tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post4160597932097179751..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: friend's best friendBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-11012284698725412642010-01-22T11:23:11.235+02:002010-01-22T11:23:11.235+02:00I have to say I understand his sentiment.
2 year...I have to say I understand his sentiment. <br /><br />2 years ago, we'd just got new kittens, one for each of my children. My son (a gentle and sensitive soul) was immediately wrapped up with his. We'd only had them 6 weeks when, 4 days before Christmas, the wretched kitten broke its femur...how, we still don't know but we think he was playing with the garland at the top of the stairs, fell through the gap in the stairs rails and landed on the banister immediately beneath. It was a hideous break running obliquely from hip to knee. It had to be pinned and the kitten had to be immobilised for 2 months. <br /><br />Now, ordinarily I would've said Ag, just put the thing down, afterall it's only an animal. More importantly, for the first time EVER in my life I'd not insured something!!! However, I couldn't do that to my son. He loved that kitten; his whole world was wrapped up in that kitten and there was no way I was going to destroy his world 4 days before Christmas. So I put aside my better judgement and followed my heart. When we collected the cat after surgery, I didn't even want to know what the bill was, I just handed over my credit card. And do you know what? That cat has been worth every penny of the £1,346 it cost to fix him. He is a beautiful cat ... in fact, I'm going to go and write a blog about him! Thank you for the reminder.Jabulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847825459654555235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-82815847235957551202010-01-10T17:41:13.245+02:002010-01-10T17:41:13.245+02:00What a wonderful story- glad to read the happy end...What a wonderful story- glad to read the happy ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-423732646653344962010-01-07T15:38:26.030+02:002010-01-07T15:38:26.030+02:00Hey Bongi! Great post...if that's not the def...Hey Bongi! Great post...if that's not the definition of devotion and love, I don't know what is. WE got our first family dog 3 years ago...and now I get it. She's part of our family. <br /><br />Enjoying your posts.StorytellERdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371229500424449124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-5607302336682096672010-01-03T23:21:23.537+02:002010-01-03T23:21:23.537+02:00i did 6 amputations today.
(before you all gasp ...i did 6 amputations today. <br /><br />(before you all gasp in admiration...........they were all toes and one finger). <br /><br />have you got any swine flu down in the lowvelt? i am telling you its nasty nasty. mind you so is peanut allergyeminent british surgeon.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-47045109903439733652010-01-03T10:28:42.241+02:002010-01-03T10:28:42.241+02:00scns that is an excellent point. the dog meant a w...scns that is an excellent point. the dog meant a whole lot to him and therefore he did the less logical thing. i personally think we are often more alive and maybe even more human when we follow our hearts and not our minds. i admire him for doing it.<br /><br />still, i wouldn't have bothered myself.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-42741969368735854772010-01-03T04:40:07.801+02:002010-01-03T04:40:07.801+02:00Only shows how love can pressure anyone to see th...Only shows how love can pressure anyone to see things differently... it changes everything. <br /><br />Love's decisions: Do it because you love, or don't do it because you love.<br />-SCNSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-44958737243489550802010-01-02T13:21:44.223+02:002010-01-02T13:21:44.223+02:00sir percy, interestingly enough i actually agree w...sir percy, interestingly enough i actually agree with you on many levels.<br /><br />firstly i personally am not overly sympathetic with dogs. i am not a dog person. however the dog meant a lot to my friend and there is a surgical connection. he too is a general surgeon so he was out of his field. i think he did well.<br /><br />but i do have a few questions about your comment. i would also like to think of myself as a boer war type surgeon, but i would be on the boer side. then your name. i assume it's from the south african sir percy fitzpatrick who wrote the book jock of the bushveld? i wonder why you chose that name seeing that he was a dog person. after all he is known for his book about a dog. also the title sir he got in the boer war which you refer to for his efforts against the boer republics. in my book, although he wrote a good story that still translates into tourism revenue for the lowveld, he was numbered among the enemy. just interesting.<br /><br />but your point is well received. i wouldn't personally have gone to the trouble of operating the dog.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-27539330967268275932010-01-02T11:30:36.807+02:002010-01-02T11:30:36.807+02:00Happy New Year. That was a wonderful story.Happy New Year. That was a wonderful story.The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02368935358031860432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-67527755009704265692010-01-02T07:48:16.136+02:002010-01-02T07:48:16.136+02:00A heart-warming story...a happy new year to you Bo...A heart-warming story...a happy new year to you Bongi :)<br />-candyloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-22203692217903197912010-01-02T00:10:51.312+02:002010-01-02T00:10:51.312+02:00What a beautiful dog! Happy New year Bongi. Its fr...What a beautiful dog! Happy New year Bongi. Its friggin cold here in Ireland at the mo.i_gasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-58671839520313313532010-01-01T23:58:10.638+02:002010-01-01T23:58:10.638+02:00Is that your dog in the picture?Is that your dog in the picture?UnDead Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090925788906386715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-77030150524369817622010-01-01T23:52:50.019+02:002010-01-01T23:52:50.019+02:00oh god no!!! put the dog down and get ANOTHER ONE!...oh god no!!! put the dog down and get ANOTHER ONE!!!! i live in the uk and they are doing hip replacements on dogs now. what next? colostomy bags? tracheostomies? the slipperly slope ect ect. I always knew orthopods are not the sharpest scaple in the draw............but i thought Bonji was a general surgeon of the old school. i always liked to imagine Bongi as a fabulous surgeon in the boer war.........pushing forward the fronteers of science, coping with people who have had their hands chewed off by crocodiles ect. but instead we get this Milli-mollie-mandi like story.sir percy fitxpatricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-6133103590812236552010-01-01T21:02:47.483+02:002010-01-01T21:02:47.483+02:00Love the story! This dog looks like a border colli...Love the story! This dog looks like a border collie. They are the smartest and most loyal dogs and will do anything to please their human companion. I miss my border collie. Glad this one had a good medical ending. Happy New Year, BongiToni Brayer, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258759363309666629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-5735646344903505882010-01-01T18:36:54.924+02:002010-01-01T18:36:54.924+02:00Wonderful!!! Happy New Year, Bongi!Wonderful!!! Happy New Year, Bongi!rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-18617612509700248402010-01-01T17:48:53.076+02:002010-01-01T17:48:53.076+02:00Great story! I've got a soft spot for the pooc...Great story! I've got a soft spot for the pooch population as well, having had a most faithful Collie for many years. <br /><br />I had to do some vet med in the arctic from time to time...trying to creatively sign out meperidine and make splints out of popsicle sticks for a Pomeranian with two broken legs once was interesting. Turns out you can make a great muzzle using kling gauze around the snout!Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-84439248200924826502010-01-01T12:51:17.632+02:002010-01-01T12:51:17.632+02:00That is awesome. I know someone who took their rab...That is awesome. I know someone who took their rabbit into ED and had it sutured up after a cat had a go. A full orthopod job is even better (and the fact that the patient did well is better still).Dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759938692575603663noreply@blogger.com