be glad very glad you could not hear me screaming from here. last night jelly roll had 103.7 temp but it was late and no way was i driving in rainstorm one hour to go to vet--I did talk with them--and since Jelly was eating, my exhaustion won out and I decided to check himduring often during the night and then go today to vet if necessary. temp in am was 104 so called vet and off we went. first I got held up for 20 mins. by world's longest funeral procession--when I actually started to count cars, I counted 137 so have no idea how many were that I didn't count. since it was in center of a large town, every time the light changed, the procession was held up trying to turn in front of me, blocking me from driving straight through. I asked the police officer could I please go and he just snarled at me, "so what if it's a sick cat?" got to vet and after 3 1/2 hours, the bloodwork showed the wbc hadn't gone down more but they are still very very low. the cat also fought the staff trying to take its temp and they said, for a sick animal, he's a fighter. Meanwhile out in waiting room, when Ipolitely asked a tall gentleman watching another tv set if he could turn off the tv mounted on wall over my head(the waitiing room has 4 tv's and noone was watching the one over my head, they were all facing the other way watching Emergency Vets on Animal Planet)the man threw a hissy fit and his partner joined in on me for upsetting him. (Remind me to just let that damn QVC channel stay on next time.) the vet said the appetite stimulants dont' work that well on cats by the way. and then told me Jelly had fleas. (courtesy of visiting a friend over the weekend who had an abandoned mom cat with 6 kittens I guess) so had to get treatment for 7 cats and 1 dogs. when I got home, I proceeded to have fun chasing 3 half feral cats around my house who in the process peed all over my cedar chest that holds all my clothes, peed under our king sized bed bookcase headboard(which when the company brought it into the house, said -decide now lady where you want this because you ain't never gonna move this again)-peed in the bathroom where i finally cornered the last one and all over me too--but i did get them all. then it was after 4 pm and i still had not had lunch but the gang decided they wanted their lunch also. halfway thru walking the poor dog on his afternoon walk, the rain came down again and we got drenched. realized i also had to wash every single pet bedding and people bedding because of the fleas and that laundry is still not done. then the remarkable phone system my brilliant engineer husband set up(sarcasm there.....)decided to go kablooey--the downstairs phone with teh ans. machine rings but I can't talk on it---the upstairs one does not ring but I can talk on that one and that running upstairs and downstairs made up for our cut short dog walk but at least the cats got exercise too because they proceeded to get spooked by my activity and run like crazy up and down the stairs also. Through it all, Jelly slept. He woke up at 6 and peeked his head around the corner of the kitchen and I set out a small can of Fancy Feast and turned around to get the baby spoon to feed him if he would and turned back to find he was eating on his own. he finished half of that and also ate some Petguard Premium and some SD a/d. So I stood there hardly daring to breathe while he ate and thanked God for tipping me for all the laughs I gave him today. Now I will be quiet again. g'nite and hope everyone and their fur babies are sleeping peacefully, too Barbara and Jelly Roll (who climbed the stairs to come sleep upstairs tonight-YEAY!!!!!!)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:17 PM Subject: You people are quiet today > This is just a test. I haven't gotten an email from the list today and > I want to make sure I'm still receiving. > Thanks > >
