Update on Miko + Kettu schedule
Thank you everyone for your well wishes regarding Miko. It means a lot to know you all are thinking about us. :)
Here is the obligatory kitty update: she had exploratory surgery on Friday. They found no foreign objects and no tumors. They took biopsies of her liver, spleen, and pancreas. We should have the histopathology report later this week.
She is still not eating on her own, but she is keeping down all the food they have been feeding her, which they started up again yesterday (two days after surgery). They've fed her multiple times, and the fact that she's keeping it all down (so far!) is really good news. She's urinating normally, too, as far as I can tell.
Also, she purred for me yesterday and today. She purred! Yesterday's purrs were weak and could only be felt right under her chin. Today's purrs were a bit stronger -- I could feel and hear them when I put my ear to her shoulder area. This is such exciting news for me! I love my little Miko-purrs! And while she hasn't yet been able to stick her butt up in the air when I scritch the base of her tail, she did push against my hand once as I scritched her when I visited her today. Things are looking up right now. I am ever grateful.
We're still not out of the woods yet, though, obviously. She needs to, at the very least, continue keeping down the syringe-fed food. The next step is for her to start eating on her own. But there's definite signs of improvement day-by-day. Definitely happy-making.
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Tonight, optimystik is doing a sleep study, so I won't see him until tomorrow after work. I almost feel left out, as both of my partners get to do sleep studies, except I'm very glad I don't have any sleep problems. (Touch wood.)
Tomorrow is the last outdoor drum circle. I will bring my super wonderful djembe from Ghana and hopefully also be able to manage bringing N's brand-spankin'-new didjeridoo that we got this weekend from Inti Crafts.
Wednesday is perhaps time spent with Miss Tormenta.
Thursday is perhaps a planning session for Thousand Cats.
Friday is Wolf Moon.
Saturday is Dark Rave 7th anniversary. I looked at the line-up and the only thing that appeals is Phink. I really hope it doesn't suck. It's also the 2nd-to-last weekend I'm comfortable doing non-ecstatic drugs, for the record, in case certain parties were interested in such knowledge.
Sunday is Thanksgiving Dinner chez N's Gram.
Monday is Thanksgiving Dinner with friends? Need to check on that.
At some point this weekend, we need to have M over to hang and so we can bum 2nd season Lost from him and return 1st season Lost with many expressions of gratitude, and we also need to have A over so she can teach us how to manually express Kiska's anal glands. You know you're jealous.
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Also, I haven't checked my friends list since Thursday of last week. It appears that I no longer have time on the weekends to check LJ... or to even turn on my computer. So if there's something you would like me to know, please call if it's urgent or send me an email if it's not.
Thank you!
Here is the obligatory kitty update: she had exploratory surgery on Friday. They found no foreign objects and no tumors. They took biopsies of her liver, spleen, and pancreas. We should have the histopathology report later this week.
She is still not eating on her own, but she is keeping down all the food they have been feeding her, which they started up again yesterday (two days after surgery). They've fed her multiple times, and the fact that she's keeping it all down (so far!) is really good news. She's urinating normally, too, as far as I can tell.
Also, she purred for me yesterday and today. She purred! Yesterday's purrs were weak and could only be felt right under her chin. Today's purrs were a bit stronger -- I could feel and hear them when I put my ear to her shoulder area. This is such exciting news for me! I love my little Miko-purrs! And while she hasn't yet been able to stick her butt up in the air when I scritch the base of her tail, she did push against my hand once as I scritched her when I visited her today. Things are looking up right now. I am ever grateful.
We're still not out of the woods yet, though, obviously. She needs to, at the very least, continue keeping down the syringe-fed food. The next step is for her to start eating on her own. But there's definite signs of improvement day-by-day. Definitely happy-making.
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At some point this weekend, we need to have M over to hang and so we can bum 2nd season Lost from him and return 1st season Lost with many expressions of gratitude, and we also need to have A over so she can teach us how to manually express Kiska's anal glands. You know you're jealous.
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Also, I haven't checked my friends list since Thursday of last week. It appears that I no longer have time on the weekends to check LJ... or to even turn on my computer. So if there's something you would like me to know, please call if it's urgent or send me an email if it's not.
Thank you!