Was planning to do nothing, literally nothing in this heat, yesterday reached 39c here and was in high 40s upstairs. Downstairs we have a portable air-conditioned because the dog and I can’t deal with heat and anything about 22c is tooooo hot for me.
I had got shopping brought in Sunday, to minimise the heat effecting me. Shopping all put away, now to try and settle knowing its going to get hot.
Monday, wearing shorts that are absolutely at the point of throwing ‘actually will throw away today) and a Egyptian cotton vest that doesn’t match much shorts but hey ho, no ones going to see me……..WRONG . The world and his wife are going to see me.
I had tried to keep my cat in knowing temperatures were going to hit 34c, but he got out. I call him, but no he’s not having any of that. It gets to just after 12 and he comes rushing in crying and panting. I grab hold of him and put him in the empty bath so I can flannel him down with a wet flannel. However I was not expecting to see what I saw. A huge 4inch gaping hole. I’ve done basic first aid for animals, but this needs more than a clean up and bandage.
The vets saw us has an emergency, the vet explained that the injury was so bad that they could see all his muscles and tendons and a little bit of bone. He would need to have general anaesthetic to stitch his muscles and flesh up. I had to go home and wait for 7 hours before I could bring him home. Today I find out more what has happened. One nurse told me it was a dog attack, another said it had been done by a human and another said he could have caught it on something.
He comes home and his happy to be home, but it’s hot and though we put him in a cage downstairs it was still too hot so he lay in the cat litter to keep cool. So another cat litter was brought in.
Yesterday evening, he was getting tok depressed, so I let him out of the cage knowing exactly where he would go. I helped him up on my bed and stayed there for a while. Fan blazing and thankfully temperatures had started to drop from 39c outside to 26c. I put on my tiny air cooler so it was right near him and flanneled him down.
My husband just walked through the door when there was a massive flash of lightning. I am now useless, I’m not just scared of storms I have a phobia of storms. My husband gives me his Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones and I play Alan Parsons project followed by Aerosmith. Thankfully the storm passed quickly, and I was able to settle again.
I slept in the spare bedroom with windows slightly opened, fan on, with my cat cuddling up to me purring. I sleep lightly so his slightest movement I’m awake. He had a little walk around and ate some food, before snuggling back into me. Even though its hot, my skin is normally cold and my cat loves that
Anyway we are back up to vets today to see how he is recovering. I’ll let you know how he is. I will also try and blog about the rife machine.
Have a great day xxx
Christmas Crackers Ramblings 