Ooh that sounded awful… let me dissect the term with my Medical Terminology…Capnocytophaga canimorsus, immunocompetent, purpura fulminans, sepsis Capno- Unknown, I can look it up, but I think it’s a determinerCyto cellsphagia eating, Cytophagia means an organism that devours or destroys cellular structures.Cani- pertaining to dogsmorsus Unknown, possibly meaning fatal?Immuno petaining to the immune system. Circling back to the first part, ‘cytophage’ is the term for white blood cells, the defenders of the body. Puroura a violet colored rashfulminans – fulminating, or emitting quantities of pus. Sepsis – poisoning. So basically an infection with organisms which cause swelling, tissue death, pus discharge and poisoning or necrosis.
I remember when I was at Guide Dogs For The Blind in San Rafael, we were being taught how to relieve our dogs, and find the leavings to pick them up. The dogs were used to having someone run a hand down their backs as they relieved themselves. if the spine was straight, the dog was peeing. No further action needed. If the spine was curved, you would then follow the line down the tail to the ground (WITH a plastic bag over your hand!) and you could find the ‘dog bomb’ and pick it up, inverting the bag over it and tying it closed. No muss, no fuss. The students who were returning for second or third dogs, tried to tell us newbies that we had to carry rolls of toilet paper to wipe afterward! “These are special dogs! Don’t you know we need to keep them clean?”I didn’t fall for it, because I already knew people who owned Guide Dogs! Still, it was truly funny to hear others say “What? we have to… Oh NOOOOO!”
Sorry I haven’t been around as much… life is busy! I’ll be a lot scarcer in future, but never fear… I’m doing fine!
Love to y’all!