At 10.30 or so last night Mike and Sid still hadn’t returned from the hospital, so I made my way over there.  They had taken a couple of x-rays of his foot and he has a nicked tendon requiring surgery.  We were asked whether we wanted to bring him home for the night or willing to let him stay in hospital.  As we were completely unprepared we said we would bring him home and return in the morning.  The doctor said that they won’t know the extent of the damage until they actually operate and that he may need to stay in overnight depending on how much repair needs doing and how it all goes. 

We waited for his operation to be booked, and for his painkillers and antibiotics to be prepared and returned home at about quarter past midnight.  Mike immediately took down the remaining part of the light shade, I gave Sid some antibiotics and then we fell into bed for a few hours. 

We brought Sid back to the hospital just before seven this morning.  He wasn’t allowed anything to eat or drink before the operation due to the general anaesthetic, so I hope he isn’t left waiting too long there.  It’s now gone 10am, and I’m still waiting to hear from Mike.  I hope everything goes well and our sweet boy isn’t in any pain or discomfort.