Diary of a Little Squeaker

I lost my tail!

My tail had been getting harder and more shrivelled for about a week, and then, when my mommy was in Vancouver and I was home with daddy, my tail fell off! Daddy had just told mommy on the phone that my tail was almost off when I walked into the computer room without it. I had some bone exposed, so I had to go to the vet with daddy and have a surgery. They shaved my tail and removed some more of the bone and stitched it closed. I had to stay there overnight, so daddy came to see me after he was done work. Then he and mommy came to pick me up the next day.The stitches have been bothering me so much, and none of the vet's e-collars fit me, so I have been knawing at them, pulling at the stitches - they don't hurt at all - and last night I pulled out a chunk of my tail at the end of the stitches and mommy stayed up all night she was so worried about me! I have some antibiotics, but mommy was scared I would make my wound worse or that it would get infected. I wouldn't let her sleep either, when she finally tried. I came and laid down beside her and chewed on my tail until she got up again. The vet isn't open today because it's Saskatchwan Day and mommy can't find the vet's cell phone number that she was given when she and daddy took me home after my surgery. Mommy doesn't know what to do! And I just want these stitches out!