Humphrey – update

Well we took Humphrey to the vet on Friday afternoon and thank goodness we got an okay that he didn’t need any more medication.  We had to admit that we hadn’t followed the vet’s instructions to keep him in for the week but all of us, Humphrey included would have been climbing up the walls if we’d stuck to that.

We acquired him as a stray about five years ago and whether it’s because he’s still a young cat or that he’d been living “rough” for a little while beforehand but he hates being indoors unless he chooses to be.  We managed to keep him in most of last weekend but even then it only worked because we were out of the house most of the time!

So now he just has a little scab on the top of his head which we’re hoping he won’t pick at until it’s ready to come off.  Any more problems with him would have topped off our week perfectly.  Our household had one of those weeks where the equipment all conspired against us.

First the washing machine overflowed.  The cause would you believe a slug in the outside pipe to the drain. Ugh.  Perhaps it’s revenge for all the salt we pour on them in the garden.

Then the wall heater in our sitting room.  And on the same day my computer decided to throw one of those wobblies that even the experts can’t explain.  One of those blips said the man.  A possible reaction to something in a Microsoft update!  Whatever.  Still it made me get on with my filing instead of ignoring the growing pile.