Maria, much ~ma to Lucky. I hope she'll be all right.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Oct 13, 2016 5:38:05 pm PDT #29224 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Strix - Oct 13, 2016 6:23:38 pm PDT #29225 of 30003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tep, I'd glaze tonight. Unless it's a crazy amount of glaze, it should just set up nicely.
Maria, best of luck for Lucky.
Connie Neil - Oct 13, 2016 6:32:20 pm PDT #29226 of 30003
brillig
We're less than a thousand posts from the end of this Natter.
Laura - Oct 14, 2016 2:59:08 am PDT #29227 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Kitty~ma in abundance, Maria.
We're less than a thousand posts from the end of this Natter.
And we are not ready.
lisah - Oct 14, 2016 4:29:14 am PDT #29228 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Sending good thoughts to you and your kitty, Maria!
Sue - Oct 14, 2016 4:35:00 am PDT #29229 of 30003
hip deep in pie
Health~ma for Lucky, Maria.
Maria - Oct 14, 2016 5:10:31 am PDT #29230 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thank you all for the ~ma. Keep it coming.
Lucky will be staying in the hospital until at least this evening. She shows improvement, but she's still wobbly. She ate all of her food, and has urinated (theoretically in the litter box), so there's that, but she's not like she was. We don't know if she ever will be.
The vet has ruled out heart issues. Her BP is slightly elevated, and her chronic kidney disease is probably the biggest contributing factor to the stroke. She can't rule out a brain tumor, but her symptoms are not suggestive of one, and it would take a CT scan to diagnose. A tumor would require surgical intervention as well, and I'm not willing to put a 15 year old cat through that. She won't have the same quality of life as before--which has me in tears--but the vet is confident she's got enough left in her to come home.
She's the best cat. Lucky acts more like a dog--knows her name, comes when called, sits on command for a treat, begs for belly rubs--and it's breaking my heart that her personality might not be the same again.
To complicate things, we're getting a puppy in 10 days. I don't want it to be difficult on any of them.
Jesse - Oct 14, 2016 6:16:41 am PDT #29231 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw, poor Lucky and poor you!
meara - Oct 14, 2016 7:32:06 am PDT #29232 of 30003
Aw, so sad, Maria.
I'm at my dance convention. Rooming with folks from Atlanta, so I figured even though they were planning to not set an alarm and sleep in, they'd still probably be up before me. But no! I got up at 845, showered, dressed, and left for Starbucks before they got up! Next, a pedicure. But I'm already dreading Monday work that I know is piling up right now.argh.
bennett - Oct 14, 2016 8:58:09 am PDT #29233 of 30003
Best wishes for Lucky, Maria. Can you set aside a room or floor or something where the puppy doesn't go so that Lucky can have her safe space? When I inherited my mom's senior cats, I was able to set aside a room with a heating pad and scratching post and multiple cat pans that the senior cats could have for their own. My own, younger, cats could go in and out when I was home, but when I went to work, I would close the door and they could feel secure.