The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro

Author:Laurie Notaro
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
ISBN: 9781616791162
Publisher: Villard
Published: 2008-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

At six the next morning, the phone rang loudly, and I froze. I held my breath as my husband answered it, then exhaled when I saw a smile stretch across his face.

“She’s doing good!” he whispered to me as the emergency vet told him that the transfusion had gone really well. Her red blood cell numbers were back up. She hadn’t eaten but she’d drunk some water. She was alert, they said. Come down and see her.

And when we got there, Bella stood up and wagged her tail at the sound of my voice. We were petting her through the wire door when the vet came over and opened it for us. We both hugged her.

“She’s so happy you’re here,” the vet said. “She still needs quite a bit of rest. She’s not out of the woods yet, but things are looking up.”

I was thrilled. I couldn’t wait to take her home. I handed the techs the container full of Bella’s food that I had brought, hopeful that she might eat something. I could tell that she was still so tired, but at least she was standing up and wagging her tail.

“Let’s let her rest,” the vet recommended after several minutes. “Come back at about noon and you can visit again.”

My husband and I were both smiling when we left. I wanted to skip to the car. Bella was going to be okay. She’d be back home in a couple of days. I felt elated. I loved that little dog. She was the only friend I had in this new little town. We only had each other so far.

We went back home, and made breakfast, delighted that she’d soon be joining us. Barnaby, on the other hand, took advantage of her absence and demanded some one-on-one cat time.

Minutes before noon, I had just put on my coat and grabbed the keys to the car to head out to the animal hospital when the phone rang again. My husband answered it and listened intently for a moment, then slammed down the receiver.

“We’ve got to go,” he said, running for the door. “It’s the vet. They’re losing her. We have to get there now.”

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