One effect of his stroke is that Brockie has no bladder control, and by no control I mean I have to catheter him 3 to 4 times a day. Thankfully he takes it like a champ, which is a ridiculous silver lining. The  hospital sent me home with three full sets to empty his bladder; syringes, catheters, lube, sanitizer, gloves. I ordered a bunch of stuff online since I wasn’t comfortable leaving him alone yet to go shopping. Well, everything I ordered was set to ship same day except the one thing I didn’t want to run out of, that stupid lube. I got nervous once I realized it wasn’t going to arrive before we were gonna run out.

I decided to go to the pet store thinking he can’t be the first dog that’s been catheterized in the history of domesticated animals. That turned out to be a dumb idea. I got some interesting looks asking where the lube was. So I decided to go across the street to Walgreens.

There are so many choices I was frantic knowing there was only enough lube at home to catheter him one more time. I was looking for the name brand they sent me home with but couldn’t find it. Finally it dawns on me I should call the hospital.

Now, I’m standing in Walgreens having a not so quite conversation about what lube is best for my dog. They’re telling me to get sanitizing lube, but everything is labeled ‘for her pleasure’. No warming or flavored lube, which is a shame because Brock loves bacon 🙂

The lady on the other end of the phone just laughed and told me to buy the original KY. Figured I should grab a few other items so I’m not just buying KY at 10am on a Saturday morning.

If I’m going to have to buy lube for my dog at least I get a story like this out of it.