By this time, I was a complete mess. Any thought of the spreadsheet wasforgotten. Dr. Williamson came in and relayed the bad news, I washeaded for a... appendectomy and just waiting on an open surgery suite.As soon as the first operating room opened, I was destined for surgery. Quick visits by anesthesiology, residents, ultrasound, radiology, and aparade of other health professionals followed. A relatively minorprocedure and I'd be out of the hospital the next afternoon, minus atroublesome. Lesa is an instigator, isn't she? I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I just have a new-found appreciation for mammary glands and their support structure, and yours are very well supported," he replied with less confidence before continuing. "I expect no more from you now than I did yesterday. I'm just not afraid of you any more. Would you be more comfortable if I didn't complement you on your beauty?" Damn, you do learn fast," Leslie said from the back seat. She leaned forward and. I was watching myself now hanging in a room full of snakes - it looked an awful lot like that scene in one of the Indiana Jones movies. I gave and I received pain and pleasure and was pulled off my feet and forced almost down to the ground. Finally the pain and pleasure were at a maximum and I was standing on my tiptoes. I could see the sweat shining on my body. I was now standing among the stars somewhere out in space. Suddenly everything went black and the beams moved to their original. The other dogs had their tags and my collar felt light without them. It's a small thing, perhaps, but it was important to me. To my Master as well and I appreciated that he'd taken his time to observe me and decide carefully upon a name. He'd called me girl and bitch for the better part of a month and while I had grown fond of those terms and knew he wouldn't stop addressing me as such completely, I also knew that once he'd named me I was that much further from my pervious life."I'm going to.