Thank GOD that I don’t have any kids! I have Twix instead! He gives me all trouble I possibly may need.
So the other night I’m sitting in front of the TV, eating my watermelon. Twix was sitting and looking at me waiting for his turn to get some. And he would, if he wouldn’t have done what he did. I had to go out to the kitchen to get a water and I left the last piece on the plate. And when I get back I see Twix swallowing the entire rinds of the piece!!! And it was a big piece. I measured another piece and it was almost 15 cm (~6inches) long! And he swallowed without chewing. It went so fast! At first I just shook my head and didn’t think much about it. But then I went to bed… and my mind started living its own life. And I remembered when BamBam’s dad ate an entire towel and we had to have a $4000 surgery. And off my dumb mind went. Anxiety 1000%. I was working the following day and wouldn’t be able to see him for 14 hours, should I call in sick… all the thoughts you could have as it was your baby. Well he is my baby!
Except that he farted so bot me and BamBam thought we were gonna die Twix himself seemed just fine. After I had been turning in bed for a couple of hours, hugging both of the dogs I finally got some sleep before work. In the morning Twix jumped out of bed and was his normal. So i went to work. Telling myself that it would be okay. He will be fine. Don’t be stupid. But the piece was so big!!! If I would only see that he chewed it, or got it down in more than one piece it would be okay. It was the size of the rinds that bothered me!
I came home from work and the first thing I hear when I got out of the car was Twix barking. Okay, now we had passed 24 hours and still no sign of bloating, ache or pain. Twix was just his normal self and didn’t get at all why I had been so extremely clingy the last hours while home. I think I can finally take a deep breath and call myself stupid for making such a big deal of it for myself. But if anything would happen to him, I would never ever forgive myself… so… I am proud to be a overprotected chicken mom to my dogs! They are my everything… Now is just the question, what will Twix come up with next to give me either an heart attack or major anxiety attack? Follow for the next episode…
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