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Fun, productive weekend!

We worked our asses off in the yard on Sat, mowing, trimming, moving mulch, etc. Robert came over and pulled up some privet for us – YAY!

Sunday was Caroline’s birfday, so we went to Six Flags with her and Andrew. We rode the Scrambler, the Space Shuttle (aka Pirate Ship), Great Gasp, Dahlonega Mine ride, Haunted Mansion and the Swings. Fun! I won a purple dragon from the little squirt gun game and I got a new pressed penny for my collection! All in all a fun afternoon!

We came back to an impromptu party at Rebecca’s house with ribs, smoked boston butt, bbq chicken, pasta/sauce and much wine. We had a GREAT time!

We stayed out too late hanging with Rebecca after the party and we drank too much wine, which led to our lounging in bed until 11am!! Sadly, half our day is gone, but we’re now off to Big Lots, Criminal Records, Lowes and Target to gather stuff for gardening. Yay!

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Missy Kat finale

I picked up Missy this morning from the ER. She was awake and alert – not 100%, but much much better.

The vet at the ER, Beverly Hughes (bless her heart!) kept the fees down to $120 AND took great care of my Missy. They are hella expensive, but the Dekalb-Gwinnett Emergency clinic has an all female staff that pretty much RAWKS in my book.

I did talk to Dr Cely today and she is as horrified as I that Missy wasn’t checked prior to release. She simply does not respond well to IV anesthetics and she’ll never be given them again. Had they not dropped the ball, Missy would have stayed overnight with fluids and some yohimbe to offset part of the anesthetic and she’d have been fine.

Whoa, what a long week!

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Missy Kat, pt 2

So, after all the drama of Missy being trapped and then cutting her foot, we can add one stupid ass veterinarian overdosing her. [Actually, Missy has an allergy to a certain anesthetic, which we identified and know to avoid. -A 2015]

I go to pick her up yesterday afternoon and she’s comatose. I questioned the tech who brought her out and he insisted that “She’s fine. They just gave her too much anesthesia. Put her in some fresh air and she’ll wake right up.”

Yah, right. I bring her home at 4pm and she’s still comatose at 9pm. I call the emergency vets and they tell me to bring her in.

So, here we go to the emergency room for a second night. Not only is Missy NOT ok, but her core temperature is 95º (cats should be 100-102º) and she’s dehydrated, too. The ER vet called the vet who did the surgery on Missy and come to find out, the vet wasn’t even THERE when the morons released the cat to me.

As of now, Missy’s sutures have cost
$230 first ER visit
$93 for regular vet
$130 for 2nd ER visit (and possibly more when I pick her up in a minute).

That’s $453, folks. For a few sutures. And my cat is VERY sick. Had I not been aware, she could have died. She should have NEVER been released in the state she was in. Granted, we had no idea that she’d react so badly to anesthetic, but the goddam vet should have kept an eye on her.

Oh, yes, Dearborn Animal Clinic and I will have words today. [We did and they gave me a $120 credit to offset the emergency vet fee.]

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Daily Zen

The entire day I searched for spring,
But spring I could not find,
In my straw sandals I tramped among the
Mountain peak clouds.
Home again, smiling, I finger a sprig of
Fragrant plum blossom;
Spring was right here on these branches
In all of its glory!

– Plum Blossom Nun

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MissingFOUND kitty!

NEW STORY:
Around 7pm last night, we were in the backyard when our neighbor came home. He was futzing in his backyard, so I called him over and asked if he’d open up his crawlspace to see if Missy had gone in last night. He did and she bounded out of there, SO HAPPY to be set free. Then, in her jubilation, she tried to climb the chain link fence and cut the shit out of her little back foot. So, when it didn’t stop bleeding after 2 hours, I decided to take her to the Emergency Clinic to see about sutures or whatever. Well, they are HELLA expensive ($99 to walk in the door) and their proposal was a $500 bill for 3 or 4 sutures. So, instead we patched her up, gave her antibiotics and some pain meds and I paid $230 to the nice lady as we left. ::sigh::

Today we’re off to our regular vet to get the toes sutured and all that. Prolly for another $250 vet bill. Well, no matter, I’m so relieved to have her back that I really don’t care about the money.

She’s back, she’s basically ok and once we get her foot fixed up, then it’ll just be keeping her from chewing it via the lovely e-collar. Which she hates.

Ah, who needs human kids? I’ve got 3 four-legged ones that keep me quite busy, thanks. :-)

OLD STORY: My lil tuxedo kitty, Missy, disappeared last night. I’m beside myself with worry and heartbroken to think that I’m losing another cat after Dickens last year. Missy stepped in when Dickens died and gave me tons of kitty luv, which helped me a lot.

Occasionally Bernie will disappear for a day. Even DJ will do it every now and then. But Missy is not interested in going off. She stays in the yard, on the porch or on her chair. She NEVER misses a meal. EVER.

This has really pushed all my buttons. I’ve been crying off and on most of the day and I just can’t concentrate to do anything other than silly internet crap like read my Tribe account or LJ or post here.

It’s been almost 24 hours. I pray she’ll come back. She’s my constant companion – much more so than DJ or Bernie. Those 2 do their own thing. Missy is always close by and everywhere I look I think of her.