lil_shepherd

At 5am this morning, a cat wrapped all its claws around my arm and it took me twenty minutes to stop the bleeding. (Note to self: find one of the dozen pairs of claw clippers around the house.

At 11 am - frantically trying to pack something to take to the post office with Ina nagging me about catching the dog and the front comes off the dresser drawer where we keep the important stuff and I still haven't got it back on.

At 4:15 coming back from walking the dog, notice that said dog is lagging and limping. Take a look at dog's paw, which is spewing blood. Panic. Take dog home. Unable to stop bleeding with pressure. Ring vet. Told to bring him in. Lose car key, then, coming down stairs, stand on ball thrower and fall last three steps, wrenching shoulder. Not sure what it is going to be like in the morning. Still,it stood up to drive. Dog now at vets' needing stitching and therefore anaesthetic because Carole-the-vet would like to keep her hand. Unable to find current insurance schedule for dog, but do find original schedule so have policy number -- and find payment record so Ina probably renewed. (Hopefully, as out-of-hours starts at over £100.)

Now home. Plans in tatters. Chinese takeaway postponed and we are having carrot soup. Can't drink as may have to pick up dog from vet sometime tonight... Or maybe Petplan are going to have to pick up the tab for an overnighter. Cats have arrived to celebrate absence of dog.