On Wednesday, 2nd May, I got a devastating phone call... Cornel's brother Wayne had died very unexpectedly. He was only 47 years old... (younger than Cornel). He died from heart failure; we don't know yet what the cause of the heart failure was.
We went to see Wayne and all the family immediately in Kingston Hospital. Luckily, Karen was able to pop in at 1 am to check on the dogs and make sure everything was ok. At 3 am, we got home.
The next day, Thursday, 3rd May, my father-in-law was brought to hospital to sort out complications that arose from an operation he had a week before. So we went to see him in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Luckily, all was under control there and father-in-law much more comfortable.
On Friday, we went to see my parents-in-law as my father-in-law was at home again. We took Jesse with us. He helped us all to smile with his antics... he made us all laugh when he tried to get Puddles, the cat, to play with him and he couldn't understand why he wouldn't... LOL
On Sunday, we went to the hospital chapel, where my father-in-law saw Wayne for the first time (he wasn't fit enough before).
It is a very hard time for everyone! I must say though that our dogs have all been brilliant. They didn't mind us going out and coming back at funny times, sometimes in the middle of the night. Even Jesse coped just fine with 6 hours home alone time, which is the longest he has ever been. But there were never any accidents, not from Jesse - and to my surprise not from Flash either!
In fact, I think it was Wednesday or Thursday, that we had the first accident-free day from Jesse... we still get one or two accidents sometimes, but we have indeed had a couple of accident-free ones, which is excellent progress.
Jesse now always sleeps with the other dogs and loves it. He seems more settled too... and yesterday (Bank Holiday Monday) didn't wake us until just before 9 am to go to toilet. What a great boy!
We also found the first tooth today, a molar. He has lost and replaced most of the little teeth in the front already, but the molar is the first tooth that I actually found!
On Sunday, for the first time, I took all three - Dylan, Flash and Jesse - out all together. I don't want to do this too often as it is a long walk for Jesse and no socialising with other dogs, but he and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So it will probably be something like a once-a-week treat for a while.
Today, we had a lovely walk in the small park around the corner and met a bunch of dogs. Jesse had a great time... here are some pictures:
And some pictures just to show off what a stunning pup he is...
The next one with flying ears as it was very windy...LOL
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