Puppy swallows kitchen knife, lives

By at 3:21 pm Monday, Sep 26

Elsie, a Saint Bernard puppy, swallowed a 13-inch serrated knife and survived. From the Associated Press:
Photos W Wxs20109241532-Small"I was just flabbergasted," the vet, Jon-Paul Carew of Imperial Point Animal Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Elsie, a Saint Bernard puppy, apparently had the blade between her esophagus and stomach for about four days before it was removed earlier this week in a 2-hour operation.
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