Painful Plums

Is it wrong to take your dog's medication? What if the dog doesn't need it, but you do?


What happened is that I bought a container of plums. Despite sitting out for a week on the counter, they were still hard as rocks. I decided to cook them to make them edible. It worked out fine. Stewed plums are yummy.


The problem was that an hour or two after eating some, I had a bad tummy ache. Apparently, unripe plums, even when cooked, are toxic, although tasty. As the plums worked their way through my digestive tract, the symptoms kept getting worse and even the dogs were starting to look at me funny. I think they were scared.


Once it was over, I had a rash in a private part. Hydrocortisone cream look care of it. Then I developed an infection in another private part. I needed an antibiotic, so I made an appointment with the doctor. Being the idiot I am, I got the dates confused and missed my appointment. I'm able to keep track of all of Kelsey's doctor appointments, but apparently lack enough brain cells to keep track of mine too.


At Kelsey's doctor appointment, the vet gave me a large bottle of the antibiotic flagyl to give to Kelsey if he developed any lower GI problems. What a coincidence. That was exactly what I needed. Kelsey is doing fine, so I'm taking his meds. There is probably some law against doing that, but it makes perfect sense to me. I just hope that doggie flagyl is the same as human flagyl.