Another comedy of errors where no one's laughing

[maystone]

Thanks, everyone, for the good wishes for Dar. She's sound asleep, still waiting for the sedatives to work their way out of her system. The procedures didn't go as planned; they only managed to get the colonoscopy done. Once again they couldn't insert the endoscope, and once again they seriously under-sedated her. The good news is that colonoscopy found nothing wrong - no bleeds, no tumors, no polyps. Yay for that :)

From what I could gather, her surgeon is not going to give up and is working on another plan, because really . . . she has a freaking bleeding ulcer. Someone has to do something now. The ward nurses were spectacularly unhelpful about what happened during the procedure and what the follow-up plans were, and I finally just went into the doctor's chart to find out why they stopped the endoscopy. I also had to badger them to let Dar go to the bathroom and to get the results of the colonoscopy. Grrrrr. They weren't incompetent, just uninvolved.

Then there was melodrama about getting to the hospital and back. It ended up with Mark dropping us off and Q picking us up, neither of which was the original plan. Blame this fucking winter.

Q is still sick and Dar is drugged out of her little mind, so I ended up doing the animals evening feeding. Things were going swimmingly until I tried to get the damn water canisters open. The combination of freezing hands and weak muscles meant that I couldn't open the caps on the canisters to fill the damn things. Fortunately I'd brought one canister that had already been filled, so I could top off the alpacas water buckets. For poor Jester, though, I had to use his food bucket to haul his water from the pump, which meant his water was full of alfalfa bits and other grains. It's just for one night, and the bits should sink to the bottom, right?

Then there was a full evening of cat wrangling to contend with. I love the kitties, but sometimes it gets tiring. We let the adults work it out among themselves, but we still have to keep a close eye on the baby girls. Poor Little isn't really responsible for her actions anymore. She's showing signs of having some kind of brain involvement in whatever is making her ill. I thought it might be an infection; Dar thinks she's had a stroke. We all know what has to be done, but this is Dar's Little Cat, very dear to her.

Depressing, eh. I'm bone tired and coming down with something. Those two things do not mix well together. And I missed Jericho last night. And between the steroids and the forced inactivity I've gained so much weight back that none of my pants fit me anymore. And I can't afford to buy new ones, and it kills me to have to do that anyway. This shouldn't matter. I keep telling myself that it shouldn't matter. Sadly, it does. I hope to come to terms soon, because it's only going to get worse - for a while anyway.

I really do apologize for being so out of sorts. I just need to shut it down and go to bed.

And so I shall.

Comments

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

*hugs to you all*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweetie. Very much appreciated.

[luxefibre.livejournal.com]

oh man, that is so sucky. as if i colonoscopy isn't bad enough, then they don't get it done. you would think they would totally knock her out and give her a muscle relaxant, you know? these people do this for a living, you know? i hope she feels better soon. gut issues are miserable.

as for the kitty issue, we have had major issues with our cats fighting (bad bad fighting) to the point that our boy cat who is terrified of our two sister cats that he knocked a second story screen out of the window and was hanging completely out and hanging on by his front paws. if i hadn't been there, he may have fallen out. anyway, they fight on top of us while we are sleeping, etc, and i was scared someone would get hurt. we got this stuff from the pet store called "calm down!" that you put in their water, it is herbal, and it works incredibly well and doesn't seem to be sedating or anything. our youngest is not quite 6 months, and is tiny, and it doesn't affect her crazy energy, just seems to calm down the fighting. they have it on amazon, i think. and i am sure they have something similar in canada, too. we have tried different brands and they worked just as well.

as for jericho, i am pretty sure you can watch it for free online, i have watched other things this way, i think this link should work...http://freetvdown.blogspot.com/2008/01/jericho-season-2-episodes-1-2-3-leaked.htmlso don't sweat it. it was a good one, though.

crummy weather, health issues, having to actually go OUTSIDE in crummy cold weather and a loved one being sick doesn't do much for anyone, so i dunno that it is just you being negative. plus, i hear that the mercury in retrograde thing is supposed to increase all around misery. everyone i know seems to feel out of sorts and exhausted.

hugs and chocolate!
n.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

She's one of us spoonie types, too. She's got Chiari and fused neck and spacticity and no bone at the base of her skull plus a shunt in her brain. there's no way in hell she can bend her neck and head back far enough to get that damn scope down, so they need to find a slender, very flexible scope for her. The onus is on them.

