Thanks Nina. Things are calm for the moment here at Liz's Kitty Boutique and Day Spa (and sometimes infirmary). Plus, I think I actually went three minutes without thinking about having a ciggy. In three more hours - it will be day 10.
On 1/9/07, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh man Elizabeth, talk about jinxing ourselves! I'm glad he got some pain meds. Poor sugar, he and you are in my prayers that the worst is behind you. Nina elizabeth trent wrote: > Well...right after saying he was better -- I am just back from zipping > his fat butt to the vet's as fast as I could. I was, in fact, on the > phone with the vet asking about his pain management policy > when Antonio kept trying to urinate and couldn't...finally growled and > screamed and his back end. > > I thought he was blocked. Of course, when I picked the boy up to take > him inside at the vet's - I must have put some pressure on his bladder > because I felt that unmistakable warm feeling down my sweat pants. > That pee saved me a lot of money. > > The whole staff I was mad at yesterday stayed well past > closing....gave him a dexe shot, fluids...and a demerol shot - thank > goodness! When they put pressure on his bladder - they were able to > get him to go more -- and it is far less bloody than yesterday. They > say his bladder was probably low on fluids and he was feeling that > sandy grit of the crystals in there. I am just very glad to have some > pain relief for my boy. He's happy as a clam sprawled out on the > kitchen floor just watching the world go by.

