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Nov. 19th, 2013 08:17 pmLife has been weirdly dramaful today
First stupid messing around because the shopping lady was sick and then the replacement wanted to change the time twice .. but eventually the shopping got done.
Then the wheelchair servicing guy came and sorted my wheels out - joystick now firmly attached and shuddering is eliminated. He said I’ll need new castors next servicing, but nothing today luckily.
And then I took Mr Anekin cat to the vet … he had been throwing up so on Saturday an awesome friend took him to the vet for me … he mostly stopped throwing up but still won’t eat, which makes it day five of not eating and he was all lethargic and unhappy with life and his coat is ungroomed even, so I took him back today.
The vet was very cute! He thinks Ani has a bunch of something in his gut blocking him up, probably a fur ball since he’s not known for eating random things. Plus he’s a bit dehydrated, probably from the nausea. He offered to keep him overnight but I really can’t afford it so the vet gave him a bunch of laxatives and gave me some to bring home and I have to take him back if he’s not eating in 24 hours or so. Cats end up at risk for kidney damage or something if they don’t eat, so hopefully he’ll pass whatever it is soonest.
Just got home from the vet and collapsed on my bed and the phone rang… I hadn’t grabbed it on my way to bed so I ignored it but it rang again right after, plus my mobile rang too, so I answered the closest one… it was the police saying they’d found my wallet! The other phone kept ringing, when I finally answered that it was Dad checking that the police had got onto me - he’s listed as my emergency contact so they’d phoned him first and he’d given them my number. Apparently it even has my $20 still in it, so that’s a relief! They were so quick at finding it that I hadn’t even noticed I’d lost it yet which was fairly impressive … I must have dropped it on the way back from the vet, which goes directly past the police station. Anyway I can pick it up any time so I’m feeling like a dodged a bullet there!!
So today was way too eventful!! I slept a bit after that, then this evening I gave Anekin his last anti-arthritis injection (Cartrophen) and more of the liquid laxative from today’s vet visit. I’ve got him set up in the bathroom because with that much laxative inside him I’m a bit afraid for the carpets!! Unsurprisingly, he’s in an awfully bad mood but if he hasn’t drunk anything when I go to bed I’m going to stick a bunch of the electrolyte solution in a 5ml syringe and dribble it into him too, dehydration ain’t fun folks. I do hope his insides decide to start working because if he doesn’t pass this obstruction by tomorrow we’ll have nasty decisions to make … that really scares me. I don’t want to spend my life savings on him but it would be inaccurate to say I can’t afford treatment - I could afford it, it’s just that those savings are for my one-day-some-day-hopefully house and that’s really important to me too. Also, he’s thirteen and he has a wicked nasty case of old age arthritis, he’s an old man cat … but he’s my buddy and my friend and I’ll feel like a nasty evil undeserving person if I don’t feel like I’ve done everything. Ugh.
Send good thoughts?
Love you all,
r
First stupid messing around because the shopping lady was sick and then the replacement wanted to change the time twice .. but eventually the shopping got done.
Then the wheelchair servicing guy came and sorted my wheels out - joystick now firmly attached and shuddering is eliminated. He said I’ll need new castors next servicing, but nothing today luckily.
And then I took Mr Anekin cat to the vet … he had been throwing up so on Saturday an awesome friend took him to the vet for me … he mostly stopped throwing up but still won’t eat, which makes it day five of not eating and he was all lethargic and unhappy with life and his coat is ungroomed even, so I took him back today.
The vet was very cute! He thinks Ani has a bunch of something in his gut blocking him up, probably a fur ball since he’s not known for eating random things. Plus he’s a bit dehydrated, probably from the nausea. He offered to keep him overnight but I really can’t afford it so the vet gave him a bunch of laxatives and gave me some to bring home and I have to take him back if he’s not eating in 24 hours or so. Cats end up at risk for kidney damage or something if they don’t eat, so hopefully he’ll pass whatever it is soonest.
Just got home from the vet and collapsed on my bed and the phone rang… I hadn’t grabbed it on my way to bed so I ignored it but it rang again right after, plus my mobile rang too, so I answered the closest one… it was the police saying they’d found my wallet! The other phone kept ringing, when I finally answered that it was Dad checking that the police had got onto me - he’s listed as my emergency contact so they’d phoned him first and he’d given them my number. Apparently it even has my $20 still in it, so that’s a relief! They were so quick at finding it that I hadn’t even noticed I’d lost it yet which was fairly impressive … I must have dropped it on the way back from the vet, which goes directly past the police station. Anyway I can pick it up any time so I’m feeling like a dodged a bullet there!!
So today was way too eventful!! I slept a bit after that, then this evening I gave Anekin his last anti-arthritis injection (Cartrophen) and more of the liquid laxative from today’s vet visit. I’ve got him set up in the bathroom because with that much laxative inside him I’m a bit afraid for the carpets!! Unsurprisingly, he’s in an awfully bad mood but if he hasn’t drunk anything when I go to bed I’m going to stick a bunch of the electrolyte solution in a 5ml syringe and dribble it into him too, dehydration ain’t fun folks. I do hope his insides decide to start working because if he doesn’t pass this obstruction by tomorrow we’ll have nasty decisions to make … that really scares me. I don’t want to spend my life savings on him but it would be inaccurate to say I can’t afford treatment - I could afford it, it’s just that those savings are for my one-day-some-day-hopefully house and that’s really important to me too. Also, he’s thirteen and he has a wicked nasty case of old age arthritis, he’s an old man cat … but he’s my buddy and my friend and I’ll feel like a nasty evil undeserving person if I don’t feel like I’ve done everything. Ugh.
Send good thoughts?
Love you all,
r