Lennie
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We adopted Lennie from the Massachusetts SPCA at Angell Memorial Hospital in Jamaica Plain in 2004. In 2006, Lennie made a critical trip back to Angell Memorial.
After noticing some symptoms, we took Lennie to the exotics service at Angell Memorial and he was diagnosed with a bladder stone. They recommended surgery and we had Lennie scheduled for surgery the next Friday.
Thankfully Lennie sailed through his surgery and while we knew they wanted to keep him overnight, we were informed that one of the gating factors on how soon he could come home was how fast he resumed eating. The exotics service encouraged us to come visit him and bring treats to encourage him to eat, so we made a trip that night to go visit him complete with a baggie of his favorites, including some red pepper, apple, baby carrots, and clementines.
The next day they called us and told us that Lennie had been pounding down the peppers, pulling them out of the hands of the staff that had become quite enamored with him.
They even put a note on his discharge papers:
"Lennie is such a doll; he made a lot of friends in his short time here!! Thanks for letting us take care of him."
Thank you to the staff of Angell Memorial Hospital and the Massachusetts SPCA.
