I didn't think he'd gone outside, but there was the possibility because we were in the process of moving into this "new" house. But that night when I went to bed, he wasn't there with me. Totally not right. Like you, I would say his name in my head, my heart, and out loud. All for naught.
Finally, I went to bed and got very quiet inside, myself. I called his name once and asked him to tell me where he was. Then I went into a contemplative state (total state of meditation can't be done by me), but I quieted all my fears, my anxieties, the running stream of thoughts and unspoken words in my head. Within the next 30 minutes, I knew exactly where he was. He called me as loudly as if he'd been sitting next to me on the bed!
I went down to where we'd installed the new kitchen sink and cabinet earlier that day. I called his name and he weakly called back to me. I tried moving stuff, but it became evident that hubby and the friend who'd helped had boarded him up in the wall behind the sink! Hubby and I tried moving and taking apart the cabinet, but we couldn't do it. Kuma, meanwhile, continued to meou weakly at us.
I finally got in the car and drove the few blocks to our friend's house. It was after 3am by the time. When he and his wife came to the door, they could tell I was frantic, as I was literally crying "you guys boarded Kuma up in the wall!" After getting bopped about the head by his wife, my friend said let me get pants on and I'll follow you home.
He and hubby got the sink disassembled and I reached into the hole in the wall, gingerly lifting Kuma out from it and into my arms close to my heart... cooing and giving him love at the same time.
Thing is, I'd been calling for him all evening and never heard him answer back. As we were trying to free him, you could barely hear him, his voice was so small. But in my bed in contemplate mode, his call back to me was as loud as if he was sitting next to me. It just took me to find a way to quiet my worries and anxieties enough to hear a call "from the other side of the wall."
To this day, my friend and I laugh about that evening. It was totally scary for me... but the sight of this frazzled, frantic woman at the door hollering you trapped my cat in the wall! had to be one for the ages! And a night he'll never forget! (LOL)
I'll put out the call to your baby... hopefully all this energy coming from all of us will break through his contrariness and he gets himself back home. (Sometimes I think they do stuff like this just so we DO worry about them!)
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