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Really! Good luck at the Vet's today! I hope you all had a good night! It stormed for a short period here and then moved on. ..Then.....today a "cold" front is moving down from Canada (Thank you, Sharlene!) It's only supposed to be about 74 today and in the 80's the rest of this week! Woo hoo!! :D Maybe, it'll be nice for you too!
You're welcome Jo Ann :) Hope that everyone gets some cool weather!! :)
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
Hi Everyone:
Well I had quite the scare last nite. One of the rare nites I was sleeping good too! The tornado weather was supposed to pass us, but around 10pm we got a cell that drifted our way and brought lightening and thunder. At least the thunder was not real loud. I had not medicated Tipper as I thought it passed, she did stay in the closet, and no running in or out. I would not look in on her, but if she was in a panic she would run out to let me know and she didn't so I think she is handling this as well as can be expected. Then at 2am I wake up to the sound of vomiting. It scared me badly as I said Tipper has been giving mixed messages the last few days. I thought she went low from the stress of the storm and vomited. I jumped up only to trip across my cat Chance. He had come in my room to scare the day lights out of me and vomit a hairball!! Oh lordy I was so glad it was not Tipper. So after the cleanup I laid back down and was up the rest of the morning until I got out of bed. I am so tired and dragging today. At the vets I brought up about Tipper panting and drinking more water, and he also said because of all the variables going on it is hard to say if it is the humidity, storms or cortisol going up. Next week she gets her blood work, ACTH and Urine, so we will know for sure. Until then I am keeping a close eye on her. She panted a lot at the vets today too, probably stress induced. We also discussed the antibiotics with Tipper. He agreed she will never have Covenia and he may stop using as he said he heard a few things about it too. I said I prefer the antibiotics be oral since Cushings dogs kidneys are already under stress, and he said he thought that is an excellent idea. She will have the same antibiotic she had two weeks ago Simplicef I think the spelling is right. He said that is excellent to give her we know she has not a had a reaction to it and that is a big plus with her. So he was not put off by my research, but agreed with it, so that makes me feel at ease that she will not be getting the injections. He said it made perfect sense to him. He noted it on her chart also, and that she is never to have Covenia. I will remind them though right before her procedure to make 100% sure. I told him about the lump on Toby's back side and he said he would look at it. I said if I did not know any better I'd say these things are catchy and he laughed and said he has been hanging out with Tipper too long. Tipper must have had at least 30 removed so far when she was well. She has a real problem with them. He even had a dermatologist come to his office for certain patients and she saw Tipper and said they are not to be worried about, and could be from her parents. Today is another possible rain day it is dark and cloudy. They gave me a refill on Tipper's valium, and the vet said he is glad he gave it because the with the weather like it had been she could have really had some physical repercussions by now. I watch and I wait and I look at the sky, the computer, and the tv. That is all I can do in order not to be giving these to her when not absolutely necessary. So soon I will find out if Tipper's number has crept up. If it has I am really in between a rock and a hard place as she cannot have 30mg and she is on 27 now. So I may be giving her 28 or 29 if it comes down to it. We will see what happens. Blessings
Patti
Cats and their hairballs!!!:eek::eek::D Alex, my bad cat :p is always cleaning himself, he is such a clean freak!! After I pet him he has to lick that area clean of all my human cooties!!!
Hope you get a more restful sleep tonite.
Hugs, Lori
So not a bad day at the vets for a change Patti. I'm so glad that he's finally listening to you.
Lori, cat cleaning off human cooties. Too funny.
It's not bad enough that this cat cleans himself 24/7 he then goes and grooms Lucky. He must think Lucky is a slob! Normally he runs to my white, well used to be white rug in the livingroom and vomits there. I am not kidding, he could be all the way on the other side of the house and he runs to that rug. I keep some of it covered with a sheet at nite. It's either that or it will be ruined. Cat vomit has so much acid it just about ruins everything it gets on. It just got very dark and we had a heavy shower. Tipper went to my closet , I hope no thunder. Blessings
Patti
Hi Patti, it sounds like things went well at the vets today. A good discussion with the vet even! Wow, you're on a roll.
Ugh, cat hair balls. There is no describing that sound they make, it would wake the devil himself I'm sure! hahahha
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
Oh Patti what a to do, as we say here, you have been having, hope these awful storms will soon pass and you will get some peace from them. x
Hi Everyone:
Well in case you have a cat prone to hairballs the vet told me use probiotics it helps. Than you Diane we are having a time with the weather and it is so dark right now and ready to come down. Last nite Tipper was on the bed sleeping and a hard rain started she waited a while and then went in the closet. It is humid again today and rain is not far off. I hope no thunder. Tipper has a habit now of running with abandon and not looking what she is about to hit into. Especially when she backs up, she does this continuously. She came running out of my room to eat breakfast and hit herself on the gate, which scared Elvis to death and he flapped feathers etc. all over the room!!. I am more worried about her hurting herself that anything. It is just the JRT that is how they are, they just fear nothing. Well except noise now!! Tipper has never been upset with fireworks and I bet money on it this year she gets worked up as everything has bothered her when it comes to noise. My neighbor makes fun of how she slinks around in the yard when it looks like it is going to rain. Until you have a dog afraid of noise you just can't understand how bad it is . I just smile when she says Tipper you are a big scaredy cat. I need a nice day without a lot of heat to tie both dogs in the garage where they can see me on the driveway and wash my car it is filthy. It has to be cool though for Tipper to sit in the garage. I hope this is not a storm with thunder and lightening coming I better check it out. Blessings
Patti
Good morning Patti.
So glad the vet visit went well. The weather is so hot and muggy here too that I hate to even go outside. Tank and Tan do their business and run to the back door. They can't take much of it either.
The crazy fire works neighbor set off one last night. I guess just to let us know he's still there. Jackass! I can only imagine what the 4th is going to be like. We were going to take the boat out and watch them at the beach, but I'm not leaving the babies home alone. I think we'll take them with us on the boat. We'll be watching the fire works. but they will be in the distance and not too loud.
Hope the weather stays calm for Tipper. Have a good day.
Donna