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Date: 01 April 2008 10:55:31
Well cats & tears seem to be the theme of todays entry aswell.
Although we are complete softies with our cats they do tend to bring in lots of mice etc so when we are in bed or out for longer than half hour, then we keep them in the kitchen so any unwanted creatures are contained (we go through a lot of kitchen cleaner, incase your wondering about the cleanliness of our kitchen).
Anyway as normal on Sunday night we gave the cats their supper and shut them in the kitchen for the night. When we got up on Monday morning, George wasnt about. Its usually Charlie that is sometimes outside but didnt think too much of it and assumed as always they would be in their beds when i got in from work. When i got in from work though George still wasnt in and so at this point i started to worry as its not like George at all.
Over the next few hours i was calling him, shaking his food, looked all in the garden, round the streets but couldnt find him anywhere. The neighbours who i saw were so lovely and said they would keep an eye out for him.
I think even Charlie realised he had been gone too long as he kept jumping on the fence to get a better look for him or just sat in the garden looking at the spot he normally comes in from. By this point i was getting really upset and felt really helpless. i know he is only a cat but they are my babies and it was still quite raw the upset from the other day when i found that cat in the road.
It was so difficult going to bed knowing he was still out there somewhere. I decided to keep all the doors shut but left our bedroom and the kitchen door open incase he did manage to come home in the night.
Charlie loved this and slept most of the night on our bed.
At about 6.30am Charlie jumped on the bed and kept pestering me. This is nothing usual so didnt think much of it apart from that he was soaking wet. At one point i thought i faintly heard the cat flap but it seemed too quiet so left it. By about 6.45am though i decided to have a look just incase but was trying not to build my hopes up. As i walked out onto the landing i noticed that George was asleep on the stairs. I was so relieved and picked him up to put him on our bed. He was bone dry so it couldnt have been him coming through the cat flap. He must have come in some time in the night so im really pleased that i had left the kitchen door open so he had somewhere warmer to sleep.
He seemed in pain when i picked him up so let him just sleep for a bit. He didnt really eat very much of his breakfast which is understandable and when i went to stroke him i noticed his tail was all cut and some of the fur was missing. it looked really sore and painful so we decided to ring the vet once they opened.
Jono was able to take George to the vet this morning before a meeting at 10am which was great.
Im glad Jono took him as they had to keep him in to do some tests and Xray. When he has tried to free his tail he may have damaged his spine which can lead to bladder problems so they want to observe him.
I will be able to collect him this afternoon and although he is hurt i am just so relieved that he came home.
L xxx