Early Morning Hospital Run.
When you're on campus at 6am, nobody else is around, and you can get from the hospital to my office in 5 minutes. Amazing.
I delivered Nala to the hospital patient drop-off at 6:15. He has 2 hours of paperwork and prep before surgery, then 2.5 hours (at least) of surgery/recovery time before I have to go pick him up.
Can I think about anything else? No. Quite frankly, I should've just taken the whole day off instead of just part. I won't get anything done.
For now, know that he was calm and collected when I left him. He seemed to sleep ok last night, despite his anxiety. He spent a good 40 minutes with the Hoont while I got ready for work. The cat was nowhere to be found, of course. I gave him my assurances that everything will be fine, and then we went.
And now, I wait.
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On another topic, he told me that last night as he was preparing the chicken for the soup, an unprecedented event took place. Ziggy and Hensley sat quietly side by side, waiting for him to give them some chicken. Or at least drop some. Or go away so they could get it themselves. But, the point is, they were so focused on the chicken that they were sitting side by side. Freaks.