Well On May 31, a Thursday, Houston got bit by a rattle snake. The story? Now be patient as I tell it.
Thursdays for me mean Drama, for my sisters it means College group and for My mom it means a day off work. So in the afternoon i and my sisters were at Calvary Oceanside and My mom was on her walk. When she came back there were two Rattle snakes being rated R under my parents' window. The rattle their tails for hard for my mom and her walking partner to know they are doing their business. My mom got all the dogs inside then went outside and sprayed the snakes with water. They separated and all was well or so we thought.
When my mom came and got me from the Shaver's house we stopped got ice cream then went straight home. I was paranoid so I said i will take all the dogs out to do their business one at a time on a leash.
Well all was going well i grabbed sandy and took him out. While i was out i heard Houston yell in pain then my moms voice "Hoooopppppeeee come here". My first thought was the snake was inside. But that was not the case. Houston had a new face lift. Or a bite. His left face looked like he ate a baseball.
You're probably wondering why Houston? He is the most calm collected dog there is he would NOT mess with Rattle snakes. Yeah thats what we thought too. We believe he is the one who found them. Our dogs have never seen rattle snakes before so he could of just been curious as well.
Well we got him to the urgent care(meanwhile i was balling my eyes out. In my experience i always thought snake bite + dog = dead dog) I knew we couldn't afford much so if he needed heroic action we could not do it. At the urgent care the Tech asked us a bunch of questions then took Houston to see the doctor. I and my mom went to the waiting room she sat down while I walked around not being able to sit. A couple mins of me going in circles she finally told me to sit down. Waiting is the worst. A couple mins later the doctor came out and told us what was going to happen.
First Houston was going to need to stay with them for at least 12 hours that was for sure. Meanwhile they would be flushing him and putting antibiotics with painkillers into him. (by this time his face has gotten 2 times bigger and it was moving down to his throat area) Pretty much she told us that he was going to be fine. We told them we could not afford Anti venom (500 dollars a pop). She surprised us saying that most dogs don't get anti venom. She says Yes it does help heal quicker and with less pain but it is not NEEDED for this type of rattle snake. I couldn't stop thanking Jesus for letting it be a snake that wasn't too toxic.
We left Houston and the next morning picked him up and did home care. The 3rd day we took him into our own vets and the vets said he is doing good. He even cut down Houston's meds!!! We were worried about his eye and the doctor said it is healing just fine!
Houston is now running around with the pack and being his normal self except for eating habits. That we still need to work on!
I thank everyone who prayed so hard and Jesus for pulling him through! He knew we weren't ready to let go of Houston just yet. Plus the bill wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be! PRAISE THE LORD!
Oh and also we have killed one of the snakes! We believe it is the male. Bummer. But the female we haven't heard or seen. Which can go both ways, She is gone or she is having her babies. (I'm praying for the first) Lesson learned when we find 2 rattle snakes we call Animal control RIGHT AWAY!
Thank you Jesus for providing for the bills and healing Houston!
Thats about it for now guys! ASL is going well still thinking of becoming an ASL interpreter!!!
!hope!
