A Dog's Best Friend - An Army Veteranary Team!

OUCH!
The Army Veteranry staff arrives...
The work goes quickly...
Debridement and cleaning of the wound...
A quick boost for the immune system...
The patient will wag his tail again soon!

(pictures courtesey of Sgt. J.A. Mikesell)

Follow-up: I had recently talked to Captain Oversby who provided care and attended to this dog. Appearantly, the local French nuns had seen the dog hanging close to the embassy and the church near town. When the dog had been corraled inside the safety of the church grounds, the call went out the the Veteranry Staff here at the camp to attend to the infected abscess on his face.

A special thanks to Sgt. Mikesell for telling me of the story and providing the pictures.

An extra special thanks to Captain Oversby and Spc. Rodriguez for their assitance in this endeavor. Their selfless actions are a reminder to us all that our humanitarian mission here in Africa also includes our four-legged friends as well.

PS - This is the very same dog which I got a picture of during my trip to the Embassy and is included in the entry titled "Wildlife" - "The Lion"