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The life and whines of Patches

March 12, 2008

Mommy took me to the vet today to get my teeth cleaned (again).
When I woke up my snout really hurt and they shaved some fur off my paw.
I miss my fur.
Mommy said they had to remove 4 teeth. This makes 12 teeth in total.
I miss my teeth.
Mommy will have to soften my food in water for a few days. I kind of like that, it's like it releases flavor crystals!
Mommy gave me some great medicine tonight, and my mouth doesn't hurt any more. I'm really sleepy though, but I'm getting lots of pets and sympathy.

August 16, 2007

This is turning out to be the worst week of my life!
My daddy has a backpack that he lays on the kitchen floor, and I like to rub my nose on it and nest on it.
Well, my mommy was sitting next to me and suddenly heard me screaming. She thought my sister Peaches was fighting with me, but she was nowhere around.
Mommy saw me on the backpack and thought maybe I had hurt a tooth or something because I was rubbing the side of my head on the backpack.
When she got closer she realized that I had caught my eyelid in the zipper! I yiped and pulled, and this made mommy yipe too.
She got some scissors and cut away the part of the backpack where the zipper was, and I was left with the little pull piece of the zipper hanging from my eyelid. Mommy carried me upstairs and got my carrier and put it in the car to take me to the vet. Just as she was putting me in the carrier the zipper part fell off. Then I felt better and stopped screaming.
Mommy padded my eye with cold water and wiped off the blood and I guess I look okay now. I can still see fine and it doesn't hurt anymore. Mommy will take me to the vet tomorrow morning, just in case.

August 15, 2007

I had another accident today. Mommy threw my toy to fetch and when I turned around I ran into the wall. I yiped and walked a little funny for a minute. Mommy started yelling about "concussion" and '"brain damage", but after a couple minutes I was fine. It sure made my snout tingle!