Whiskers

For those of you that don't know about Woof-Woof, this was given to Will when he was in the hospital by JT's boss. It is Will's best friend and companion. Woof-Woof has a major limitation though, he is as big as Will!

Therefore, I have never allowed Woof-Woof to be taken in anywhere (he can ride in the car, but must stay there). When Will is hurt, sad, happy, playing, sleeping, etc Woof-Woof is always by his side. With everything that Will is about to go through, I thought he needed his best buddy to tag along with him to keep him comforted. Woof-Woof is too big though, so I had a plan. I let Will pick out a "brave toy" to be a substitute for when Woof-Woof can't be there.

So everybody, meet Whiskers the kitty-cat.

I let him pick it out at the hospital gift shop at one of his last appointments. We go in there every time we have an appointment to say hi to Woof-Woof's family (3 sizes of them) - a "Woof-Woof", and "small Woof-Woof" and a "baby Woof" as Will calls them all. He always pets them and hugs on them. So my plan was to let him pick out something small that he could carry to all future appointments and procedures, because Woof-Woof is obviously way too big to be taken anywhere! We discussed why we were picking something out, and he immediately was set on "baby Woof". Fine by me, it is his choice on what he thinks will make him brave. Unfortunately they were out of stock, but Will found this cat and was instantly obsessed! He named it Whiskers and we took it with us to our blood work appointment that day. I can't say that it made him brave (since I had to hold him down along with another nurse), but it sure did make him happy telling anyone who would listen about his new friend. I wasn't sure how Whiskers would fit into our daily life once we got back to the car to Woof-Woof, but Will happily exclaimed that "Woof-Woof always wanted a kitty-cat", so it was love at first sight. Thank goodness! Whiskers, Woof-Woof, and Will are now a trio around the house - they do everything together!