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to side, re-evaluating the wound that stretches across her mouth and below her chin. He goes to the
medicine area and gets a bottle of antibiotic, cotton balls, surgical tape and a green paste made of herbs
and Yunnan Paiyao.
“Consuelo, hold her while I treat her,” said Dr. Julio
Consuelo strokes her and then holds the little puppy while Dr. Julio cleans out the red fleshy area
that was left behind by the wire.
She does not wince. He puts the green paste into her wound and spreads it gently to every portion
of the laceration and presses her face together. Putting the surgical tape on each side of its mouth and
under its chin; completely covering the wound.
“What will this paste do?” asked Elena
“She is too weak to do surgery, about a year old, I do not want to shoot her up with any more
medication than is necessary and overload her system.”
Alma drinking in every word, “I see.”
Dr. Julio continues, “Yunnan Paiyao is a traditional Chinese Medicine that can heal her would
and minimize scaring. Three months ago, I treated a dog with part of his face ripped. He had been in a
dogfight and part of his face was dangling from his head. I decided the best course of action was to spread
this paste of Yunnan Paiyao on his raw facial tissue. I placed his skin and facial tissue back into place
and it healed perfectly. It had only a slight scar. You could barely see that he once had a serious injury.”
Re-appraising the puppy, “That is all we can do right now.”
“Dr. Julio – can I hold my puppy?”
“Yes,” as he big-heartedly places the puppy in Elena’s waiting arms.
The puppy drapes herself onto Elena and rests her head a few inches below her shoulder.
Alma, feeling some peace, looks on with admiration at Elena and then at Dr. Julio and Consuelo.
“Dr. Julio – can I ask you another question?”
“Yes?”