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Waffle is on an another new medication. Holy crap. That's 5 total, 3 are twice a day and 2 are once a day. Bella is on one of the same medications, but hers is mixed by a different company, so it's a whole seperate thing, and only once every other day. The new medication is pretty cheap, about $15 for 2 or 3 months, but it's an immunosuppressant. This means that he needs a $50 blood test every month. Along with the re-check fee, $12, and all his other medications.. $60, $40, $16, and I think $30. These generally last about a month, maybe less. THEN, add in there his Lupron injections for his adrenal disease. Those are about $60 a shot - he gets one every 6 weeks or so. I don't have to pay for Bella's medication, because she is a foster, so that's helpful. But this is tough. This little boy has had more medical bills and check-ups in his 4 years than I've had my entire life. I would do anything for him, but the medications are just getting tough. I'd told the vet tech (wonderful Claudia!) that I could only afford the new meds if we were stopping one of the old ones.. she said we would be but I guess the vet decided not to.
And to add to that, I make my own soup (a soupy food mixture made to plump up sick ferrets, and in my case, mix with meds so they taste less like ass), and that is not cheap. Prescription cat food, powdered egg, powdered goat's milk, and special ferret supplements. This stuff is not always easy to find, but there's no way I would use anything less, even if it's not as costly. I've seen little Waffle gain a ton of healthy weight since I started making it myself.
I also just recently found out that Bella is blind. She may be able to see a little, but most likely no more than shadows. She's a tough little girl, she's always the one to climb on top of something she shouldn't, or attack Pedro when he's being a butt. I'm so glad that I am fostering these two, it's tough with Waffle needing so much care, but I can tell he's a happy little boy. Ferret piles now happen all the time, I come home to at least two ferrets snuggling, if not all three of them in the same hammy. Even when we go to Jeff's, where I don't currently have a big hammy, they all pile into a smaller one.. with Pedro's big butt usually hanging out.
I am exhausted. I can't sleep anymore without tylenol PM, unless it's on a friday, which is SO unfair. I've tried not taking it before, because I don't like the idea of becoming addicted, but then I stay up til 2 or 3 AM - at best - even if I'm tired. My sleep feels like it's useless lately no matter what I do. I wake up exhausted, whether I got 3 hours of sleep or 10, or anything in between.
I haven't posted since my entry about Jeff and I taking a break. It ended up being about a day until we got back together. It's hard for me to really explain what's going on between us.. we get along well sometimes but when we fight it's a huge fight. I don't think he really understands me, still. I don't even have the energy to think about it right now.
And to add to that, I make my own soup (a soupy food mixture made to plump up sick ferrets, and in my case, mix with meds so they taste less like ass), and that is not cheap. Prescription cat food, powdered egg, powdered goat's milk, and special ferret supplements. This stuff is not always easy to find, but there's no way I would use anything less, even if it's not as costly. I've seen little Waffle gain a ton of healthy weight since I started making it myself.
I also just recently found out that Bella is blind. She may be able to see a little, but most likely no more than shadows. She's a tough little girl, she's always the one to climb on top of something she shouldn't, or attack Pedro when he's being a butt. I'm so glad that I am fostering these two, it's tough with Waffle needing so much care, but I can tell he's a happy little boy. Ferret piles now happen all the time, I come home to at least two ferrets snuggling, if not all three of them in the same hammy. Even when we go to Jeff's, where I don't currently have a big hammy, they all pile into a smaller one.. with Pedro's big butt usually hanging out.
I am exhausted. I can't sleep anymore without tylenol PM, unless it's on a friday, which is SO unfair. I've tried not taking it before, because I don't like the idea of becoming addicted, but then I stay up til 2 or 3 AM - at best - even if I'm tired. My sleep feels like it's useless lately no matter what I do. I wake up exhausted, whether I got 3 hours of sleep or 10, or anything in between.
I haven't posted since my entry about Jeff and I taking a break. It ended up being about a day until we got back together. It's hard for me to really explain what's going on between us.. we get along well sometimes but when we fight it's a huge fight. I don't think he really understands me, still. I don't even have the energy to think about it right now.