Last night L went on a man-date to see a concert at the casino. I wasn't invited, so I went out for dinner with my sister and her boyfriend. Coupons for free cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory have been burning a hole in our pockets, so off we went. Dinner was good, dessert was good. They left to go home and I decided to take Rex for a walk while it wasn't hot and not too dark. We got halfway through our walk, and he stepped on something he shouldn't have and started to limp. It obviously hurt him to put his foot down, but he's too heavy for me to carry, so he limped back home. We got home and he laid down on the tile floor, licked and bit at his paw. He wouldn't let me go near it, even to look. I was afraid he had stepped on glass and I didn't want for him to get hurt more by licking and biting it. Not wanting to see my pup in pain, I called the emergency vet. I got the address and we drove out to the clinic on the West Hartford line. I pull in and there are at least a half dozen cop cars in the Home Depot/BJs parking lot next to the vet. Weird, I thought, but I was on a mission. We ring the bell and the tech takes us in and I explain the situation. He takes Rex and tells me that they'll check him out, see what's going on and report back to me. I suggested to the tech that he might want to muzzle my loving pup, as he doesn't like being fussed with when he doesn't feel well. I told Rex everything would be okay, and went to give the receptionist girl my information. Not even five minutes later, the tech came back with Rex and said "We don't see anything." "What do you mean?" I said. "I looked and the doctor looked and we don't see anything." I turned to Rex, who was now jumping up to the counter wanting to play with the receptionist girl, and said "Seriously?" The tech felt my pain and said, "I can muzzle him again and you can look for yourself if you'd like." So we did, and as predicted, I saw nothing. I looked at my pup again and said "Are you serious?" The tech said, "Don't worry it happens all the time. Happens with kids too." I still felt a bit stupid. So the receptionist girl gave him two biscuits and we went on our way. As we walked out, I mentioned something about all the cop cars, and both the tech and the receptionist girl just looked at me and didn't say much. Here's what NBC30 had to say about it...
West Hartford Police are searching for two suspects after a man was shot in the parking lot of BJ's Wholesale Club Thursday night.
The victim, 26, was wounded while he walked out of the New Park Avenue store with his girlfriend and their child. Two men drove up to the store entrance, according to police. One man shot the victim with a rifle, and both drove away in a blue Toyota pickup truck.
The victim was taken to the hospital, where he was initially listed in stable condition.
The victim and his girlfriend told police they were shopping, and did not know the gunman.
Police roped off the area for several hours to gather evidence.
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