Parvo, rabies, urine test, X-rays

摘要

Veterinarian John Robb steers his Chrysler out of the parking lot, gliding past the Dunkin' Donuts and the boarded-up furniture store, and leaves behind another Saturday shift at Catzablanca, the clinic where he's been reduced to working since losing his own hospital. There's a big cardboard box stuffed with court papers in the back seat, the air conditioning is up against Connecticut's July heat, and an audiobook of the Bible is playing loud. "When I get into the car," Robb tells me, "I'm like, 'Lord I need to hear from you.'"