Snake Vaccine for Dogs!

Where I got this story was from http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2008/jan/scout1/ . The date of this story was January of 2008. That means it was just this year. Wow! It was almost 10 months ago.
Three words in this article that I don't know what they mean are:
1. Coiled- a length of something wound or arranged in a spiral or sequence of rings.
2. Scenario- a written outline of a movie, novel, or stage work giving details of the plot and individual scenes.
3. Anecdotal- (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.
This article is about the vaccine that not necessarily cures dogs from the venom from snake bites for dogs but it sure does help a little to get it out of their system. The cure is a vaccine that is now available through local vets that may provide dogs with a certain amount of protection against rattlesnake venom. But there really are no promises to weather it will help them or not cause it depends on how much venom is in the dogs system. This vaccine works by having a component found in rattlesnake venom. It has been inactivated. Once it is in the dog's system it stimulates the dogs immune system to produce special antibodies. The antibodies then bind together to fight against the venom. The article explains how the vaccine works better then what I just said. Many veterinarians believe that the vaccine really does make a difference. The vaccine may not be able to cure it all the way but there is no way that the people can ignore the fact that there is some sort of a chance to help save the animal. If the dog is bitten and it is vaccinated then you should still take it to the nearest medical center because the vaccine doesn't help with the Mojave rattlesnake bite because it is a neurotoxin and the vaccine helps with hemotoxic venom.
What I think about the situation in this article is that it was a very good idea to make the Snake vaccine for dogs because there are some if not many dogs that get bitten every year by rattlesnakes. I mean a hunter will probably take his dog hunting and there might be a rattlesnake around and the dog might get bitten so if he wasn't vaccinated then he could be in more danger then if he had been vaccinated. In the long run it is really better to get your dog vaccinated because it will help some and your dog will have a better chance at living then he would be without it. The vaccine is a super plus in my eyes. I love dogs. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my dog if it was me out there on a farm doing farming or hunting or just hanging out in my backyard. I would want to get my dog vaccinated so it would safer.

Bionic Woman Thoughts

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MedicalMysteries/story?id=5715902&page=1 That is the link to the story. The date it was on was on Sept. 8, 2008.

The three vocabulary words

1. Prosthesis- an artificial body part. (In this case her arm)
2. Rehabilitation- restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
3. Bionic- having artificial body parts, esp. electromechanical ones.

The Bionic Woman is about a lady that had got hurt in a motorcycle accident and had to get her arm amputated, but she thought they would only have to amputate her arm to the elbow but they had to go all the way up to the shoulder. Which made it worse for her because she would have no left arm. But hope came for her and the doctors found out that they could do a surgery called "targeted reinnervation". This surgery will let her have a robotic arm controlled not by her arm stump or shoulder, but by her thoughts. It ended up that it did not only control movement of her left arm and hand it also let her feel (ex: feel the warmth of something and feel if someone touched her but only if they touched her chest in the right place.)

What I think about the issue discussed in the article is that it is really crazy that someone would be able to touch and feel things with a robotic arm. It seems impossible, but apparently it isn't impossible. The lady in the article must have been so surprised when she felt warmth in her hand from the hot water when she was in the shower one day. I would have been. I probably would have freaked out and most likely i would have been really happy and immediately call the doctors to tell them. It is a great thing what the doctors did. They helped her in many ways. Most people would not think that being able to hold a book, write on a piece of paper, or just something as easy as getting a drink of water would make you so lucky to be able to do it. But it really is a great thing that we can use both of our arms without really having to think about it. When the woman lost her arm she could not hold a glass of water with her left arm because it was not there then she get a robotic arm and it is like the greatest thing that had happened to her. If I was her and had to get my arm amputated then I would go for the surgery to be able to do the things I could with my original arm.