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Deborah Ibiwoye and her dog
She loves pets very much and has for that bought two dogs for herself to be her
Companion. She is always happy when she returns home from work and sees the dogs
Playing with each other. On seeing her the dogs will start playing with her. She has
Always been surrounded by those dogs. One day one of the dogs took ill, she was not
Comfortable with what she was seeing the dog passing through when she returns from her
Place of work. The dog has been playing with her in the morning before she left for office
It was quite appalling that she has now returned to meet a dour dog that could barely leave
Its position. The agony the dog is passing through makes her sick too but at that hour of the
Day there is nothing she could do, because all the veterinary hospitals in the islands would
Have closed. She does not know the phone number of any of the veterinary doctors maybe
She would have placed a call across to one of them to come and give her dog home services
Which she knows would attract other charges but this she was willing to do for her dog, but
She does not know the phone details of any of the doctors. She was psychologically down
And was telling herself that such mistakes she will not let happen again, immediately the day
Breaks and she takes it to hospital the first thing she will ask from the doctors is their phone
Numbers in case of emergency like this. The psychological trauma that she passes through
Seeing the animal she loves in pain could only be imagined that night. When the day breaks
She could barely wait for the time that the veterinary hospitals will open before getting to the
Place as she calls her superior in the office to take permission from the office that it may
Take her a while before she will come to office at all, if she will be there that day. The doctor
On seeing the dog, placed it on drugs and admitted it that day. After the treatment and it was
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Was discharged it was placed on drugs. During the time that this dog was being treated
In the hospital the second dog too was not happy back home as it was expecting the second
Dog back home. After the dog has been discharged home, she notices that it has not fully
Recover because it is still showing some unwanted signs of lethargy, which was not
Common with it before it takes ill. She called the doctor to explain the situation to him and
She told her that she should expect that for a while till it finishes its drugs, for some of the
Negative effects of the drugs is lethargy. While attending to the dog, one day when she
Returned home from work she was surprised with what she saw which was the death of the
Healthy dog. This dog has not shown any signs of weakness nor any form of sickness prior
Its demise. She was sad, she cried and cried for the death of this dog. She continues to
Think about the incident that happened to the healthy dog while the sick dog was still
Recuperating. Then she remembers the sage’s saying that sometimes when one thinks that
A dry tree would be the one that would be blown off by the wind, such may not happen
It may be the fresh tree that would be blown off as it has happened to one of her dogs. The
Healthy dog has died, while the sick dog has been spared by the angel of death. that is what
Also happens to humans, for a person who is not sick, and who regularly goes to the
Clinic for his checkup would end up dead while a person who is battling with a sickness
Or another would be alive. This happens to one of her parents too, her mother who regularly
Goes to the hospital died suddenly while her father who has been on drugs since her
Childhood days was spared by angels of death. She kept wondering. Life is a mystery. Until
Humans see life as a mystery we may not enjoy life to the fullest. What we should be doing is
Continuing to do our best as we leave the rest unto the Supreme Being. Week after the
Demise of the dog, the sick dog recovers…
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