September 21st, 2006 - Update on Shmi
Shmi came home last night! She did get better overnight on the medication, but next Tuesday she’ll go see a kitty cardiologist who can determine (with an MRI I think it is. Or an EKG? Or something with a lot of letters) exactly what the issue is. The vet believes it’s one of 2 or 3 things all of which are easily combatted with a daily medication (pills, unfortunately). She hung out pretty quietly after coming home. I could see how heavily she was breathing, but she did eat and drink, went up the stairs, jumped on the sink like usual, and joined me for bed for part of the night.
Over the last year, Jedi (one of our boxers) has been sick. After spending a bunch of money on his undiagnosed issue (they couldn’t figure out what it was, but believe now it’s pancreatitis) and noticing the spending for pets soar beyond the budget, I upped it by $200/month. I’d thought I’d just do it till the end of the calendar year. But I think it will continue longer. At least until Shmi’s problems are paid for. It’ll probably cost about $800-900 just for this week and next. Aack. This is one expensive kitty (we spent over $1000 during her first year to diagnose her allergies/OCD).
On the other hand…As I rode home in the afternoon, I was thinking about whether Eric would tell me she was alive or dead. Which meant that until I got home and knew, she was Schroedinger’s Cat!!! I laughed out loud upon realizing this, absolutely delighted. We’ve previusly joked about her being Quantum Kitty and now I think we should change her name. All along, whenever one of us would see her in a cute pose or doing something neat and tell the other person to look…she’d move or stop it. Just like the quantum physics thing about being able to know either where or when something was, but not both. When she was littler (hard to believe since she’s under 6 1/2# right now), we’d see her on one side of the baby gate and then she’d reappear on the other side. It was like she was dematerializing. Now she’s actually S’s Cat…she *has* to be Quantum Kitty!
Oh, and she’s also trying to become a poodle. She has little bits shaved off her leg for the IV and one near her neck. Next week, there’ll be more shaving. She looks so funny with her fur fluffy around those areas.
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