Nailed it!

We have not updated this blog much in the last few months; that's because everything is great where we are: mama gives us yummy food every day, we have lots of comfy places to sleep and the morning walks are fun and give us exercise, and we snuggle with our mama in bed every night (except when she went away for a few days and we were very sad but Izzi knew that she would come back and Rozi was fed every day, so it was all fine). So, our lives have been really good.

No problems.

Until last night.

As we were getting ready for bed, we both went upstairs to get ourselves ready: Izzi walked up by herself, and Rozi got a lift. We were walking around our bedroom when Izzi decided to go downstairs one more time for reasons that she would like to keep secret. After a few minutes of getting ready for bed, our mama wandered where Izzi was. She was not in her little bed, she was not in the closet, and she was not under the bed (that's Rose's "special space"), so our mama was confused. She sent her helper back downstairs to see if Izzi could be found and before Izzi was found, blood was seen on the steps! Then, more blood was seen across the floor and the rug, and then Izzi was spotted in the hallway, shaking a little.

Mama quickly came down the stairs and picked up Izzi (gently) while Rozi followed, hoping there would be a treat involved. There was not.

Mama could see that Izzi's front left paw was where the problem was, and took Izzi (very gently) to the sink so that our mama (being a good mama!) could wash her paw to see what the problem was. But, even our mama could not be sure what had happened, so she decided to take Izzi to the special emergency vet where she'd been once before.

Piling into the car, mama got her to the vet quickly, and the people at the vet were super nice to Izzi; she felt safe. They took her heartbeat (200!) and her temperature from her ear (100) and then weighed her (3.1kg), and then she quietly waited for the doctor to examine her paw.

Doctor Estes was very kind and looked at Izzy's boo-boo paw and figured out that Izzi had lost a nail! 

The doctor cleaned the paw really well and then put on some special medicine to help the bleeding stop and make Izzi feel better. Then, to be safe (she said), she clipped all of Izzy's nails, so it was a mani-pedi night!

Finally, Izzi got some other special medicine to make her feel better, and mama was relieved that Izzi was fine even though little Izzi was sad that she lost her nail.

When Izzi and mama got home, Rozi was waiting (hoping that the errand involved bringing her a treat), and mama really did have treats ready for everyone, Izzi was not feeling great, so she did not eat hers, but Rozi ate hers with relish (as in, "with enjoyment" not "what you put on a hot dog).

There was a search for the missing nail, and - sure enough - it was found near the bottom of the steps, right where we thought it might be. We were not sure what to do with it, but our mama said we should keep it as a souvenir, so it's now tucked away somewhere that we don't know, but we hope is a safe place for missing nails.

Then, it was time to end a very stressful night, and we all got into bed. Izzi's paw was 1000% better (mama said) and we all settled down and snuggled in for the night.

Izzi was hopeful that the Nail Fairy would come at night and leave her a gift, but there were no special treats when we woke up. Maybe the Nail Fairy didn't get the message about Izzi soon enough?

Anyway, this morning Izzi stayed in so that her boo-boo paw can recover, so Rozi got a walk all by herself.

Now, we are just resting and looking forward to catching up on some of the sleep that we missed last night due to all of the excitement.

Yip, Yip, Arf, Yip

Izzi & Rozi