Good news!!
The last day of the year is today and our good news is that Tiberius can come home today. It's been a long and tiring road from the emergency animal hospital to here and now. I just got off the phone to our vet's office and they said he was being cleaned up to go home.
We kept Tiberius at the emergency hospital over the holiday weekend. I told them I wanted to move forward with treating him because even though he was in grave condition and it looked like he wouldn't survive, I thought he deserved the chance. The hospital began treating him (grudgingly in my opinion). Over the course of that weekend, Anne went to visit him very night. I think her visits had a very positive effect on him.
By Monday morning, he was still alive and I had to pick him up and transfer him to another vet for regular care. The hospital is only for off hours and holidays and weekends. I picked him up and took him over to the Park Mall Animal Clinic. When I was checking Tiberius out I mentioned I was going to take him to the Park Mall Clinic or to Hank's Animal Hospital. The lady at the desk said that they often sent transfers over to Park Mall, so that's where I told them to fax the records.
I drove Tiberius to the Park Mall clinic and asked if they accepted CareCredit. The receptionist told me they only took cash or checks, so I had to take Tiberius home to get the checkbook. While I was there, I called Hanks Animal Hospital and found out they took CareCredit. I went back to Park Mall and got my paperwork with apologies and took him right over to Hanks. While he was home briefly, Morgan (of course) opened the carrier and I was really surprised to see Tiberius just walk out on his own. This was when I started to have real hope that he might recover.
Trip to the Emergency Animal Clinic
I guess it wouldn't be the holidays without an emergency visit to the vet. Tiberius is pretty sick and rather than wait until Monday, I had to take him in to the emergency clinic today.
… Just saw the vet and it's bad. Tiberius is dying and we have to see how bad he is and whether he has any chance. I'm not going to just abandon him, even though the vet things it's a hopeless case and we should euthanize him now. They're going to do some lab tests and then we'll see where we are.
… Lab tests confirm he has Feline Distemper. We're going to give him treatment. That means supporting him while he fights off the virus and trying to make sure he doesn't get something else, because that is what usually kills cats with Distemper, the secondary diseases they can get when their immune system is knocked out.
I wasn't happy with the attitude of the vets. It seemed like they were just going to give up on him, and were hinting that he needed to be put down even before they ran bloodwork. The technicians were much more compassionate. But i suppose that's the usual way of things. Nurses are usually more empathetic than doctors, in my experience.
Threw it on the ground!
I love these shorts for the most part. This one gets kudos for the tasing.
Morgan’s Birthday Wish
This weekend Morgan was talking about his birthday. He's been asking for a soccer ball for months, and we're telling him he'll get one if he's good. (Translation: he'll get one.) However, this time when I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he said "Giant Robot".
What can you say to that?
1. Giant robots are expensive to buy and expensive to maintain.
2. Giant robots are big and tend to cause damage to buildings, like our house.
3. Giant robots are noisy. We still regret getting you that kazoo and that drum.
Justice and Compassion
Definitely bears thinking on. My first reaction when I heard this was to think it would be alright to let her out. As always, I try not to take a position that I can't be dislodged from, and this article did it.
More of the same
No, and Yes
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You Are a Smart American |
 You know a lot about US history, and you're opinions are probably well informed. Congratulations on bucking stereotypes. Now go show some foreigners how smart Americans can be. |
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You Passed the US Citizenship Test |
 Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct! |
And yes, they were on the first try.
