RedHedd
12-21-2003, 11:07 AM
Yesterday it was Mitzi's turn for her Christmas "gift." Actually the teeth cleaning part, one extraction, was pretty uneventful. She's a real trooper and as usual everyone at the vet's office fell in love with her - she's so pretty and cute, but then I may be a bit prejudiced :D
The vet's office is less than a block from my house, basically just across the street, so of course I walk. I was rainy-day dressed for a holiday party with my fun red & black cowboy boot-shoes. It was raining pretty good. I had Mitzi in the soft-sided carrier, had just left the vet's office ($415 lighter!) and had walked about 50' when - KABOOM! I slipped and fell, the carrier miraculously landed on it's padded bottom! I also landed on my padded bottom :rolleyes: I was pretty shaken up and some bystanders had to help me up. I noticed that I had clung to Mitzi's carrier, keeping it upright and safe even while falling. My poor little baby!
She must have been thinking something like this: First mom starves me, takes me to the white coats where they do strange things to me, I wake up from a long nap with my mouth hurting and then she throws me on the ground!
She was unhurt; I bruised an elbow. When she got home, you wouldn't have known anything had happened to her. She immediately went to her food bowl demanding to be fed, let Mishi lick her and took a post-meal bath. She was all perky and cute - not at all drowsy or grumpy like Mishi had been. I love my little girl and am glad she wasn't hurt by meowmie's fal! Silly boots! They're pretty but not meant for rainwear.
The vet's office is less than a block from my house, basically just across the street, so of course I walk. I was rainy-day dressed for a holiday party with my fun red & black cowboy boot-shoes. It was raining pretty good. I had Mitzi in the soft-sided carrier, had just left the vet's office ($415 lighter!) and had walked about 50' when - KABOOM! I slipped and fell, the carrier miraculously landed on it's padded bottom! I also landed on my padded bottom :rolleyes: I was pretty shaken up and some bystanders had to help me up. I noticed that I had clung to Mitzi's carrier, keeping it upright and safe even while falling. My poor little baby!
She must have been thinking something like this: First mom starves me, takes me to the white coats where they do strange things to me, I wake up from a long nap with my mouth hurting and then she throws me on the ground!
She was unhurt; I bruised an elbow. When she got home, you wouldn't have known anything had happened to her. She immediately went to her food bowl demanding to be fed, let Mishi lick her and took a post-meal bath. She was all perky and cute - not at all drowsy or grumpy like Mishi had been. I love my little girl and am glad she wasn't hurt by meowmie's fal! Silly boots! They're pretty but not meant for rainwear.