So there has been a glitch. Many of you may already know that Nolan collects photos from inside emergency rooms on vacations. Let's see, we have seen an urgent care and an emergency room in Fresno, San Luis Obispo and others! Well, it just wouldn't be vacation for Nolan without a fastpass to the emergency room.
On Wednesday night, Nolan was going down the stair well to meet us for dinner in the hotel dining room. He encountered a guy with two small dogs and although they were on leashes, they managed to attack Nolan and bite his leg. It isn't a large wound, but it did puncture the skin and bruise it quite a bit. Nolan didn't know how bad he had been bit, or if they had even broken the skin, and who really wants to have a confrontation on the spot with a guy with unfriendly dogs. So he came and showed it to Frank and I and the search began for the owners of these dogs - in a "pet friendly" hotel. Unfortunately, we haven't had any luck tracking these dogs down. So on Thursday, as we didn't know if the dogs were up to date on their shots, Nolan had to get some of his own.
We spent 5 hours in the emergency room in Celebration, Florida. He had to get very painful shots one in the wound, on in the shoulder and one in each "hip". It is a series of shots - the first on day zero, one on day three, one on day seven (Christmas Day) on one day 14 ( New Years Day) and one on day 28. The only place to get the shots are at emergency rooms. There is a shortage of the vacination and so it is only dispensed with the authority of the Health Department. Which today at 6:00pm I found out will not be open on Sunday (duh) in order to get Nolan a shot in Manatee County where we will be visiting Frank's cousin after tomorrow. So we have to stay an extra night in Lake Buena Vista and go in first thing to the same emergency room and get another shot. Then we can go onto Bradenton and worry about the rest of them when we get home. (that's the bright spot).
Last night we were contacted by animal control at 11:05 pm - after we had finally dozed off for the evening - they came by this morning as we were leaving for Epcot and asked Nolan to fill out a report. The frustrating thing is that we really could have waited a few days - maybe even until we got home to start the shots, and that would have given us a better "schedule" - one that didn't include miserable days to go to the emergency room! But such is life and into each one a little rain must fall.
The good news is that Nolan feels fine and the wound is fine - could have been a lot worse and we are all still having a great time. Everyone has rallied and had a really good day today. so GO TEAM SMITH!
Thanks for letting me vent!
On Wednesday night, Nolan was going down the stair well to meet us for dinner in the hotel dining room. He encountered a guy with two small dogs and although they were on leashes, they managed to attack Nolan and bite his leg. It isn't a large wound, but it did puncture the skin and bruise it quite a bit. Nolan didn't know how bad he had been bit, or if they had even broken the skin, and who really wants to have a confrontation on the spot with a guy with unfriendly dogs. So he came and showed it to Frank and I and the search began for the owners of these dogs - in a "pet friendly" hotel. Unfortunately, we haven't had any luck tracking these dogs down. So on Thursday, as we didn't know if the dogs were up to date on their shots, Nolan had to get some of his own.
We spent 5 hours in the emergency room in Celebration, Florida. He had to get very painful shots one in the wound, on in the shoulder and one in each "hip". It is a series of shots - the first on day zero, one on day three, one on day seven (Christmas Day) on one day 14 ( New Years Day) and one on day 28. The only place to get the shots are at emergency rooms. There is a shortage of the vacination and so it is only dispensed with the authority of the Health Department. Which today at 6:00pm I found out will not be open on Sunday (duh) in order to get Nolan a shot in Manatee County where we will be visiting Frank's cousin after tomorrow. So we have to stay an extra night in Lake Buena Vista and go in first thing to the same emergency room and get another shot. Then we can go onto Bradenton and worry about the rest of them when we get home. (that's the bright spot).
Last night we were contacted by animal control at 11:05 pm - after we had finally dozed off for the evening - they came by this morning as we were leaving for Epcot and asked Nolan to fill out a report. The frustrating thing is that we really could have waited a few days - maybe even until we got home to start the shots, and that would have given us a better "schedule" - one that didn't include miserable days to go to the emergency room! But such is life and into each one a little rain must fall.
The good news is that Nolan feels fine and the wound is fine - could have been a lot worse and we are all still having a great time. Everyone has rallied and had a really good day today. so GO TEAM SMITH!
Thanks for letting me vent!
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Looking forward to seeing you on Christmas Day. We can send you on your way to emergency with a sandwich in your pocket! hahaha