A veterinarian entered less than five minutes later.
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She introduced herself as Dr. Elena Morris, but there was no wasted conversation after that.
She checked his gums.
Her expression changed.
“How long has he been like this?”
“I don’t know. Someone found him near a park. People said he’d been there since yesterday.”Browse Reference
She pressed her fingers against his gums, released them, then watched the color return.
Slowly.
Too slowly.
“Temperature.”
A technician read it aloud.
Dr. Morris listened to his chest.
She palpated his abdomen.
Then she began running careful hands along his spine and pelvis.
Sombra whimpered.
I looked toward the wall.
“What happened to him?”
“His hindquarters are extremely painful. We need imaging before I tell you anything confidently.”Relieve Pain
“Is he paralyzed?”
“I don’t know yet.”
That uncertainty frightened me more than a definite answer.
