Biscuit and I are snuggling here in bed. he doesn't want to get up and neither do I. but I have to get ready for work. bleah.

 

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I am at the park. It's a pretty day.

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Current Location: Saginaw, Delaware St,

renal failure (?), causing anemia

bun 179 (normal < 30)
creatinene 8.9 (normal 1 or 2)

white cells slightly elev
red cells slightly decreased
hermatocrit slightly decreased


He's being treated with subQ fluids & antibiotics, since the elevated white count suggests an infection somewhere. Waiting to get results for the genetic test for polycystic kidney disease. Trying to keep him eating and get him feeling better.

Hoping for a kitty miracle.

All good vibes, thoughts, and well wishes appreciated.

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It hasn't been very much, but he has eaten! He had some more tuna, and he licked some gravy off of some fancy feast. And he ate about 1/3 of a can of some sort of ground chicken gooshy food. It's something fancy I got from petsmart when I was trying to get BartholoMEW to eat something in his last days. I will probably look into getting more. I don't remember how expensive it was. It doesn't smell gross like most gooshy food.

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Last night, he almost licked some tuna. Which doesn't seem like much, but it was the most interest he has shown in a plate in front of him since Wednesday morning.

Today he was seeming a little feistier. He meowed on the way to and from the vet. And tried to jump down from the table when he was getting his fluids.

He didn't fight me as much on the formula, which was good. So I think he got a little more than he has been.

Then I went to work and came home to find that he had dumped over his water bowl and made a big mess, AND, he ate a tiny bit of tuna! And then, he ate a tiny bit more! I gave him a little formula after he nibbled at the tuna for a bit. But then I accidentally made him make a little pain mew when I touched his fluid pocket. Maybe it's a little sore.

He goes back for more fluids in the morning.

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I tried to get cheek swabs to send off to the lab for the Polycystic Kidney Disease test, but he doesn't have much saliva right now and all I got was a little blood. It was too late to get it to the post office today anyway, I suppose. So hopefully better luck tomorrow with it. I gave him a little water. Then he threw up. Which seemed to open his poke wound on his neck from where the doctor tried to get blood earlier and so he dripped some blood. My poor baby. :(

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I thought he had worms. He's lost some weight, and someone threw up a worm on my bed a while back. So I kinda figured they all had worms. But he has gotten thinner and thinner and so Wednesday, I gave him some worm medicine and then watched him to make sure there would be no reaction or anything. It was then that I noticed that he didn't really eat anything that day and didn't really drink. And he seemed pretty dehydrated. So I forced some water down him with a syringe and confined him to the pink bathroom.

Took him to the vet yesterday. She gave him subcutaneous fluids. Had a hard time feeling his kidneys. She could only feel one of them and said it felt weird. Small, lumpy.

Took him back today for more. She tried to draw blood but he doesn't have enough blood pressure. So more fluids today, more scheduled for tomorrow. She was able to feel his kidneys today, they both feel small and lumpy.

She mentioned that Polycystic Kidney Disease was a possibility. The blood work will tell us more, as would probably xray/ultrasound.

He's still not eating or drinking. So I'm forcing formula and watered down baby food with a syringe. He's not too into it. But he needs it!

I'm worried about my baby. :(

Send good vibes his way.


EDIT:
It looks like (from my official google research) there may be a genetic test available using a cheek swab to determine if it's PKD.

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I'm feeling so sad right now. And I'm stuck trying not to get all weepy at work.

He just declined so much in the last day. And I figured I would have to make plans to have him euthanized later today. I even left messages with the vet. But I couldn't skip work and I hated having to leave him so much. I just wanted to be there with him scratching his head and neck. He liked having me there and I hate that he had to be alone at the end.

I had a friend go check on him and he told me that he was gone. That he was stretched out and his eyes were closed, as though he fell asleep and didn't wake up.

I know that I gave him a better last 5 months than he would have had otherwise. He wouldn't have had *any* more time otherwise... But I feel so guilty that I didn't do more. Didn't do a better job. Didn't spend more time with him when I *was* home. :(

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I'm worried about BartholoMEW. He hasn't been eating much. He hasn't
even seemed very interested. I gave him some tuna last night and he
barely even touched it! And, unlike usual, he hasn't been meeting me
at the sliding door with his mournful sounding waaooows! I think it
has only been a few days. I hope so. I'd hate to have him feeling
unwell and me not noticing because I'm so busy working that I'm not
around more than a few minutes here and there.

