Hiccups

Lunch was served to her majesty.  She enjoyed the new Blue Buffalo food with the initial dose of her probiotic Forta-Flora.  She inhaled the first can so fast that I thought she might accidentally try to ingest a finger or part of my hand.   No sooner than she was done with the first can she asked for a second can.  I apparently wasn’t fully wide awake when I placed my Amazon order at 4a this morning because I wound up with an over abundance of Fish & Shrimp flavor from Blue.  I gave her a can of that and she wasn’t quite as excited but did eat it.  Then it was time for a nap, off to sleep she went for a cat nap and then she was up and at the water fountain.  I sat by her at the table and watched her.  You’d see her stomach have a contraction and after a couple of those I figured out she had given herself the hiccups.  It was funny but also sad. 

I did my best to scare her since we didn’t do fluids last night I worked them in while she was at the fountain.  She hates getting stuck and I can’t say that I blame her, I am not a fan of it either.  She wiggled around and eventually towards the end of what was a quick dose managed to get the needle to fall out.  I was quick to get things shutdown but as per usual she made a small mess.  I am giving high consideration to getting an IV Pole that would make this process much easier. 

Come supper time my hope is that she gets her belly full of this new food and that it fills her up for much longer so that she doesn’t wind up waking me up during the night.  I will make sure to leave a can out for her before I try to retire for the night. 

I am passing time waiting for my next meeting which happens to be with da boss.  It’s just a touch point to see if either of us have anything we need to talk about.  It’s great to keep the lines of communication open but at the same time if I ever have a concern I don’t hold it for one of these meetings I reach out then and there.  This is his idea that he has taken from his boss and because his boss does it with him, he does it with us.  It’s kind of a useless meeting that typically only lasts 5 minutes or less because neither of us usually have anything to talk about.  He also loves to play with the timing moving it up or pushing it back – you can tell by his actions that its not really that important to him and just a mere formality sort of like every time we talk he manages to work in what a great job were all doing, which rings hollow with me.  It’s just a reflex for him and while he might be sincere again it doesn’t do anything for me other than drive up my blood pressure. 

The day is moving along after my meeting with him I don’t have anything to do until this evening and then my day will be done.  Tomorrow looks to be uneventful but Friday’s are fickle and you never quite know what will happen until the day gets here. 

So long for now, come back to find out the next adventure with Gator.  I am really hopeful that I can post some good news but also realize that this problem won’t be solved overnight but hopefully in a couple of days I should know something one way or the other.  Take care & be well.