House Calls

No blood and gore today at the veterinary clinic. Instead, we were out and about. First went with the doctor to the house of a really old, kind of out there lady. Took the bus there but it wasnt too far so we walked back. Took stitches out on a dog who had anal gland abcesses a few weeks ago, from what I could understand of the conversation. There were a ton of dogs in the house and I met a Peruvian breed dog - its a hairless dog with a fuzzy white head and tail and besides that, its just a bald dark grey. Look it up - hideous but cute at the same time. Apparently they do house calls a lot - the old lady lived with her kids who easily could have brought the dog in, but the doctor went because he said the lady couldnt go.
Back at the clinic, a dog was getting a warm water bath, which is pretty rare up here. Then came a haircut, where they actually used electric blades like we use in the US. I asked why they didnt use them during surgery and he said using it on dirty hair dulls the blade so they only used it for grooming after baths.
Then a woman came by and told the doctor about her very sick cow, so we got on a combi and rode for about 20, 30 minutes out into the countryside to Cullpa. Twas my first time being in a rural home here, and it was really interesting. Walk in the gate into a courtyard full of dogs, cats, roosters, chickens, pigs, and cows. The sick cow is tied up under a roof. Clothes hanging on the lines to dry, screaming children, extended family everyone. Such a scene from a movie, and also reminded me of backyards in Ecuador. The cow was giving milk from one of her teets but from another came a weird liquid that looked like oil. Not eating, etc, etc, lots of problems, the doctor diagnosed her with mastitis. Gave vitamins and another injection. The part I had to try so hard not to laugh about - the doctor asked for a beer bottle and warm water.. empty beer bottle it turned out, luckily. poured a powder into the bottle, filled it with water, shook it around, pried open the cow´s mouth, and poured in all the liquid, and did this twice. it was really funny to watch a cow drinking out of a beer bottle. yepp.
Finally figured out my schedule for the rest of the trip. Took forever and involved my credit card being frozen and having to defraud and authorize it, and lots of websites just not working. But finally we have a plan. It sucks cause I dont get to do Nazca lines or the jungle, it was a lot of back and forth ridiculous travel just because of the way the buses work. Ugh. But I´ll fly out of Lima to Cuzco Sat early morning and spend Monday at Macchu Picchu and then take the 21 hour bus ride back to Lima and then fly back to SF through San Salvador. Oh it´ll be a crazy couple of days with wayyy too much travel in between the fun parts. But the buses are nice ones, with bed seats, so hopefully I´ll just sleep and watch the scenery.