Yesterday did not go quite as planned. Alfie had complained his leg was hurting and to be honest it wasn\u2019t looking very nice, but when he went to get his bandages changed it turned out it was infected. By that time, it was hurting him so much that he couldn\u2019t even bear them removing the dressings. Anyway, he had to be sedated and has had the wound cleaned, Manuka honey applied as well as being given antibiotics. He\u2019s had to have a couple of staples in it too, to hold it all together and now has a bandage which comes right up past his elbow. Now he\u2019s got a bigger collar to wear so he can\u2019t get to it. Our Mistress was in quite a state because she\u2019s had to leave him so she could be away overnight. As if that\u2019s not enough Grandpa isn\u2019t well either, so she\u2019s worrying about him too. He\u2019s even older than Alfie, even if you work Alfie\u2019s age in human equivalent years. Thankfully, Grandpa has more antibiotics, so hopefully he will be ok soon too. He\u2019s nearly ninety-one, so being ill really isn\u2019t any fun for him. Alfie is being well looked after. We\u2019re really very lucky because, in one direction, within a mile of where we live we have a wonderful vet who we all love and in the other direction we have a fantastic kennel that takes brilliant care of us. Our Mistress would have cancelled and stayed at home if she possibly could, but she knows we\u2019re all being looked after and that Alfie will be fine until she can collect him this afternoon. He says after his sedation yesterday morning he just wants to sleep anyway. Wilma\u2019s fed up because she wants to take care of him, but can only watch from a distance so she doesn\u2019t lick him either. She\u2019s in season too and at the point where it\u2019s best to keep her apart from us boys. She\u2019s fed up, but she\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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