Stuff

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Various things:

* Saw that GRRMartin posted a chapter from the next book for a fan prezzie.  It did spoil, or at least confirm what many guessed, which is...

( spoiler )

* I see that the way that online posting now handles lj-cuts is different.  Let's see if it works better.

* Have been pampering my cat insanely but... *sigh* I think she's just too old.  Poor baby is SO skinny.  She rarely eats much (and if she does eat much she'll end up throwing it up).  I can tempt her to eat but never very much and she is so. so. skinny.   She doesn't act like she's in pain. she still jumps up onto the bed a bazillion times a night.   She's as active as she's been for a couple of years now (which is to say she sleeps 20 hours a day but she walks around a fair bit at night).  Her coat looks good.  She drinks water fine. She pees and poops.   So, ultimately, I think her problem is just that she's  18 years old (possibly 19 year old ETA: Thinking about it... I think she turned 19 two weeks ago).  Still, I weighed her.  She's barely more than 5 pounds now (whereas a couple of years ago she was 7lbs).  I've bought vitamens, enzymes, special high calorie food.  I feed her 'Instinct' or even just straight chicken.  And I have a grain-free kibble that she does eat (though never a great deal).  I don't know what else to do for her.  I wish she weren't so skinny. :(


* My own resolution is to eat more healthily in the coming year.  Not what my sister did (she's lost a ton of weight, to the point that she's both A) obnoxious about it and B) down to a size smaller than she wore in high school.  However, I maintain that nothing good comes from living off of 700 calories per day (that's what she's doing) and having dieted so much that her hair is falling out (which has also been happening).  But it's not like either myself or my mother can talk her out of it without being accused of 'sabotaging' her, or without her pulling the card that SHE is the M.D.  Still, you can't convince me that it's healthy when your hair is falling out.)   That said, I know I've been overeating a lot of crap.  So my own resolution is to eat more healthily.

* *sigh* Saw the preview for the 'Angel and Faith' issue.  While I do think that eventually they may allow Angel to be scolded slightly, I also believe that the full whitewashing is on like Tom Sawyer begging friends to help him with his fence.  You can't convince me there's deeply hidden plan that they'll pounce on us later (why do people still float these 'unseen but they mean the opposite'  theories when they keep not happening?  The comics haven't been genre busting thus for.  More like genre-adherent.)  Really, I believe it's just a pure case of protagonist privilege.  Most of what Angel does and decides isn't wrong... simply because he's Angel, and he's the protagonist.

*  Also, I do dearly hope that BuffyForums Zianna is right and Buffy is not pregnant.  Not only because I think it would be an incredibly stupid and mishandled story with this bunch at the comics, but also because it will disappoint a certain poster so very badly.

 

Stuff

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Various things:

* Saw that GRRMartin posted a chapter from the next book for a fan prezzie.  It did spoil, or at least confirm what many guessed, which is...

( spoiler )

* I see that the way that online posting now handles lj-cuts is different.  Let's see if it works better.

* Have been pampering my cat insanely but... *sigh* I think she's just too old.  Poor baby is SO skinny.  She rarely eats much (and if she does eat much she'll end up throwing it up).  I can tempt her to eat but never very much and she is so. so. skinny.   She doesn't act like she's in pain. she still jumps up onto the bed a bazillion times a night.   She's as active as she's been for a couple of years now (which is to say she sleeps 20 hours a day but she walks around a fair bit at night).  Her coat looks good.  She drinks water fine. She pees and poops.   So, ultimately, I think her problem is just that she's  18 years old (possibly 19 year old ETA: Thinking about it... I think she turned 19 two weeks ago).  Still, I weighed her.  She's barely more than 5 pounds now (whereas a couple of years ago she was 7lbs).  I've bought vitamens, enzymes, special high calorie food.  I feed her 'Instinct' or even just straight chicken.  And I have a grain-free kibble that she does eat (though never a great deal).  I don't know what else to do for her.  I wish she weren't so skinny. :(


* My own resolution is to eat more healthily in the coming year.  Not what my sister did (she's lost a ton of weight, to the point that she's both A) obnoxious about it and B) down to a size smaller than she wore in high school.  However, I maintain that nothing good comes from living off of 700 calories per day (that's what she's doing) and having dieted so much that her hair is falling out (which has also been happening).  But it's not like either myself or my mother can talk her out of it without being accused of 'sabotaging' her, or without her pulling the card that SHE is the M.D.  Still, you can't convince me that it's healthy when your hair is falling out.)   That said, I know I've been overeating a lot of crap.  So my own resolution is to eat more healthily.

