NOT MY MELKYNATOR!

Some heavy hearts around here on Sunday and it was a really weird thing.

During the 2nd ride around the neighborhood for the day I turned to look at Melky as she was in the passenger seat.

It looked like the side of her face was swollen, and her eye was drooping a little bit.

I asked everyone to take a quick look. I've been known to make mistakes before.

"Her face is definitely swelling up," Sam said.

We hung out for a little while just looking at Melky and she was eating up the sudden attention.

Two hours later her face looked like Joe Frazier's after the last Ali fight. Her eyes were just about closed. Her entire face had swelled to gigantic proportions.

"We should give her a Benadryl," Kathy said.

Even though it was close to bed time I wasn't about to just go to bed and watch Melky die in the middle of the night, and judging by how quickly she was deteriorating...

"Call the Vet," I said. "Let me know the address."

Thankfully the place was open.

I hustled Melky in through the door. I had no idea how she was even seeing at this point. Her eyes were slits in her elephant man face.

But the vet was calm.

"I know it looks like she's about to die, but it's just an allergic reaction. We're seeing a lot of it these days as the sun starts to shine a little."

I took a deep breath. Melky stirred in the seat beside me.

"You better be right," I said. "This is my constant companion."

The vet laughed.

"We'll have her fixed up in no time."

I hesitated to think of what the 'fix' might be. Melky wouldn't take too kindly to a long, drawn-out examination.

"Actually, it's basically pretty easy," she said. "We'll inject her with some (get this) Benadryl. You can watch her for a half hour and we should see quick results."

40 minutes later we were on our way home. Melky's breathing was still rough, but the swelling was drastically reduced.

It cost me $154.

You could've added a zero or two and I would've paid it.

Melky is my buddy.

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