“You survived being hungry.”
I touched the fur between his ears.
“So don’t quit now.”
For the first time since the park, I allowed myself to think the thing I had been avoiding.
Sombra had survived being hurt.
He had survived weeks without proper care.
He had survived hunger.
He had survived lying beside a road while people passed him.Compare Couriers
But surviving one more night was not guaranteed.
Dr. Morris admitted Sombra immediately.
“We need to stabilize him before we make decisions about his orthopedic injuries,” she explained.
My eyes went back to the X-ray.
“What happens to his legs?”
“Tonight, his legs are not our first priority.”
That sentence told me exactly how sick he was.
They began fluids carefully.
Because Sombra was so malnourished, even giving nutrition had to be controlled. Dr. Morris explained that feeding a severely starved animal too aggressively could create dangerous metabolic problems.
