I know so many of you are animal lovers and some of you will be mad at me when I share what happened yesterday. Went for my daily walk on the beach. Eddie (my dog) Loves the beach, to run and explore so I usually let him off leash so he can enjoy himself. Met a woman walking and she asked me if I had seen the whale. A 48 ft sperm whale had washed up on shore and people were flocking to see it. I immediately turned around to head in that direction, still chatting with the woman. I looked around for Eddie and before a fully formulated thought that there was an exceptional amount of car traffic and maybe I should leash him, he ran right into a car or under or something. I ran to him and tried to check him for injuries and he bit the heck out of me. It was chaos for a while with me bleeding all over the place, sand and people. I had no shoes, no wallet, nothing. The couple whose car hit him were animal lovers also and we determined that he didn't seem to have internal injuries and wasn't bleeding so we could try and move him. They drove me to the local vet and they were awesome! Eddie has a broken pelvis and needs surgery. The vet says nobody around here does that kind and referred me to a c linic in San Antonio. The vet was concerned about my bites as well and her receptionist worked the phones trying to nget me seen by a dr.We had to file an animal control report but since I am both victim and owner he could be home quarantined. After runnning back to the RV park to get my wallet with insurance info the dr office wouldn't see me because they're not on my plan . Called my insurance co and found an urgent care center in Corpus. The wonderful couple, Roger and Joyce, assured me that they would love to take me there so several hours later I had a tetanus shot, and scrip for antibiotic. One of the ladies who lives here full time wanted me to call a clinic in Corpus because she was sure they could do the surgery and that would be infinitely more convenient and drove me over there for the second opinion. That vet concurs with the first that he needs the surgery. Have an appt Thursday in San A. He will see dr in am and have surgery i afternoon, then stay overnight one night and I can take him home Fri morn barring any unforseen complications. Still trying to figure out all arrangements. Looks like I will try and rent a car here for 2 days, drivein to San A and spend niight either in hotel or with friend in Kerrville, then pick Ed up and drive back here on Fri. If I drive the rig up to San A, I'd have the problem of negotiating that city to the clinic and that city was a pain to navigate in a car. I'm just feeling so guilty now as he seems so miserable and it's all my fault. Thank God it's fixable and for the many many kindnesses of strangers.