A sad day

Boy Wonder had a morning much like every other. He had his build up drink and then promptly complained of feeling sick. This extended to aching legs and a headache  throughout the day. I asked his teacher to monitor his food intake at school which she later reported to be good.

On the way to Ju Jitsu after school, Superman rang with the news that Jet ( Boy Wonder's kitten) had been injured and needed to go to the vet. Boy Wonder became very angry and started to blame a neigbour's cat for hurting him. I tried to calm him down by playing down the kitten's injuries. I quickly took him into Ju Jitsu to divert him further and then rang Superman back to get a better idea of  what had happened. He said that there was a lot of blood around the house and that the kitten didn't look great.

The house did indeed look like a scene out of a horror film. Superman rang again to say that the kitten had to stay in overnight and had been hit by a car not injured in a fight which is what we thought had happened.  He had a badly injured mouth and swelling to the right side of his head.

I cleaned up the house, comforted Cat Girl and her kitten Sooty whilst Super man went to collect Boy Wonder. The vet rang to say that the kitten seemed more coherent but had a bad mouth injury which was very dirty and a lot of swelling to the head. She said that there was also a concern that he had a ruptured bladder but would know more in the morning. She explained that he was lucky to be alive and prepared us for the possibility of further complications through the night. I told her that they need to do whatever they can to keep him alive and make him better. A silly thing to say maybe but never the less I needed to say it.

Boy Wonder returned from Ju Jitsu and was very quiet. Superman had updated him and he then became preoccupied about how angry he had felt and how he blamed another cat. He stated that he had done something very bad. Superman explained that we often think a lot of things when we are upset but that doesn't make us bad. Boy Wonder calmly stated to me that he won't be sleeping tonight and that we mustn't tell him off because he wouldn't be able  to control himself. He said nothing further.

When Boy Wonder had something to blame he felt anger. Now that there is no blame he seems to have blocked it out. Or is it processing delay ? Either way this is likely to have delayed impact. The vet is going to ring in the morning to give us an update. I have asked that they try and do this before school so that we can offer a bit of reassurance ( hopefully.)to the children.

Anyway, here's hoping for a positive outcome .