Hermes' kidney results are pretty bad. There's an outside chance it's just an infection but it's not likely. It's possible he'll be able to have a while of being OK with the right diet but "not years and years". The vet is going to keep him on a drip and feed him up a bit to see what sort of difference that makes so, at least, we have time to think ( Read more... )

The vet is worried enough by Hermes' loss of weight and condition that he's put him on a drip for re-hydration and is doing blood tests for liver and kidney function. Even if that's OK he's going to be there at least overnight before they will operate on his abscessed teeth. I'm having a very fretful morning, needless to say and I'm missing my ( Read more... )

School started this morning and I'm sick of it already. Crispin has been in a state of high anxiety about having a new teacher and moving to a different floor. Anxious enough that I had to spend pretty much all day at school with him. Jamie can't look after Ferdi at all tomorrow so Crispin will have to fly solo for a good chunk of the day - he'll ( Read more... )

The Housecall people are happy to deal with our diabetic cat and can feed all the cats and water the garden for around half what boarding at the vet would cost. So i guess we do get to go away ( Read more... )

I'm missing my second meeting for this week. Last night I missed the Homebirth association due to my lift falling through. Tonight I'm missing Playcentre because not only does my lift have a tummy bug but Crispin has the flu and was all clingy and tearful. I'm feeling a bit guilty for forcing to go to school this morning when he didn't want to but ( Read more... )

I went and got a facial today. It's not something I've done before and not something I'd really think of doing but I had a voucher (it was a christmas present from last year and was about to run out) so off I went. I enjoyed getting to lie still for an hour in the middle of the afternoon and the massaging and the things that smelled nice but the ( Read more... )

Jamie's Mum got discharged from hospital this evening. It looks like the heart attack was caused by a virus rather than advanced heart disease which is, as far as I can tell, good news. We left her sitting in her comfy chair with dinner on a tray and strict instructions not to leave her seat. I'm pretty sure she will have gotten up to "just do a ( Read more... )

Not only is the dryer still at the menders but today both the TV and DVD stopped working. The internet has been dodgey as hell lately too (though I think that's them not us). Oh and the light in the dining room hasn't worked for a while now. Maybe there's some kind of electrical curse on the house ( Read more... )

I've had this blasted cold all week. I feel normal enough that I'm feeling guilty about not doing much but whenever I do attempt to get out of my seat and be useful I discover that I have an IQ of 4, no stamina and a complete inability to form words or co ordinate my limbs.

Poor Crispin had a rough afternoon yesterday. His school has an options ( Read more... )

As part of the school application process we went for a morning at school yesterday. Crispin was a bit overwhelmed and clingy at first but warmed up quite quickly and had a wonderful time. The kids had free choice of activity for most of the morning and I was impressed by how much productive, focussed activity there was and how confident and ( Read more... )