At last myself & the Assistant both feel as if we have reached a happy place where our family has come together once again. We did go through a bad patch when Thomas left us at the end of July last year. Here we all are together. The Dog Monster is showing himself off as usual - "airing his bits" they call it.
Not so long after Thomas left I came home one morning struggling to breathe. For once the Assistant did the right thing & took me down to the vets at once. I had to stay in & have a chest x-ray. They discovered I had a piece of gravel lodged in my trachea - as if I had inhaled it. They had never seen such a thing before & no-one knows how I managed it but they had to get it out. A specialist was sent for & by 1pm was working on me. It took him two hours to get it out as they had to be very careful of my airways. Every time he hooked the stone it slipped off until, magically, the last time he brought it out. Phew!!
I had to stay overnight at the vets & everyone who worked with me fell in love with me (of course). It took a few days for me to recover at home but in no time at all I was right as rain again. The Assistant grumbled a bit about how expensive I had become but she didn't really mind, she just likes to grumble. It brought us a lot closer as I realised she does care & looks after me as well as she can.
So, for 3 months in total it was just me & the Dog Monster, with the Assistant. At first I missed Thomas hugely & was a bit of a 'lost soul' without him. Gradually, I got used to it being just the 3 of us & the incident with my breathing brought us closer.
Then, one day, the Assistant went out for a long time & when she got back she had Milo with her. I will write about Milo in Part 2 of this blog.
See you soon
lots of love
Jason / OJ / Othello
xxx
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