* *sigh* Saw the preview for the 'Angel and Faith' issue.  While I do think that eventually they may allow Angel to be scolded slightly, I also believe that the full whitewashing is on like Tom Sawyer begging friends to help him with his fence.  You can't convince me there's deeply hidden plan that they'll pounce on us later (why do people still float these 'unseen but they mean the opposite'  theories when they keep not happening?  The comics haven't been genre busting thus for.  More like genre-adherent.)  Really, I believe it's just a pure case of protagonist privilege.  Most of what Angel does and decides isn't wrong... simply because he's Angel, and he's the protagonist.

*  Also, I do dearly hope that BuffyForums Zianna is right and Buffy is not pregnant.  Not only because I think it would be an incredibly stupid and mishandled story with this bunch at the comics, but also because it will disappoint a certain poster so very badly.

 

Stuff

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Various things:

* Saw that GRRMartin posted a chapter from the next book for a fan prezzie.  It did spoil, or at least confirm what many guessed, which is...

( spoiler )

* I see that the way that online posting now handles lj-cuts is different.  Let's see if it works better.

* Have been pampering my cat insanely but... *sigh* I think she's just too old.  Poor baby is SO skinny.  She rarely eats much (and if she does eat much she'll end up throwing it up).  I can tempt her to eat but never very much and she is so. so. skinny.   She doesn't act like she's in pain. she still jumps up onto the bed a bazillion times a night.   She's as active as she's been for a couple of years now (which is to say she sleeps 20 hours a day but she walks around a fair bit at night).  Her coat looks good.  She drinks water fine. She pees and poops.   So, ultimately, I think her problem is just that she's  18 years old (possibly 19 year old ETA: Thinking about it... I think she turned 19 two weeks ago).  Still, I weighed her.  She's barely more than 5 pounds now (whereas a couple of years ago she was 7lbs).  I've bought vitamens, enzymes, special high calorie food.  I feed her 'Instinct' or even just straight chicken.  And I have a grain-free kibble that she does eat (though never a great deal).  I don't know what else to do for her.  I wish she weren't so skinny. :(


* My own resolution is to eat more healthily in the coming year.  Not what my sister did (she's lost a ton of weight, to the point that she's both A) obnoxious about it and B) down to a size smaller than she wore in high school.  However, I maintain that nothing good comes from living off of 700 calories per day (that's what she's doing) and having dieted so much that her hair is falling out (which has also been happening).  But it's not like either myself or my mother can talk her out of it without being accused of 'sabotaging' her, or without her pulling the card that SHE is the M.D.  Still, you can't convince me that it's healthy when your hair is falling out.)   That said, I know I've been overeating a lot of crap.  So my own resolution is to eat more healthily.

* *sigh* Saw the preview for the 'Angel and Faith' issue.  While I do think that eventually they may allow Angel to be scolded slightly, I also believe that the full whitewashing is on like Tom Sawyer begging friends to help him with his fence.  You can't convince me there's deeply hidden plan that they'll pounce on us later (why do people still float these 'unseen but they mean the opposite'  theories when they keep not happening?  The comics haven't been genre busting thus for.  More like genre-adherent.)  Really, I believe it's just a pure case of protagonist privilege.  Most of what Angel does and decides isn't wrong... simply because he's Angel, and he's the protagonist.

*  Also, I do dearly hope that BuffyForums Zianna is right and Buffy is not pregnant.  Not only because I think it would be an incredibly stupid and mishandled story with this bunch at the comics, but also because it will disappoint a certain poster so very badly.

 

My Kitty is Quite Ill

So I took Carly to the vet and had bloodwork done.  She was diagnosed as being in chronic renal failure.  

The good part was that her numbers weren't so high that they had reached critical state such that there had been irreversible crystalization in her kidneys but... well... she isn't going to get 'well' either.  

