How Lotty broke her zip. By Bessie.

So last night mummy, after saying she was going to have an early night, stayed up til 1am watching the Olympic opening ceremony.  She finally came to bed, turned the light off then says "What's that godawful smell?"  and turns the light back on.

She starts sniffing round the room then traces the smell to Lotty's belly where there is a puddle of sticky goo spreading across the clean sheets.  Mummy turns her over to look and she has managed to pull open the scar from where she was spayed 2 months ago and there is an open wound oozing pus and blood (sorry, you is not eating is you?).  So she goes off on a search for something to cover it til she can get Lotty to the V E T.  Well there was nothing in the cupboard under the bath where she keeps plasters and bandages.  Nothing in the cupboard in the kitchen where she keeps the calpol and the birthday candles (ooh we need 13 of them to stick in the cheesecake later).  Nothing in the glovebox of the car where the first aid box is supposed to live but isn't there.  To be honest, it could be anywhere the way those humans tidy up these days.  Mummy found all Katie's birthday money in her knicker drawer and the cable for the laptop hanging up in Daddy's wardrobe this afternoon.  Then, while Mummy was sat in the front seat of her car, in the garage, at 1.30 in the morning in her underwear, she spied the first aid box on the shelf in the garage where Daddy keeps the jump leads and stuff.  But she couldn't reach it cos it was round the passenger side where nobody needs to get in.  So she had to go back in the kitchen, get the car keys to turn the ignition on so the window would open, then climb out the window and onto the shelf (remember Mummy is in her underwear, you has to keep that image in your head) then she grabbed the first aid box and went back up to bed.  There was what appeared to be a huge padded plaster pad thingy which is exactly what she was looking for so she woke Daddy up to help, rolled Lotty onto her back and took the plaster out of the wrapper.  Only it turned out it wasn't a plaster, it was just a gauze pad.  So then she had to go back downstairs to find the bandage that the human V E T gave Mummy when she sprained her wrist and a roll of tape.  Then Daddy helped her to put the gauze over the open wound and wrap the bandage round Lottys tummy and tape it in place.  Of course within 30 seconds she had wriggled about so much the bandage had completely moved so Mummy had to put Lotty under the duvet with her and hold her all night.  So Mummy got approximately zero sleep for the second night running.

Then Katie came in at 7am cos it is her birthday today.  Her is 13.  Normally she likes to sleep in as late as possible but her was very excited so she woke the other minihumans up and we all watched her open her presents.  She did get new Vans and some clothes and a nerf gun from us and a t-shirt that says I heart bassets and some money from Grandma and Grandad and money from everyone else so her bought minecraft with some it.  This is some computer game her likes.  And tomorrow her going to buy some clothes.

Anyway, the V E T opens at 8 so Mummy phoned them dead on 8 and they said come now, so all the humans did jump up out of bed and throw them clothes on and jump in the car.  Lotty didn't have to sit in the boot like we normally do.  She was allowed to sit on Mummy's lap so she didn't lick her wound any more.  I am never allowed to sit on Mummy's lap in the car.  Not fair.  When them got to the V E T Mummy carried Lotty in and Mr Ian did take them in to his room and look at Lotty's tummy and him got a staplegun out and him tried to staple Lotty's tummy.  The minihumans was upset cos it was all a bit horrific so them waited outside.  Then Mr Ian had to go and get one of the other V E Ts to help hold Lotty down.  Her had My Little Ponys tattoed on both feeties.  I must tell Tom about that, her will probly become his dream lady.  So Mummy, Daddy and the Pony V E T lady holded Lotty down and Mr Ian stapled her tummy.  Mummy and Daddy was sad for Lotty cos her did have to be stapled and they was worried it was not a good idea but Mr Ian is a good V E T so him must know what him doing.  Then the Pony V E T put a cone on Lotty cos Carly's cone was far too big and gave Lotty some aunty bionics and said Mummy could pay next week when they go back to have the staples removed and them come home.  Mummy and Daddy not sure them staples is going to hold, them think Lotty might have to have another hoperation but them hope not.

When them come home we was all discussing what we going to do today for Katie's birthday when the phone did ring and it was the estate agent asking if someone can come this afternoon.  So of course we say yes cos we think it very important to let peoples come and view whenever they want even if it inconvenient for us.  We got the rest of our lives to go out having fun, we has to sell our house soon though this is very urgent now.  So Mummy comes off the phone and shouts GET TIDYING THEY'RE COMING!  So the humans do tidying for 3 hours then the minihumans and me and Carly go out for walk.  Normally Lotty comes too and they hide all the pet stuff but today cos Lotty is poorly her got to stay home.  Mummy says she thinks this may have worked out well for 2 reasons.  Firstly cos if the house smells of dog the people will say afterwards "the dog smelt", whereas if there was no dogs in the house and the house smelled of dog, the people will go away and say "the house smelt".  And secondly, they was a young couple and they commented about how nice it would be if they had a baby and a dog and they could go for a walk down the park.  So we think maybe meeting puppy helped to sell them the dream.  We not know, maybe we talking cobblers.  We wait and see...

Then the people did say the house was very nice and them asked all the right questions what people haven't asked before, like is you leaving the curtains and is the neighbours nice and what is the schools like and does the pub do food.

After them gone we come home and Mummy made salad and us doggies had a sleep.  Tonight the humans going out for dinner for Katie's birthday.  I hope Mummy has a shower first, her is stinky.  I saw her cleaning the rim of the toilet without rubber gloves earlier.