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catstuff 08:11 AM - 04/30/2009 The topic: I’m taking Spot in for ---------------------------------------------- a drop off this morning.  There’s something going on in his mouth or throat.  Last week, the amoxi helped, but this morning, he’s back having a hard time chewing or swallowing.  Poor little guy. When I gave him the amoxi this morning in the pill pocket, I think it got caught on one of his back molars and it distressed him. Keep your fingers crossed he’ll be quickly feeling better. UPDATE: I’m home, Spot is not.  I was able to get in to see the vet (cancellation?), this was a good thing, since I could answer his questions. Spot has a problem around his left jaw.  The vet thinks it’s most likely an abscess from a slapped paw that got caught. There are some other possibilities, not good, like a broken jaw.  The vet thinks Spot is too young for tooth problems, so he’s not leaning towards stomatitis or the like (I surely hope it’s not that).  But, since Spot was reluctant to have his mouth opened fully, the vet felt it would be best for me to leave Spot there so he can be masked down and the vet get a better look at the problem.  Spot had a fever of 104°. The fact that he did get better last week with antibiotics is a good sign. So, now I wait. UPDATE II: Spot has a very, very bad URI. Vet threw out possibilities like calici and herpes viruses.  There’s one of five it might be, he sent out a mouth swab for testing and should get the results back tomorrow.  Spot is happy to be home.  For now. But I’ve got some metacam (for the pain) to give him later and he’s also going to be getting Doxycycline twice a day until the bottle is empty. I’m thinking he’s had this since he came to live here, his ears have always been very, very warm/hot to the touch (I think mentioning this to the vet this morning is why Spot got a rectal temperature reading this morning) and his eyes have always looked a little glassy to me.  According to the vet, a good part of his head is affected by this thing and that his poor little throat is raw from whatever is hitting it.  So, with any luck he’ll be feeling much better in a week, a whole lot better in two weeks. | | Permalink

disneystuff 06:48 AM - 04/30/2009 The topic: If you’re curious ---------------------------------------------- Why the cameras weren’t on Sunday afternoon and most of Monday, it’s because we went up to Disneyland for Brian’s birthday, which was Monday. We’d tossed which days to go, Sunday and Monday or Monday and Tuesday last month and decided on the Sunday/Monday combination, since I’ve got hypnotherapy on Tuesdays. As usual, we didn’t get out of the house when we planned because the cats weren’t all in.  I couldn’t find Little Bit anywhere, so we left food for her outside.  We figured we wouldn’t be gone much more than twenty-four hours and she should be okay.  If it had been one of the younger cats, I don’t think I’d have done this, but she isn’t really active outside, she doesn’t hunt, she just mostly naps. When we got up to Anaheim, in the Disney Resort area, we were surprised to find how much traffic there was.  There were police all over directing traffic.  We made it up to the hotel and got checked in.  Brian got birthday balloons, he got a birthday button with his name on it and he got a little birthday song.  Sung to the tune of “Ta ra ra Boom de ay”, “this is your birthday song, it isn’t very long”.  We asked about upgrading the room, but found out that the hotels were sold out! Good deal for Di$ney. This was our first overnight trip up to the parks for Brian’s birthday and it was because we wanted to see what type of special thing they have for passholders on their birthday.  There were three choices.  A free pass to one park for that one AP holder anytime during the following year, not transferrable, or a rewards card for the cost of a one day pass, which can be used for select merchandise.  This card is good for a year.  Third, fast passes for six members of the birthday kid’s party, for that one day. Brian chose the merchandise card. We went over to the parks, had dinner at the French Market Restaurant, kicked around a little and it started to cool off. We went back to the hotel to get jackets and I took my shoes off.  We didn’t leave the room until Monday morning. We had breakfast at Carnation Cafe, went on some rides, Space Mountain, the Monorail, It’s a Small World, then went over to Disney’s California Adventure, where there’re big refurb doings. We had ice cream at Bur-r-bank in DCA.  Brian had a sundae with cookies, I had a sundae without.  His was a “menu” item, mine was not, mine was made to order.  He had more stuff on his, whipped cream, cherry, two chocolate chip cookies.  His was two cents more than mine.  How sad is that? Then we came home.  Made good time.  The cats were happy to see us and happy to get outside.  I checked the feeder asked Brian how much food he’d put in it.  He told me he’d filled it about half way.  It was down from there, so Little Bit had been left outside.  I found her up in the doghouse and she went back into the house.  I haven’t had a problem getting her in at all since then.  That probably won’t last long.  *lol*   But wait! I'm not done yet! I've got more to say! | | Permalink

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