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Name: Michelle Ruth Tong

Birthday: 3rd March

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To be a testimony of Christ and set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity (1 Tim. 4:12). Do whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent and praiseworthy to God (Phili 4:8).



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Saturday 21 March 2009
*.* My very brave dog *.*

Before I begin with my dog story, I shall talk about my eventful night that I had yesterday. Ben invited me to his specialist night and I must say the sexy dance turned me off. Even his friend found it sick. Anyway, I was pulled up on stage just to be partner with someone else to dance. Ben was pulled up too to show his muscular body. Anyway, it was pretty boring but quite an experience for me.

Alright, my brave dog story. I brought my dog for her annual vaccination and then I decided that she should have her microchip injected as well so that I can apply for the dog license. The veterinarian injected her butt and when he took out the microchip I was shocked. It was almost 1 inch long and 0.5mm wide. It looked like a mental piece with a blade. He was telling me that it is painful and might bleed. I looked away as he injected that microchip into my dog's shoulders and I heard a scream. My dog was screaming in pain. My heart broke. Thank God she didn't bleed at all. For your information, dogs scream too. She screams when you accidentally step on her tail or her feet and I think that microchip must be very painful. I can't imagine that thing goes into my flesh, under my skin.

Then I heard about some commotion about heartworm, a disease spread by mosquito bites on dogs. "This is a disease that is caused by Dirofilaria immitis (also known as Heartworm). It is mainly transmitted via infected mosquitoes. Hence in Singapore, this disease can be relatively common as mosquitoes pose a problem all year round. It is more so for medium to large sized dogs which are in a garden or outdoor context. As they spend most of their time outdoors, they are more likely to be exposed to infected mosquitoes.

When these mosquitoes bite, they transmit baby heartworms to the dogs. These baby heartworms will travel through the blood vessels of the dog and lodge themselves in the heart. Retrieved on 21 March 2009, http://www.petschannel.com/article/?a=32." And eventually they will die from heart failure. So I decided that my dog should be vaccinated from heartworm too. I went back to the clinic and the vet drew blood from my dog. We waited for the test and there goes another jab for her. By then, she was shivering and jumping on me as though begging me to get her out of that place.

She didn't make any noise except that scream from that microchip jab. Maybe that jab had already numbed her so that she couldn't feel any pain. I had to tel her that since we are there already, we should just make use of the time and trip to get all the jabs and done with it. By the time she got home, she could run about, tossing her toy and jumping around.

I don't think I can tolerate 3 jabs and 1 blood test, to get poke by a needle 4 times in total. My dog is the bravest. I still can't imagine the microchip getting under my skin.

posted by Michelle at 23:40:00

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