13 April 2022

Stormy Weather

Today is supposed to be quite the weather day for us.  Everyone is on edge since we had a Tornado in the area back in December.  Of course it’s all supposed to hit later this afternoon and evening.  I hope that it is a non-event and there is no damage and this turns out to just be some violent storms.  I suppose it’s wait and see.  Fingers crossed for the best possible outcome. 

We had a fire drill scheduled for today at the office and they want to do it now next Tuesday.  I don’t know that I will be going in at all next week.  My boss is taking a few days off and I don’t think anyone will really miss me.  I mean Monday I took 3 phone calls and that is the most my desk phone has rang in 2 years.  Most of my communicating is done via email and that seems to get the job done.  While I look forward to going in and it helps with my mood/depression skipping a week might not be the worst thing.  Especially given how Gator is doing.  More on that in the next paragraph. 

Gator was struggling this morning with eliminating, I can tell that she isn’t having a full bowel movement and thus she got some more laxative this morning.  I find that I sprinkle it on a gravy based food and mix it with a spoon, she never knows it’s there and eats it right up.  She is still eating like a horse and drinking which are good things, as well as seeking me out for attention.  I need to get more steroids for her.  I am starting to question how much longer I will be able to stave off the dreaded vet visit.  If this is a continuing theme as I suspect it will be I believe we will be seeing the vet sooner rather than later.  I am reluctant to go because my fear is bad news.  Then again last time we went in for her big visit last year and they did the major workup I figured I would loose her then and she is still here.  Maybe I will have the same luck twice and they will just up her steroid or add in some different medicine.  I know that by waiting I could be causing more harm but I also don’t want to go just because she has a hangnail.  She seems otherwise happy but I do see a huge difference in her mood when she has a full elimination, you can see the extra happiness on her face.  She appears to be well hydrated but I will likely give her some fluids which certainly can’t hurt anything.  The odd thing is that you’d think if there was a major issue that her appetite would go south, as that has been the case with all of my other cats when there was a problem.  I am not looking for any trouble but it always seems to find me.  I don’t want to part ways with her at all but I know that each day is a blessing and also a curse as it is one day less that we have together.  I’m trying my best to enjoy our time together and keep her comfortable & satisfied which isn’t always an easy task since cats by nature are picky.  The whole supply chain issue with her food doesn’t exactly help things.

I hope that your having a great day and hey we made it to the half way point.  Just a couple more days to go and we will be at the weekend.  Talk with you all again soon.  

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