Crash Day

Was seriously lagging all day. Boss assigned me some tests which had not been done since 2009, and while the procedure was well documented, the guy who wrote them said the computers in the lab I needed were long gone. Amazing but true, I was able to download a free copy of the software and run it on my desktop machine. All three tests passed as soon as I figured out how to configure  everything.

Vet called, said to be there by 5:15 to bring Pumpkin for another night at the ER. Left at 4:30, there was very little traffic and lots of green lights, so was there in 15 minutes. Waited in the office till 5:15, paid the bill ("only" $377), drove to the ER. Lots of traffic and red lights but still got there 15 minutes before their 6 pm opening time. Waited in the car with a silent cat.

Inside at a little before 6, they took the furball and his bags of IV drip into the back immediately. Waited till 6:50 for the vet. She was very disappointed in his lack of progress.

It's a bit of a puzzle. Tests show the only things wrong are high blood sugar (in the 300 range, so not fatal), some kind of liver issue, and acidic blood/urine. Kidneys are good, no signs of cancer or other Dread Diseases. But he looks like hell.

The assistant brought me back to give Pumpkin some petting, but he was mostly out of it, still. Different assistant from yesterday, but both are very petite redheads. Yum. Out of there at 7, short stop at Safeway for some laundry stuff and fixings for dinner.

Home via freeway, much faster than rush hour or Central Expressway. In at 8, put stuff away, Domino was all over me, making rude noises. Went to bed, napped till 10 with Domino sitting on guard about halfway down the left side of the bed. She tried climbing Mt. Howeird, but I lifted her off.

Appetizer was celery stalks and bleu cheese salad dressing dip. Dinner was two split English muffins with a pat of margarine on each piece, crab claw meat, a slice of Velveeta and 1/4 of a piece of string cheese cooked for 1.5 minutes in the microwave. And iced jasmine tea. Java chip ice cream with walnuts & honey for dessert.

I opened one of the computer room windows (directly above the litterboxes - closed while I was on vacation) and Domino immediately rushed up the kitty steps and shoved her nose against the screen. She is still there now, keeping the neighborhood safe.

Plans for tomorrow:
P/U Pumpkin from ER by 8
Pumpkin to the vet
Work
P/U Pumpkin from the vet. Maybe take him home. The jury is still out.

Ground Hog Is Not Kosher

Happy groundhog day. We haven't had much winter yet here in way too sunny California - in fact it was the driest January on record. Snowmobile vendors are going broke. Car wash owners are making a fortune.

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Picked up Pumpkin at the ER, he is still not all there, but he is aware of his surroundings, has been holding his head up a bit more, and they told me he walked around his cage enough to get away from the heating pad. Not eating on his own but took syringe feeding okay. Hgl levels are coming down with insulin.

Dropped him off at the vet's office, but did not see the vet. They will try him on diabetic food. With luck I can bring him home tonight, but it looks a lot like we're in for another ER cashectomy. I'll buy some diabetic food from the vet tonight regardless.

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Have hit two roadblocks at work, IT will work on them and then I can run my last two tests for the latest release. Meanwhile I journal.

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Over on the Book of Face, the big news is Susan G Komen has stopped funding Planned Parenthood breast exams, on the asinine claim that their bylaws prohibit them from funding a program which is under Congressional investigation. Talk about guilty till proved innocent. Talk about right wingnuts in the Komen organization. Frankly, I don't see why the group is allowed to exist - all the do is organize fund raisers and skim off the top. Much better for people to donate directly to Planned Parenthood and cancer societies and eliminate the middlewoman. If you want neon pink walking shoes, buy a highlight pen.

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Ordered two more webcams for the apartment. One is to replace the officecam, which was the first camera that I bought, and it was sold under false pretenses as being a Foscam brand, but it has different software than the other three. I'll probably move it so there's a better view of the windows, which Domino likes to look out of.. The other one is to put on the livingroom wall facing the piano, which would give me a view of Domino's cat tree hidey hole and the patio door which both the cats like to camp in front of.

One More Day

Pumpkin was not ready to go home tonight, so he is back at the ER. He's looking a lot better, but still has Hgl and ketones issues , and won't eat until food is delivered to his face. I'll bring him back to the vet in the morning, and we'll go from there. Meanwhile I also bought some dietetic formula food from my vet, and another big water fountain from PetSmart, so now there are 2 of the same instead of different styles. Domino loves the food & new water fountain.