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Dog Eats Man's Toe and Saves His Life
Have you ever been so drunk that you passed out and your dog ate your toe? I haven't either, but luckily for Michigander Jerry Douthett, he has. It turns out Jerry has type 2 diabetes and a wound on his toe had becoming dangerously infected. After a night of drinking Jerry passed out in his chair and the family dog Kiko decided to do a little doggy doctoring. From the article: "'The toe was gone,' said Douthett. 'He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn't find it anywhere else in the house. I look down, there's blood all over, and my toe is gone.' [Douthett's wife] Rosee, 40, rushed her husband to the hospital where she's a gerontology nurse — Spectrum Health's Blodgett Campus. Kiko had gnawed to a point below the nail-line. When tests revealed an infection to the bone, doctors amputated what was left of the toe."
Is that why they have Bo ? Is it a prototype for ER deployment or elder disposal.
Nullius in verba
If you ask him, he will likely say he suffers from the disease* called alcoholism, and that he had no choice over his actions.
* As defined by Alcoholics Anonymous, the institution funded by the U.S. state governments**, which provides Bible material*** as part of a faith healing process and group study (and homework!).
** Funding is typically not direct to AA, instead being granted to a complex network of state-sponsored self-help programs that can be traced back to the AA parent.
*** Provided scripture is modified to replace 'God' with "Your Creator" in an attempt to disguise its lineage and appear neutral.
Having a mother that is susceptible to this crap really makes you think twice (or thrice) about the benefit of propagating your genes. I decided to adopt children.