Maisie my dog – Dr Rod's Blog (almondemotion)

Placebo – Serotonin, what it is to be a doctor, foray into shamanism and farewell Maisie

I have always accepted this concept; it has taught me humility.

My catty dog.

It has only been

Since our recent

House-guest, a dogs-dog, you might call him –

A man’s dog

Came to visit

Stress

For years after I got up in the morning she would hop on to my bed and curl up on my still warm, vacant spot.

I thought I had aleady blogged about my patient and his dog. I hadn’t. He was breathless And now, I realise At the time, things were too raw too proximate to translate into 500-odd words of text. The man was dying. Heart failure, COPD, Frailty – The mechanism is not whatContinue reading “Dying man”

Dog love

I picked-up Maisie from the kennels this evening. She’d been in there since last Wednesday when my family travelled out to meet me in Amsterdam. The kennel is a couple of miles from where I live, off a busy road, with rusting doors, chipped paint and a neatly trimmed lawn. Next to Maisie was anContinue reading “Dog love”