So twice yearly my friend, Molly Fischer, organizes a spay and neuter clinic here in Bucerias. It’s usually a 5 day affair and they get around 150 animals spayed/neutered. This is a big deal since Mexico has a large wild cat and dog population and most families don’t have the kind of money to get their dogs and cats snipped.
Last week was the big week and Marcia & I volunteered on Thursday. Marcia is not a big cat/dog/blood person and so she helped in the recovery room and I got stuck washing and sterilizing the surgical tools. I wasn’t sure I’d dig dealing with that sorta thing, but I jumped right in and did the job like a trooper. I had the help of a little 12 year old girl who had more competency then most of the adults working at the clinic. If you ever wanna see the postcard picture perfect reason why old people are insane, go to a volunteer spay clinic. Holy crap. Even the kids were catching on. (note to self: please take “do-over” pill at 50. it’s not worth it).
Besides the crazy old people driving everyone bananas, it was a successful affair. It was really interesting seeing the animals in surgery, up close. I had never really seen surgery except maybe on Nip/Tuck and Marcia says that TV doesn’t count as real life experiences. I did my time, went home and drank a cerveza or three.
