lisaviolet's diary

Thursday, July 14, 2005

04:05 PM - 07/14/2005

The topic: Crap, crap, crap, crap
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On our walk this morning, I mentioned to Brian that he was sweating. He looked down and there was more than just moisture on his sweatshirt, there looked to be dried fecal material, diarrhea style.

He said that must have come from Potter this morning.

Then this afternoon I put some fuzz into the trashcan in Brian’s bathroom and Wally was curled up in a ball next to Brian’s toilet. I picked him up and his pantaloons were covered with wet feces.

What’s going on here? DeeJay, Potter and now Wally? What on earth did they get into? I gave them all some of the leftover lemon chicken last night, I don’t think that bothered DeeJay because he puked it back up. But maybe the lemon just didn’t set well in the intestines of these other two.

It didn’t bother Handsome one little bit.

Well, I went to the vet’s office today to get more fluids and needles and while I was there I picked up more flagyl. I did the dehydration test on Wally and I also took his temperature and he passed on both tests.

I hate this.

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12:44 PM - 07/14/2005

The topic: Caught cha!
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Laurence, who keeps so many of us entertained with his isfullofcrap blog, made an interesting entry this morning.

So near and dear to my heart. Pond scum credit card thieves. How nervy of them. I wonder if the jerk who signed up for Asian porn with my credit card called to complain when he no longer could view his favorite channel.

I still haven’t gotten a refund for the two months of service he did get to enjoy.

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10:29 AM - 07/14/2005

The topic: DeeJay
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DeeJay has had a bad few days. Tuesday, he did something to his front left leg and when he walks, his knee sticks way out to the side. It doesn’t seem to bother him and it also seems to be getting a little better.

If memory serves me, Boney’s legs did this same thing. It isn’t affecting how he gets around, so I’m not really worried about it, not right now.

Yesterday, though, he was throwing up and towards the end of the day, he looked really bad. His stool got progressively worse throughout the day and last night, it was horrible looking. Very watery, a translucent tan color. He didn’t have much of an appetite, either. He usually comes into the office several times a day in search of food and he wasn’t in here once yesterday for food. When he did come in, I’d let him at the bowl and he’d maybe nibble one or two pieces of kibble, then just stop.

I gave him some flagyl last night and this morning I’ve got him back on Pepcid. I’m thinking it’s working because he hasn’t pooped since sometime in the night and he just came back here wanting food.

I know one of these times there’s a possibility he won’t “get over it” and I’m steeling myself for that time. But the bad days haven’t been coming so often as they once did and I’m hoping he’ll be with us for a while longer.

If you get a chance, could you send a good thought his way?

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