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Astrid Update (I will get an update every morning from the hospital, and I am worrying about this to no end, so sorry, I have to write about it): the vet called and said "she is doing [pause] OK. She still has no deep pain sensation in her back legs, but sometimes with very severe spine compression like she had, it takes a few days for that to come back. (Oh, I hope that is true and not just some hopeful line of bullshit.) She ate some boiled chicken this morning and is very sweet. Every time a vet tech comes by she comes to the front of the cage and licks their hands and asks to get petted. Please know we are making her comfortable and we will call again tomorrow morning to give you an update."
I interpreted this as hopeful, but then worried that it might be like when I have to call a kid's parent and tell them that their kid is going to fail, and I say something like, "Your child really has excellent shiny hair and has retained all his teeth, which is great! However, he has a 24 in History. Here is all the summer school information." (You are always supposed to say something nice first to soften the blow of the bad news, you see. I hope that doctor wasn't doing that. Though I am pretty sure she was.)
I'm glad she (Astrid, not the doctor) is still her affectionate self, though. It means her personality hasn't been affected, and that's my favorite thing about her. I can't wait until I can go see her tomorrow and administer some Mommy-love. I hope they are giving her plenty of stranger-love in the meantime. Though that is not as good.
I interpreted this as hopeful, but then worried that it might be like when I have to call a kid's parent and tell them that their kid is going to fail, and I say something like, "Your child really has excellent shiny hair and has retained all his teeth, which is great! However, he has a 24 in History. Here is all the summer school information." (You are always supposed to say something nice first to soften the blow of the bad news, you see. I hope that doctor wasn't doing that. Though I am pretty sure she was.)
I'm glad she (Astrid, not the doctor) is still her affectionate self, though. It means her personality hasn't been affected, and that's my favorite thing about her. I can't wait until I can go see her tomorrow and administer some Mommy-love. I hope they are giving her plenty of stranger-love in the meantime. Though that is not as good.