"Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam, and the deer and the antelope play," then I’ll show you a house that is hard to keep clean. Here is the scenario as I remember: 8:30 p.m.: I am sitting in the corner of my couch. My wife’s foot is in my lap. We are watching a rerun of Ali McBeal, and it is my version of total serenity. The phone rings. It is a spokesperson for Dallas Animal Control. She says they have a very young deer fawn at the Oak Cliff shelter. I asked that they transfer the animal to the Forney Road shelter and that I would come the next morning early to get him, ok.

9:05 p.m.: I have settled back into the news at 9 with no position change necessary. The phone rings again. It is the spokesperson for Dallas Animal Control, again. She says they can’t find the deer. The rumor was that an officer had taken the animal to Texas Parks and Wildlife. How does one take an animal to Texas Parks and Wildlife? Where is that exactly?

The next call came around mid-morning the next day. The deer was safely in the truck and was headed for the HSLC. Nobody mentioned where it had been. She is a two to three week old, white-tailed deer. According to sources she was found on Interstate 35 and taken to the animal shelter. Tammy, office manager extraordinare, took her immediately to our veterinarian Dr. Ted Staph. She (the deer, not Tammy) had a swollen left eye that was diagnosed as fire ant stings. Dr. Staph prescribed eye drops and TLC.