This morning on my way to work, I was attacked by three large dogs.
I´m ok.
As I´ve mentioned before, there are stray dogs everywhere. While walking on an empty street (an unavoidable leg of my commute to work) this morning, three dogs ran up behind me barking, and I continued walking with my eyes straight ahead. Before I could even process what was happening, these dogs were pouncing on me. They scratched, growled, and bit my legs, arms, and back, but all I could think to do was continue walking forward, with my arms close to my body. I didn´t want to exacerbate the situation by kicking or shouting, so I ignored them.
The dogs eventually stopped, and when I regained my sense of reality, I realized my leg was bleeding.
I went to the hospital, which was equally as unpleasant as being attacked by dogs. It was dirty, unorganized, and extremely confusing. After being directed to 10 different places, I finally saw a man who´s leg was bleeding like mine. I followed him until he recieved care for his wound (which was from a stray dog attacking him as well), and I followed suite. We went together to five different places in the hospital, one of which was a place where we had to buy our own syringes for 20 centamos (about seven cents). I finally got a rabbies shot, which hurt like no other shot I´ve ever had before, and was directed to return every day until Sunday for another shot.
On the bright side, I doubt any other day will be as bad as this one, so I´m looking forward to those other days.
4 comments:
That's awful...wait till Sparky finds out.
oh magosh phillip. that's terrible. maybe you should invest in some sort of weapon.
Phil,
This is Señor Poulos. I, too, have been chased and bitten by dogs in Latin America. Here's a tip: When you see a dog on the approach, all you need to do is bend down and pick up a rock. If the dog doesn't turn and run from you picking up the rock, then throw it at him as hard as you can. Worked wonders for me.
Thanks, Señor. That actually works like a charm. As long as they dont throw paper to my rock, I´ll be fine.
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