When Lilycat was diagnosed with a tumor in her nose, the recommended treatment was something like 20+ weekly radiation treatments, each one requiring anesthesia. I would've spent the money - she was the last of my Mom's cats and as sweet as she could be - but she would've been so unhappy. So I went with only 4 palliative treatments that bought her nearly two more years. I'm glad I did it, but it is SO hard finding the balance between what might have cured her and her quality of life.

Did they not put a note by my name last time?

Yes, it says "Check back in a couple of months, to see if she's changed her mind." It's just another spin of the wheel.

This year is my 10-year-anniversary with the company. I'm supposed to pick a tangible gift worth $275, no gift cards allowed. I wonder if I can wait and ask them to buy me a new bed when I move in a few months.

I wonder if I can wait and ask them to buy me a new bed when I move in a few months.

Hey, it's worth a shot.

Just got off the phone with the vet. His take on the amount of red cells in that urine sample was that it was a small amount - playing the odds, more likely to reflect having hit a blood vessel as the needle passed through the bladder wall to collect the sample than to be bladder cancer, and since Sammie is showing no clinical signs, it is perfectly reasonable to watch and wait. The vet did recommend a recheck on the UA in a few months at Sammie's annual appointment, and I should pay attention to her litter box habits and bring her in sooner if I see anything unusual. Side note, this vet said there was more likely to be something going on in a cat's kidneys than bladder cancer.

I am sooooooo relieved, like weeping with relief. Thank you all so much for the ~ma and support.

Andi, that's so great! Yay, Sammie!

Yay!

After the day I've had, no delight that I'm probably going to be stormed out of a swim.

Yay, Sammie!

I decided to work from home today because I don't feel super great (insomnia, WHYYYY), and I hear the AC went out in the office. I guess I'm happy to be in San Francisco with the cold and the fog, then.

I just renewed my apartment lease, so I don't have to move. However, my office location is moving in a couple of weeks, and I'm not sure what that's going to do to my commute at this point. And after a period of not traveling very much, it looks like I'm going to be in the midwest a lot in August, going back to India in September, and then I'll be off gallivanting in the antipodes for half of October.

I guess this means I need to start ruthlessly scheduling myself to Get Shit Done.

Awesome, WindSparrow!