Kato Health

Today Kato showed acute signs of underlying un-wellness. She spent an age in the pouring rain, grass eating so she must have been feeling colicky / gastric. I reached for the lead to take her for a walk but she stumbled and cannot put her front left down. Checked for thorns, wonder if she has twisted it or as the vet warned it’s a sudden problem due to the underlying cancer.

Kato is one heavy dog but I have managed to get her outside twice and heave her on and off the sofa. Increased her pain relief and tomorrow we go to the vet to ask for something for the colicky pain she seems to get. And also to have the conversation – that we may, when the time comes, need to have it done at home. Hippys MS is noticeable now and his symptoms increase when he is stressed. Driving, getting her in the car, carrying her in, I’m not sure we will be able to. But then I suddenly found immense strength when I needed it for Java, and for picking Kato up today

She’s now tucked up in her softest basket with layers underneath to soak up the seeping wee as she couldn’t adopt the position when we were outside and just wanted to come back indoors. She’s eating, alert and enjoying cuddles. I don’t think she will try to get upstairs but I’m staying up late just in case.

Kato Walk - The Piano

A couple of months ago there was a trepidation of infants outside the primary school. They appeared safely kettled in by adults, but we decided to cut through the church grounds. It's not an attractive church, some red brick 80s thing, no gravestones or spire.  I’ve never worked out if the short cut is a right of way so we pootled at speed. Then we stopped, there outside the main double doors to the church was a modern looking upright piano.

Kato and I walked up to the piano. I lifted up the lid to reveal the keys, flexed my fingers, rested my finger tips on the ivories took a deep breath in and prepared to play with one finger the riff from Smoke on the Water.

E G A,

E G bendy A , A

I was now at Wembley stadium about to wow a crowd of zillions. Floodlights would go up on Bendy A and start an amazing laser show. But then the bass player fidgeted and did a wee. So we went home.