Pre-Chemo Brain? Or Societal Resistance To Rational Arguments?

I saw a photo of a puppy. A very cute puppy. And I started imagining how therapeutic it would be to have a cold puppy nose nuzzling up to me when I’m home feeling crappy after chemo. So I went down the Pet-Finder rabbit hole. I had no idea there were so many litters of puppies available for rescue / adoption within a 25 mile radius of my home. 

I asked a very puppy-wise and skilled lawyer friend to talk me off the ledge. But I was oddly resistant to her sound and sane advice!  Then my pastor told me, “Janet, love is what keeps kids and puppies alive. It’s also how you often get one and it’s also not rational. 😉”. Pastor Kate, I think that’s called enabling!

Finally I recognized that I was under the pernicious influence of a culture in which wisdom is no longer revered. I have apparently learned, from our President’s example, how to ignore wise counsel!

I have broken the spell. Google did it. Shockingly, adopting a new puppy is not advisable when your immune system is weakened by chemo. Oh well, no puppy. 

HOW ABOUT A 2-YEAR OLD DOG?!?! 😉. (It doesn’t help that there is currently an influx of rescue dogs from the hurricane in Puerto Rico.)