Today's Vet-a-Thon

I'm trying to get ready to go on a trip out of town for a few weeks. A LONG overdue vacation—alone! Of course, the minute I declare I'm going away, everything starts to break, I catch a cold, now I have PMS and I had to run Bob to my Vet, then go pick up Rose at another Vet. Ugh.

Bob's been coughing. LOUD, BARKING COUGHS. He doesn't do it every day, but often enough so that I'm concerned about it. If he's working on hairballzilla, that's one thing, but from experience, that barking cough could be a sign of lung cancer or an infection. Since Bob is FIV+ I can't mess around. I've given Bob laxatone for the better part of three weeks. No hairball, more coughing. So, off he goes to visit my dear Dr. Larry.

Happily, Bob's temp was normal and his weight we up a little bit. For an old sick cat, he's doing pretty well. They ran some x-rays and overall his lungs were OKAY, but not normal. So more waiting to see how things go. Dr. Larry told me to still go on my trip, but that whoever was looking after Bob should be careful to monitor how he's doing.

After dropping Bob off at home, I drove to Danbury to pick up Rose from another Vet. This is one of the Vets that our rescue group works with, even though I offered to take her to my Vet and pay for it and it would have been so much easier to do it that way, but no. No. I have to drive over and get her 20 miles from here.

Yeah, I have PMS, back off!

Anyway, aside from the overly chatty receptionist, I was able to pick Rose (e.g., Mama) without incident. She's supposed to have eye drops for the next week, but otherwise they thought she had a bad reaction to the Distemper vaccination she received.

Mama had a nice reunion with her babies, who seemed glad to see her again. In a few minutes, another potential adopter is coming to meet with Poppy and Daisy. They are open to adopting the kittens together. This is great. Now we need some for Mama! She is slated to be placed at the shelter in SIX MORE DAYS.

Anyone in CT, interested in adopting a really nice, young kitty???

More photos and stuff as soon as I'm not so pissy.