"Dog of the Flies"

Daisy owes me...I saved her life today.  Well sort of.  The veterinarian said she wouldn't have died, but you never know.  Using my baby blues, I discovered a hole on the side of her tummy, like a big needle went in.  I quickly alerted mommy, who came into the room to find out why I was yelling, and noticed the sore spot on Daisy's tummy.  So mommy thinks she discovered the sore, but Daisy and I know better.  Turns out a fly laid an egg inside her!  In the summer and fall, animals outside can contract Cuterebrosis - a botfly lays its eggs in the grass or other vegetation, and then the animal can swallow the larvae without knowing, which matures and creates an air hole through the animal's skin (the needle hole I found), to shortly therafter wriggle out of the animal.  Gross right?  Daddy sent mommy a picture of the worm thing the vet pulled out of the air hole on Daisy, but mommy won't let me post it on here.  Luckily, this particular species of fly is harmless to humans.  So thanks to me, Daisy will live to see another fly-less day.  Some call me a hero, but I only did what any observant, loving, intelligent, adorable pet owner would do. :)