I was hoping to
post again before this, but since I didn’t, I decided another Thursday 13 was
in order. It has been a busy week.
1.
Duke
has pancreatitis again. We’re not sure
how he keeps getting it. He had it in
April, and we’ve been careful about not giving him too much people food since
then. We took him to the vet on Tuesday,
and Dr. M. wanted to hospitalize him.
We’re hoping he’ll be able to come home tomorrow. He’s eating again (always a good sign with
Duke) but still has a fever.
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| They sent us this picture of him today. He likes everyone there, so he's happy. |
2.
Dr.
D. had us bring Howard in on Saturday morning and show her exactly how we were
giving him his insulin injections. Given
Nick’s EMT background, no one was really expecting an issue with how Howard has
been getting his shots. Howard’s insulin
dose was due before the appointment time, so Dr. D. had Nick demonstrate with
our syringes and a bottle of saline.
3.
Everything
was right. I bought the right needles,
and Nick has been doing the injections perfectly. I didn’t demonstrate (Yay!) since Nick does
most of them, and I do exactly what he does.
4.
Howard
went to the emergency vet last night. He
started having severe gastrointestinal issues, and I called in case it was
something to do with his insulin. We
were there for about three hours, and they gave Howard fluids and antibiotics
and did bloodwork. His glucose level was
finally good!
5.
I
really liked the vet we saw. It’s always
a gamble at the emergency clinic; most of the time, they’re great, but it seems
like when they’re bad, they’re really, really bad. This vet was awesome, though. I hope we don’t need to see her again, but
I’d be happy with any of the fur kids seeing her when we do need an emergency
vet.
6.
I
mentioned Duke’s pancreatitis to the emergency vet, in case it was related to
what Howard had. She said it most likely
wasn’t and was just terrible timing. I
talked to Duke’s vet (Dr. M.) this morning and Howard’s regular vet, Dr. D.,
and they both agree that it’s only a coincidence that Howard and Duke are
similarly sick at the same time. Dr. D.
was thrilled about Howard’s glucose when she got the report from the emergency
vet. He has an appointment with her next
week to check it again, and we’re all hoping the level stays where it is.
7.
I
hate that Duke and Howard are both sick, but I’m relieved that we don’t need to
worry about the other five cats having the same problem. That would be a lot to deal with!
8.
In
non-vet visit news, I’m going to try to make my sister a crocheted cat couch
for Christmas. She doesn’t read my blog,
so I’m not worried about her finding out.
She has been asking for one for two years now, but I’ve been scared to
try it. There weren’t any left-handed
videos, but Crochet Crowd posted one recently, and I’ve been practicing the
stitches.
9.
It
only has three different stitches; single crochet, double crochet, and half
double crochet. I used the half-double
for most of the mask adapters I made, so I’m pretty comfortable with that one. I think I’m getting better at the single and
double.
10. I like the UK crochet terms better than
the US crochet terms. The UK terms seem
to make more sense for what you’re doing.
I like the videos from this website, and she gives you the UK and US
terms, so it works for me to learn from a UK site.
11. I ordered the yarn I’m planning to use,
and it arrived this week. I really like
the gray and rainbow yarn in the pattern, but that yarn was more expensive, and
I’m not sure my first attempt will be gift-worthy, so I opted for the less
expensive yarn. The gray is for the
couch. The multi-colored one is called
Fiesta, and it’s for the afghan and the dust ruffle.
12. We bought the foam on Saturday after we
got back from taking Howard to the vet.
Nick will be in charge of building the couch. I’m terrible at things like that, and he says
the pattern/building instructions make sense to him. I’m sure the couch will take me a while, so
I’m hoping to get started on it this weekend, assuming we manage to stay out of
vet’s offices.
13. We have cherry tomatoes again. We’re pretty sure 2016 was the last year we
planted cherry tomatoes, but we have some come back every year. I think they should be called something other
than cherry tomatoes. Maybe immortal
tomatoes would be a good name for them.
So what have
you been up to this week?
