Day 8: Here comes the melt down!.. What have I signed up to?

Having only left him for my own bed at 2am, it’s now 5.30am and he’s crying out from his cage. I’m awake, so I may as well get him up and start the day.

To be fair to him, he’s slept in my bed with me pretty much every night since being diagnosed with cancer back in March 2019. I know, terrible habit to allow but in my defence he was given just months to live, I was always going to let him do whatever made him the happiest!

Lloris star fishing in the middle of my bed - where am I supposed to sleep?

Now almost 3yrs on I have been starting to think we may need to rethink these sleeping arrangements! Of course I never imagined such a drastic series of events would ultimately decide that for us.

I’m quite impressed with what I find this morning actually … he’s slipped out of his nappy (which is just a wee nappy - only covers his willy not his bum) and he’s pooped in the nappy?! Phew. Have been dreading how the pooping was going to work! Such a good boy.

I’m running around aimlessly this morning and realising that every time I move him he piddles. Not sure if it’s a worry thing with him. I do know I’m getting through this pack of 12 nappies like crazy! I need to find 2 minutes to order more on Amazon (if only I realised now quite how many more I am going to need!)

Our morning is disjointed. I bring his food bowl over to him and it’s going everywhere. He’s drinking bowls and bowls of water (very unlike him!) Which of course means only one thing! - lots more peeing to be done! Physio we are attempting but with much frustration on both sides.

I’m trying to work out the logistics of my day. Getting him to the office with me, how will it work at the office?. When will my Amazon order of puppy pads and other bits for him arrive which I now so desperately need?! … and what am I going to do about this cage that’s too small and just not going to work for him?

It’s seems obvious and with my kind understanding office team, there is no way I’m

making it into work today. Would be madness!

So a tearful cry for help to my dad and we are soon enroute to Argos to pick up what is to be known as his ‘Pig Pen’. A few hours later and woo hoo, he has a far more practical rehabilitation area complete with a waterproof bed, foam grippy flooring and of course his pink fluffy pig! … not forgetting a bubble blowing Kate Moss on the wall as his poster girl pin up for his bedroom!

A visit from Uncle Cristian and his favourite little cousin Daisy and he’s like his old self. The stuffed pig toy takes a battering and the stuffing is getting ripped out - that’s when you know he’s truly happy when he’s destroying his toys!

Cousin love ❤️

It’s been a day of non-stop physio. First just us two in the morning, then we show his grandad and it becomes apparent how much easier it is with two of you. Uncle Cristian’s then wants to see and once he got his hands on him we started to see some progress! Uncle Cristian is now chief physio on Lloris’s road to recovery. By the end of the session he can now quite comfortably sit in the ‘sit’ position! Ok, so you have to position his legs but I’ll take the baby steps!

An evening visit from his nanny and again showing her his physio moves, he’s soon shattered for the evening - as am I!

It’s so good to see him enjoying home cooking again. I was a little worried all this ‘Macdonald’s type food’ he was eating in hospital would turn him fussy! But I do need to get hold of some low fat training treats rather than using cocktail sausages and chicken to get him to do his physio. A fat pup is not what we need!

As I drift off to sleep, I can hear him peacefully snoring away in his new Pig Pen. He’s a content little pup, tomorrow will be a good day, we will get ourselves a routine sorted. My fingers are crossed his nappies arrive early. We only have 1 left. We have got through an entire pack in 24hrs. That’s going to work out at £310 a month on just nappies 🤦🏼‍♀️ …. He’s worth it. Or more to the point… my floors are worth the protection!

Sweet dreams baby boy.