"anal glanded"; i couldn't find a better expression. how otherwise do you describe a dog leaving anal gland goo on your arm? very pretty.
see, i was doing work experience ytd morning at a vet clinic and was responsible for the bum area while a 6-month-old pup was put on a IV drip. essentially, i'm called a "bum-stopper" and i didn't mind because well, the bum can't bite. i'm quite safe until the pup freaked out about the shaving and catheter and wriggled - mind you, she was a stocky thing - and thrashed about a bit. my arm ended up somewhere within the vicinty of the arse and that's when i noticed drops of brown liquid.
too brown to be pee. too liquid-ish to be faces/diarrhoea. what do you know? it's anal gland goo. well, not jelly-goo but it was secretion. and the last times i heard about anal glands, they are pretty bad and whoa! smelly. and there it was, right THERE on my arm. Eeeeew!
i washed it thoroughly and sprayed Ooh La La! (animal deodorizer) on it but was paranoid about smelling the stench everywhere i went. so i had to change my scrub top too and neutralise myself with Impulse. it felt better but anal traces must have still been on my arm because Yang was VERY interested my arm when i got home.
while we're talking about arms, i got blood drawn from my lefty for a blood test for Q fever (vet thing) and skin test. it must have been Arms Day
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