Did I mention how much I missed her? Well, I did miss her. And my blanket.  And  my food. And my water bottles.  And my Food. And my home.  And my FOOD. And my mama.

Mama’s home now. She better pick me up and hold me and rub me.  Right Now.

What’s taking mama so long? Hello, you’ve been home for 30 seconds now.

Ah. That’s it. Mama’s holding me and rubbing my head and giving me kisses as I melt into her body.

It’s so good to be home with my girls. And, yes, mama still owes me…

Home. Home where I am King. After mama takes me out of the travel cage, she pets me and holds me. She should. She owes me so much for this!

Lacy, Lacy, I’m home.

Yes, this is what I need deserve. Lacy is grooming my head.

There’s no place like home.

Home is my family.

Where’s mama? There she is and I jump from Cindy’s arms into mama’s arms. Sweet. She rubs me and kisses my head as she should. Then I get to go in the travel cage and home to Lacy. Yay.

That’s Teddy’s version. Below is the mama’s version:

I waited in the lobby for them to bring Teddy out.  My thoughts were along the lines of, “Wait until the other pet owners see how cute Teddy is.” I imagined he would be sweetly in their arms. Nope. Didn’t happen that way. I didn’t know who would bring him out. But Cindy came out and she had a wild cat in her arms and not the domestic variety. It was twisting and stretching and all around wild. She could barely control the beast.

Yep. If you guessed that was Teddy, then you’d be correct. When Cindy was about a foot or two from me, he leapt into my arms. He snuggled against my chest and then he was so sweet and calm. At least I knew he was healthy, because no way could he have done that yesterday. Oh yeah.  Everyone noticed Teddy just not the way I imagined.

Side note: When I picked Teddy up, Dr. Pursley was his new doctor – she was newly hired and a bunny specialist. Dr. Roberts owns the practice and she knows bunnies, too.

He used to always bother me to groom (lick) his nose and between his ears. And 99.9% of the time I would. I miss not being able to groom him. Everyday at different times we would snuggle. He’s not here to snuggle with anymore. If there was a scary noise, then he would stand between me and the danger. He is my protector. I love him. I miss him so much.

But now there is only me – mama comes and goes. When she comes home I can smell Teddy and the vet’s office on her. Will Teddy live? I’m so sad…

Mama came to see me again this evening. The only other people here are employees.  They’re letting mama stay late while they clean and stuff.

It feels so good to be on mama’s lap and her soft jacket – part of it’s under me and the rest is on the bench. Mama’s rubbing my head. Yes. This is what I deserve.

Oops. I couldn’t help it the poop just came out on the part of mama’s jacket on the bench. Even accidentally, I’d never poop or potty on mama. It was just little bits. Mama is so excited.

You’d think I could go home now. But no, they want more from me.

This evening was tricky. Mama was holding me on her lap and I had to go potty so bad. What’s a bun to do? If I let her know I need to use the litter box, then they’ll put me back into the sick cubicle. That’s no good. And yet I can’t pee on mama. Whew. I figured out what to do. I shifted around on mama’s lap so subtly that she had no clue. Once my buns were hanging over the side of her legs I was able to pee. I  didn’t get any on mama and I don’t think she noticed at all. Though she did mention to the vet tech that there was something to clean up or something. I didn’t quite catch everything that was said because they were transferring me from mama to the vet tech.

They won’t let me go  home until I poop. Maybe things will happen tomorrow.

I feel awful. I’m just laying in this cubicle for sick critters. I still don’t feel like eating. The doctor and her helpers stick me with needles and stuff. Then I hear mama. She came back.

Mama came to the back where I am. She held me on her lap and rubbed me. She kept saying, “Poor Teddy. Good brave Teddy. Mama and Lacy love you.”

Life would be even better if I felt better, but at least mama knows her place. Just in case you don’t know where that is – it is with me.

Mama had to go because her lunch hour was over. She left me again.

(Mama’s note: Teddy being lothargic was bad enough, but not wanting any banana caused me to panic. When I held him and rubbed him, I found lumps on his lower belly. Yes. I panicked some more and called the vet.  Dr. Roberts had me bring Teddy in immediately even though she had to stay past office hours to look at him. Teddy had a blockage in his intestine. Everything I’d read about this said that bunnies in this condition needed surgery and had a very low survival rate. Dr. Roberts said that she had a non-surgery treatment (this was May 2000). I left Teddy there and went home a very sad mama.)

Whatever’s going on Lacy and I are helping every step of the way.

A couple of days later, mama takes Lacy & I to grandma’s. This is strange. Mama has all of our stuff set up over here. Now mama’s boxes are here.

We have a new home.