety of species...
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 02:52 PM
Feb 2012

and not just one like human doctors. Granted I'm not sure what type of treatment the puppies got at the hospital, most likely fluids and possibly food. I'm glad the medical staff transported them to the humane society, where they can get proper treatment. I would hope they are smart enough to know their own ignorance and not administer any medicine without consulting a vet first. Dogs are biologically similar to humans in most ways, but there are differences(mostly in dosages) and some medications that humans can take, dogs can't, or they react differently to, etc.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
29. The doctor fed them sausage and bacon
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 10:32 AM
Feb 2012

called the local media, waited for the cameras and then drove them to the Human Society. Now do you really think he could have done all of that without 8 years of medical school???

intheflow

(28,476 posts)
26. Exactly. Also in South Texas,
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 09:20 AM
Feb 2012

mother shoots self and her two children at a food stamp office after not receiving assistance. The family had been living in a truck and the children begging for food but social services deemed the kids weren't suffering from abuse or neglect so they never followed up on reports from community members.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/06/texas-welfare-office-shooting_n_1132281.html

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