Over the weekend Harry wasn’t exactly his normal self. This morning he had a touch of diarrhoea so we made an appointment for the vet. We duly attended at the appointed hour but we weren’t ready for what happened next.
During the examination Harry showed signs of being very tender around the abdomen – so tender in fact, that the vet expressed a desire to x-ray him immediately. He was worried that Harry had eaten something he shouldn’t have and it was causing an obstruction. The vet led us through all the possibilities – stones, toys, pieces of bone, he even asked us if we had any socks missing.
We had to leave Harry at the vets as he needed to be sedated for the x-ray. We weren’t sure what would happen next – it all depended on what they found.
So we went home without him, to sit and wait for the phone call. And count our socks.