Half way through the week …….

I'd love to know how a week off from work can go so quickly! Already Wednesday evening? It can't be! I've too much to do!

Monday morning involved another trip to the vets with Aveline again. She hadn't really settled overnight and was still clawing at her face, although not as bad.  The vets decided to keep her in so that they could anaesthetise her to take the problem teeth out later on in the day. 

I also had to phone the pet crematorium and arrange to take Gadget. In a rather  bizarre way I have to say that it's a lovely place to take your pet after they've died. They let me place him in a small coffin and left me to spend a few minutes saying goodbye, which was lovely. Sad. But lovely. 

And then we were waiting for the vets to ring to say when we could go back for Aveline. DH went to collect her late afternoon and it was like having a different cat when he got home with her - she was all purrs and cuddles! What a relief!

I went back to the pet crematorium yesterday morning to collect Gadget's ashes. It think he'll have to go where our other cats are buried in the garden. 

Today has been our walking day as the weather forecast was quite good. So we headed back to Sadgill and took a different path, heading over to Skeggles Water. It was so beautiful - blue skies and snow all around - wonderful! 

Oscar seemed to quite enjoy himself too. 

Fabulous!

I've also been trying to fit in some crafting this week while I'm off work. I have an idea which I'm trying to bring to life. It's not easy and it's getting quite frustrating. But hopefully I'll get there! Watch this space as they say!! 

In the meantime, why not have a look at my facebook page and Etsy shop to see what else I've been up to .......,.

www.facebook.com/catztayl

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CatztayCrafts

Gadget update and the vets yet again ........

After a tough week dealing with the loss of Molly, this morning it was very clear that Gadget really wasn't well and didn't have long with us. We'd more or less decided that we'd take him to the vets tomorrow so that it wouldn't prolong anything. 

DH had suggested that we go walking today as we both needed to get out, so we set off to head up towards Kendal. We hadn't gone far, however, before DD rang to say she was really worried about Gadget and didn't want to be on her own. Luckily we hadn't gone far so we came off the motorway as soon as we could and headed home. 

I think Gadget was already more or less unconscious when we got home sadly.  We'd put him in DD's room and made him comfortable and then we stayed with him until his time came and he left us. One week on from losing Molly. 

It's been a difficult week. 

And then later on today we noticed that Aveline was starting to claw at her face, getting worse as the day went on. So a phone call to the vets and an emergency trip there, a sedation for Aveline, and the loss of a wobbly tooth! (And a recommendation to have two more removed). I'm losing count of the number of trips to the vets I'm having lately, but I think we're up to about 14 visits in 3 weeks so far. I wonder if I'm due a free visit soon?! 

R.I.P my dear Gadget .........