I will probably need to get him in to see the vet. He tries to drink
but takes a few swallows at a time and starts making that weird throat
noise he was making back when I first got him. I wondered then if that
was something to do with how thin and underweight he was because when
he started to fill out a little more and get stronger, that stopped.
He does seem thinner again. Poor kitty! :(

Today is the day I start to bleed! Woo hoo. :/

So I feel gross and unpleasant. Though less pained than I did before I gobbled down that 600mg ibuprofin. That helped a great deal. I still have pain, but it's more bearable. I suppose I should try starting the day for real then. I've had my coffee. I've fed the cats, scooped the litter boxes, and emptied the dehumidifier. The house is still a mess. But it's overwhelming. There are so many things that need to get done that I get discouraged and don't end up doing any of it.

Went to see Captain America last night. I was all excited when I heard a wilhelm scream.


It's hot today.

Seriously, I had some idea of what I was going to write, but then my grandma called and I talked to her for a while. By the time we got off the phone, I forgot whatever it was.

I'm between my second and third iced coffees for the day. After that, perhaps I ought to try making some iced tea. Switch it up and lessen the caffeine a little. How is Chai iced? Seems like it would be good. I think I'll give that a shot. At worst, I'll hate it and not do it again.

Had book club last night but I don't know if any of us finished the book. I didn't even start it. But we had dinner and socialization and that's always good! And thanks to Heather, I have some things to wear to the new job! Yay, Heather! :D

Kittenface just knocked a bunch of stuff off of my desk. This is a sign that she is naughty, and that I need to clean the desk.

I should go start my tea so it can start cooling. Double strength? So that ice and cream don't dilute it too much? That sounds about right. Can you make tea in cold water? I suppose that probably wouldn't work too well.

Today I remembered that the sunroom has a small wall-mounted AC unit. Poor old broken kitty was miserable looking so I shut up the sun room and turned it on. Now I'm hanging out with him as the room slowly makes its way toward a comfortableish temperature. Sometime today, I need to go the store for cat food. And to another store to get root beer for my gma.


Ugh. Just got off the phone with person interviewing me about food assistance. I answered her questions truthfully. Not expecting to get any help. They want me to account for all the money that got my bills paid last month. Notes from family/friends and estimates on how much they gave me. Easier said than done, since sometimes people just pay for things. Putting gas in my car, buying me something at the store. I don't really know how I got everything paid this month. It was hard and some of it wasn't on time. And I have no way of paying anything next month. So it's hard to report income when I don't have anything steady or guaranteed.

I'll try but I don't have high expectations here. Especially since they asked me about checking and savings accounts. I knew right then it was probably a no go. I was told they didn't check. I figured they would.

I held out as long as I could but I've retreated to the TV room and its AC. I'm going to catch up on some hulu and maybe read a bit. And it will be delightful. I'll try not to stay up too late because I'm aiming to get up before it gets unbearably hot tomorrow and maybe run a few errands.

Today I was up for my meeting at the chamber and it wasn't that bad. Of course, even by the time I got out, it was already starting to warm up.

Otherwise, I didn't do much today. Processed a few photos when I went to Mike's for lunch, blogged a bit, caught up on kitty blog reading.

I'm going to step out of my cool comfort in a minute to take the punkass kitten to the litter box and clean them.

She's purring and knocking things off of my desk. Little punkass.

I did some photo backups today. Processed a few photos. I hadn't done that in a while. On the phone with my grandma right now. She's telling me all the woes of her world, which make me feel just awful.

I think something bit my thumb. I'm all itchy now.

Time for some pictures! ( below the cut... )

I don't know if I've ever vlogged. What a stupid word. For some reason blog does not bother me but vlog does.

Anyway so here's that.




And let's see. What else. I'm going to see Harry Potter so that will be a not sucky thing.

Today is Cow Appreciation Day but I didn't get to appreciate any cows so far. I wasn't sure where to find some that wouldn't require me driving a long long way. I know there are cows around. But it would help if I knew a specific road to take. Then I could go, appreciate some cows, photograph them, and come home. All with minimal fuel use.

My family reunion is tomorrow but I don't see how I'm going to manage to get there. It's in Crump which is a ways away and I have less than 1/4 of a tank. Boooo.

