Am happy to report that I was able to get myself into the office and work for 2 1/2 hours today, to add to the 3 I've chalked up already this week. Most of that time was entering edits I'd made on dead tree format at home, but I felt reasonably intelligent and even composed a few new sentences.

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Took Cally in to the vet for 3rd of 4 weekly injections of Cartrophen, and decided on a future course of one shot per month pending continued signs of improvement. Didn't take Pumpkin in, but had a chat about his hip and general Birmaniness.

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Due to human health issues I have been remiss in reporting on important cat health issues, but I'm feeling up to it today, so that's four for the price of one. I can type once more!

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It's time to take Cally to the vet for a review of her pain treatment. I knew it was coming, but the actual phone call was inspired by something very simple: the bottomless vial of Metacam I've been giving to her has finally run dry. I've had it for quite some time and only yesterday felt moved to belatedly check the expiration date (10/2012 fyi ( Read more... )

It never ends.

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Cally behind the cut.

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And today's lucky partcipant was Princess.

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Started the day with an exciting development: had a shower, dried off and got completely dressed without having to negotiate for spoons! I just, like, DID it! Woo!

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The problem with giving your cat medication that makes them feel better is that it make it difficult to deliver subsequent doses of said medication.

I like this problem :-)

Still not really up for outings today and had decided to defer Princess' 2 week followup vet visit for up to a week, but she suddenly went berk with scratching and headshaking, so we piled ourselves into various boxes and went to the vet.

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