Day 26 journal
So far, cutting the simple starches out of the diet for a couple of weeks is going really well. I did have two squares of chocolate last night, to salve the intense stress of the day. A good bit of that stress didn't come to any kind of conclusion until this morning, when I took Tiri to the vet. She's fine, and I am treating her for her stomach issues, but I was so worried at the constant vomiting I couldn't sleep. She actually came upstairs last night to get me, and so I went downstairs to sleep with her (she won't sleep upstairs if she's sick, if the windows are open downstairs, or if there's someone else in the bed). She was on and off the couch all night, intermittently puking. She got to the point she'd sit next to the couch so I didn't have to get up to reach out and hold her while she was retching. It was heart-rending. It did stop once i took food and water away, which helped. She was starving and thirsty (no, she wasn't terribly dehydrated by any means, but she was trying to clear her system), so she kept trying to ingest things that kept coming back up.
I knew it wasn't poison, etc. because she was very bright-eyed and bushy tailed, no fever, clear-eyed, lucid, etc. I had a good idea of what it was, and I was basically right. Logically, I knew she'd be fine until morning. Emotionally, I couldn't go to sleep. She got in first thing this morning, and it's her digestive system acting up again. Doc recommended some new, simple measures to help stave this off if it happens again (this is the second time), and Tiri is doing better now. She's eating, and has kept it down. Yay!
In other news, I had two of my favorite things today: a ripe, juicy nectarine and a ripe banana with peanut butter. Little bits of heaven.
YESTERDAY:
Food--Breakfast: fermented oatmeal w/strawberries and molasses. Lunch: bowl of organic cereal. Dinner: fresh salad w/tomatoes and grated mozzarella, minestrone soup w/parmesan, and vegetable-smoked sausage gratin. snack: two squares of chocolate sliced cheese, sliced nectarine, sunflower seeds.
Did: coffee w/friend. Top of the Park in the evening. Scrabble. Tended kitty.
Supplements: usual.
TODAY:
Food--Breakfast: bowl of organic cereal. Lunch: leftover gratin. Snack: nectarine and banana w/peanut butter. Dinner: tomato & red-pepper soup, grilled cheese sandwhich, salad. There'll likely be a snack this evening of yogurt w/granola.
Exercise: headed to gym to do cardio & upper body. Unf, my damn toe is hurting pretty badly, so not at all sure how if I'll get in the regular amount of cardio. Might swim instead.
Accomplished: 2 hours in the car w/kitty (our vet is SO worth the trip--both in efficacy and cost). Started cleaning deck. Opened house. Managed not to nap despite getting like 2 hours of sleep.
I knew it wasn't poison, etc. because she was very bright-eyed and bushy tailed, no fever, clear-eyed, lucid, etc. I had a good idea of what it was, and I was basically right. Logically, I knew she'd be fine until morning. Emotionally, I couldn't go to sleep. She got in first thing this morning, and it's her digestive system acting up again. Doc recommended some new, simple measures to help stave this off if it happens again (this is the second time), and Tiri is doing better now. She's eating, and has kept it down. Yay!
In other news, I had two of my favorite things today: a ripe, juicy nectarine and a ripe banana with peanut butter. Little bits of heaven.
YESTERDAY:
Food--Breakfast: fermented oatmeal w/strawberries and molasses. Lunch: bowl of organic cereal. Dinner: fresh salad w/tomatoes and grated mozzarella, minestrone soup w/parmesan, and vegetable-smoked sausage gratin. snack: two squares of chocolate sliced cheese, sliced nectarine, sunflower seeds.
Did: coffee w/friend. Top of the Park in the evening. Scrabble. Tended kitty.
Supplements: usual.
TODAY:
Food--Breakfast: bowl of organic cereal. Lunch: leftover gratin. Snack: nectarine and banana w/peanut butter. Dinner: tomato & red-pepper soup, grilled cheese sandwhich, salad. There'll likely be a snack this evening of yogurt w/granola.
Exercise: headed to gym to do cardio & upper body. Unf, my damn toe is hurting pretty badly, so not at all sure how if I'll get in the regular amount of cardio. Might swim instead.
Accomplished: 2 hours in the car w/kitty (our vet is SO worth the trip--both in efficacy and cost). Started cleaning deck. Opened house. Managed not to nap despite getting like 2 hours of sleep.