My headache was gone when I woke up this morning. Yay! And I'm making sure to drink plenty of coffee just in case that was an/the issue.

Mikale is still sleeping. I don't know how late he stayed up reading. I went to bed around 1-1:30 and he was still awake. I got up around 10:30 and he's been sleeping the day away so far. I won't stop him. He can't drive me nuts if he's unconscious! :P

I have a Chamber event tonight. It's only 2 hours, I doubt I'll make it that long. I'm going to this one by myself and I'm not so good at networking. So I don't know if I'll talk to anyone or just stand there awkwardly by myself. Guess we'll see!

Today I was working on a couple photos and then I was going to do something else, and my external drive stopped cooperating. This sucks. It's my working drive. So I use it when I go to Mike's to work on stuff and usually, eventually, back up whatever work I've done to another drive. Obviously I didn't yet back up what I was doing today.

Bleah.

I had a couple things to order for a client and that was what I got done today. But now it's going to need to be redone. Thank FSM I had all of my major work backed up! The only things lost were 4 kitty pictures I did today that I did really minor, easy to recreate, edits to. Now I just have to figure out how to purchase a new working drive when I can't even figure out how to pay all of my bills this month. I still need $874 and the next things are due on the 19th.

Got up this morning for my sales lead meeting at the chamber. Took a nap this afternoon. Then I got up and drank coffee. I don't see sleeping happening tonight at all. Bad idea, me.

I don't think I'm all that exciting most of the time. On these hot hot days, I'm even worse.

I watched a lot of Law & Order SVU today. Now I'm home in front of a fan. Aaaand.... that's it. Seriously.


I didn't sleep well last night. I was restless and my joints were kinda hurty. Around 4, I got up, stretched a bit, fed the kitties, took some ibuprofin, and went back to bed. I fell back asleep but it wasn't easy. I don't know what my deal was.

My babies are 4 today! The only icon I have with both of them together is a Christmas one. So I'm using it even though it's totally out of season. Whatever.

Go look at Muffin & Biscuit pictures. I'll wait. http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelle321/sets/72157601529164412/


It's crazy how far they've come and how much time has passed. Usually I'd have a pretty good sized kitty birthday party (yes, I know that's weird) but this year things are so different and broken. I'm not going to let the day go by unnoted. But it might just be me and the kitties celebrating.



Last night I set up my table at the free concert. I talked to a number of people and gave out some business cards. Hopefully something will come of it! He said I could set up at the next one too, if I need to. It's in a couple weeks. I may just do that.

I ran out of one of my allergy meds a couple days ago (just got more today, yay!) and I'm so itchy today! My skin itches, my throat itches, I'm mucusy, coughing, runny nose. Ugh!

Tonight, I'm setting up a table at this free concert. This is thanks to a dude in my chamber sales lead group. Hopefully it will help me meet some people and drum up some business! Can't hurt, anyway!

I need to eat. I have hot dogs. And strawberries. I don't think I'll be eating them together together.

I don't remember if I had anything new to report or not from yesterday. No? We'll go with no.

Up at 7 today for my interview. I don't know how second interviews are supposed to go. It was super short. But maybe that means that I'm a fast interviewer. I hope it doesn't mean that I fucked it up somehow. I'm going to choose to believe that it's because I'm efficient.

It looks like it's going to be part time rather than full. Boooo to that. But I think it could potentially grow into full time. Or at least full time hours. Which would be fine. But that's if I get it. And I won't find out for a bit. Within the next couple weeks. Cross your fingers for me!

I don't know if my ants are gone or not. There are definitely fewer today than there were yesterday. So that's good at least!

I'm sure I'll drink way too much coffee today. I've been doing that. Easy to do that when it's iced.

Today so far:

Took BartholoMEW to his kitty doctor appointment. He has lost weight. But he hasn't been eating as much this week. I'm thinking it's the heat. I hope it's the heat. Most of my kitty blogging is going on the kitty blog. Let me know if you want the link.

Went to Dollar General and bought a second litter box for BartholoMEW, some ice cube trays, ant killer that I haven't decided to use yet, and mustard.

Right now I'm waiting for laundry that I had to do because the awful kitten peed in my laundry hamper. And I'm drinking iced coffee. I might try to flip some video of some sort for my angelle321 account. I've been doing all sorts of videos on the other account.

My computer is hot.