They said I could leave her for IV fluids for several days but Carly is really crazed and unmanageable at the vets.  They'd have to sedate her to treat her.  They also said I could give her subcutaneous fluids at home which means that I  basically hook her up to an IV and give her saline, just beneath the skin rather than actually intravenously.  

I opted for the latter because I think leaving her at the vet would only leave her highly stressed and would kill her sooner.  

Her creatinine levels hadn't reached critical levels yet, which is good.  But her phosphorus is quite high (though also not quite to critical). Still, reading up online, yeah, all her symptoms fall under the symptoms of too much phosphorus. So the vet gave me a bag of saline, some hypodermics with anti-nausea medication, special food, and a demonstration and instructions for what to do with instructions to come back in 10 days  or so to have more saline and quite probably to do more bloodwork (though this time alone cost me $200!  YIKES!)

Basically I'm left with the impression that Carly isn't going to die any second now, but she's nineteen and...well... she's nineteen. This should improve her quality of life for the immediate future, helping her feel better, and lowering her phosphorus should help lessen her symptoms, but it's no cure.  And eventually...

For the time being, however, she's treatable. And she's still physically okay in most respects so she's definitely worth treating as long as it improves her quality of life.  Poor baby. 

My Kitty is Quite Ill

So I took Carly to the vet and had bloodwork done.  She was diagnosed as being in chronic renal failure.  

The good part was that her numbers weren't so high that they had reached critical state such that there had been irreversible crystalization in her kidneys but... well... she isn't going to get 'well' either.  

They said I could leave her for IV fluids for several days but Carly is really crazed and unmanageable at the vets.  They'd have to sedate her to treat her.  They also said I could give her subcutaneous fluids at home which means that I  basically hook her up to an IV and give her saline, just beneath the skin rather than actually intravenously.  

I opted for the latter because I think leaving her at the vet would only leave her highly stressed and would kill her sooner.  

Her creatinine levels hadn't reached critical levels yet, which is good.  But her phosphorus is quite high (though also not quite to critical). Still, reading up online, yeah, all her symptoms fall under the symptoms of too much phosphorus. So the vet gave me a bag of saline, some hypodermics with anti-nausea medication, special food, and a demonstration and instructions for what to do with instructions to come back in 10 days  or so to have more saline and quite probably to do more bloodwork (though this time alone cost me $200!  YIKES!)

Basically I'm left with the impression that Carly isn't going to die any second now, but she's nineteen and...well... she's nineteen. This should improve her quality of life for the immediate future, helping her feel better, and lowering her phosphorus should help lessen her symptoms, but it's no cure.  And eventually...

For the time being, however, she's treatable. And she's still physically okay in most respects so she's definitely worth treating as long as it improves her quality of life.  Poor baby. 

My Kitty is Quite Ill

So I took Carly to the vet and had bloodwork done.  She was diagnosed as being in chronic renal failure.  

The good part was that her numbers weren't so high that they had reached critical state such that there had been irreversible crystalization in her kidneys but... well... she isn't going to get 'well' either.  

They said I could leave her for IV fluids for several days but Carly is really crazed and unmanageable at the vets.  They'd have to sedate her to treat her.  They also said I could give her subcutaneous fluids at home which means that I  basically hook her up to an IV and give her saline, just beneath the skin rather than actually intravenously.  

I opted for the latter because I think leaving her at the vet would only leave her highly stressed and would kill her sooner.  

Her creatinine levels hadn't reached critical levels yet, which is good.  But her phosphorus is quite high (though also not quite to critical). Still, reading up online, yeah, all her symptoms fall under the symptoms of too much phosphorus. So the vet gave me a bag of saline, some hypodermics with anti-nausea medication, special food, and a demonstration and instructions for what to do with instructions to come back in 10 days  or so to have more saline and quite probably to do more bloodwork (though this time alone cost me $200!  YIKES!)

Basically I'm left with the impression that Carly isn't going to die any second now, but she's nineteen and...well... she's nineteen. This should improve her quality of life for the immediate future, helping her feel better, and lowering her phosphorus should help lessen her symptoms, but it's no cure.  And eventually...

For the time being, however, she's treatable. And she's still physically okay in most respects so she's definitely worth treating as long as it improves her quality of life.  Poor baby.