Tiny TiAmo’s miracle; how one very little dog escaped a big tragedy.
There he was, the tiniest ball of fluff lying in a pile of fleece with towels to support him. He had warming pads underneath his towels and an IV bandage wrapped around his one front leg, attached to IV fluids and a CRI pump with pain medication. That’s the first time I saw little TiAmo. I’ve been a Registered Veterinary Technician for about 12 years now, and puppies NEVER get boring, but sometimes it is hard to see them so broken you can’t touch them. “ You must see some awful things.” People often ask me, “How do you do it? How do you work in an animal ICU? I couldn’t do it…you must see some awful things!” It’s true. Along with the many good stories and happy endings, we do see some awful things, some of the worst being the results of what we call B.D.L.D .’s, or Big Dog Little Dog trauma’s- when little dogs are severely injured by a larger dog. I walked in to start my shift that day and saw TiAmo lying so still on his little bed. “He’s so tiny! He’s not eve