motherly concern

Now, if only Doris would poop. She has not done so since yesterday. Too much poking and prodding? The new antibiotics? How long is too long for a cat?

I do not think I will be returning to my night class next week. Paying too much and not getting enough out of it. I think I might still have better things to do with my time. Or does that make me a quitting quitter?

07/28/10 Update:
She finally pooped this morning - and she seems to be a lot brighter today than she has in a while. She's taking her meds with no problems so I'm a bit relieved for the moment.

more on the ill and bothered

The aching old Dutch man came home early today with his aching back, ready to stretch out on a heating pad and be as immobile as possible. Doris' vet phoned shortly after he got home and said that, although her other tests came out normal, her white count was extremely high on her blood test and they wanted to make an x-ray soon. I took her in immediately for two x-rays and more tests. They gave her fluids, an injection of antibiotics, and more or the oral antibiotics to be given daily at home for two weeks. If nothing else is wrong with her, I'll take her back on Wednesday for a re-check. Hopefully the antibiotics will help whatever is going on inside her. They found no masses (no obvious cancer) on her x-ray.
Tonight, is the second of the photo classes I signed up for. As much as I don't want to go now, it's paid for so I guess I should give it one more shot. I feel it's just a lousy waste of time, unfortunately, but maybe tonight will be better.

Eating a quick dinner of dumplings now while MonsterMustDie is watching a Godzilla movie on DVD.

not the best day I've had

I started the day going to my doctor for a blood test. Kinda a personal mortality check.
Then I worked for a grand total of only four hours at my redundant job - one I'm still very grateful to have for the health insurance to pay for things like blood tests and doctor visits, but not paying enough to live on or even buy groceries some weeks.
Found out today that a friend of mine had died. I found this out from the local Yahoo news, not from any of our mutual friends. A boxer, I guess she died as well as any of us would want to, in the ring doing what she loved, in her prime.
I got home and found my cat lethargic and with one paralyzed pupil. Took her to the vet (nothing wakes her up like being placed in the carrier and taken to the doc) and found out she is indeed now blind in one eye. This happened in the few hours I was at work today. They are still trying to figure out what's gone wrong with her. Her blood pressure is normal. High blood pressure, I'm told, is a very common cause of cats going blind. Her's is normal. There is no sign of rupture in the eye. They took blood tests, gave me a week's worth of antibiotics for her and I'll take her back in a couple of days for a re-check.
And now, I have to put BioFreeze (R) on the old dutch man, whose back is aching. Lets cross our fingers that it's not his kidneys.