I'm sure Jericho will be repeated over the weekend in Canada. I just have to remember to keep an eye out for it. Ah yeah, that's the trick :)

I thought mercury went out of retrograde last week. Boy, what you've said makes much more sense, because everything is such a trial to get done lately. Get your act together Mercury, please!

thanks for the tip about the natural sedative; that sounds great. I have to go cat food shopping tomorrow; I'll see if I can find some or definitely check out Amazon. Thanks, lux!

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

(((hugz))) to all.

I'm so sorry to hear about Dar's -oscopy experience. I got both of mine done, but don't know what the outcome is yet. They took biopsys during the colonoscopy, which has me a little freaked. I'm glad that *that* part of Dar is in good shape. I hope that they can find a way to treat her nasty bleeding ulcer...that sounds terribly uncomfortable.

Jester won't mind bits in his water...hell, mine wash their mouths out in their water and then drink it. They aren't that picky...trust me. As long as it's wet and melted, they'll drink it. MMMMMY personal favorite is when they use their water bucket as a sewer and then look at me like, "Well?" *sigh*

I'm sorry about Little...it sucks watching a beloved pet-member-of-the-family decline. Sucks hard. (((hugs)))

I'm thinkin' about all of you.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Waiting for biopsy results is ridiculously stressful; I've had to do it a few times mysef. Just remember that overwhelmingly the biopsies come back benign, OK? Anything I can do to add some moral support, you just say the word, sweetie.

Yeah, I didn't think Jester was going to protest too loudly about his water tank :) I know that I feel much worse about it than he does.

[gatezilla.livejournal.com]

Aw, Mays. Don't apologize. You've got a lot going on, lots to deal with. You're allowed to be out of sorts.

I wish I could bring you some joy right now. I'm beaming some to you from me through the power of the interweb. I hope you can feel it.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm smiling, so something came through :) That's very sweet of you, Gatechen. And you sent Emerson and his daisy to deliver it. Awwww. You make me sniffle. Joyfully!

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Damn it! I was going to tell you I was okay to go feed Jester and the Alpacas this afternoon, but then I fell asleep. But I was okay! Just sleepy. Sorry!!!!!!!!!! I hate being sick.

[petranef.livejournal.com]

Hugs and good thoughts for all. I have no eloquence at the moment, but I am thinking of you. And please, you have every right to be out of sorts; no apologies! >:/

Is there no physio-type therapy for stroke-kitties? I'm sure TTouch could help a little....

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good wishes, honey. I had a much better day today.

The problem with Little is that she's turned very aggressive, and she's developed some manic behaviours. Dar believes she saw her having a small seizure, too. We give her a lot of affection and attention, but it's gone beyond that now.

[skripka.livejournal.com]

all I got is hugs.
*many of them*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Hugs is good :) Thanks, sweetie.

[sffan.livejournal.com]

The frustration, it burns. I can feel it all the way over here and I just have no idea how you cope sometimes.

*hugs*

Forgot to add...maybe there's something the vet can do for Little, could it be fixable? Are you sure it's not just the kittens' hormones that aren't making her mental?

[maystone.livejournal.com]

We're going to have Little checked out, of course, but it goes well beyond just stalking the kittens now. Poor baby.

[caerwynx.livejournal.com]

*love*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

You both have my sympathies.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) Happily it was a much better day for the both of us today.

[cajoje.livejournal.com]

I had to use his food bucket to haul his water from the pump, which meant his water was full of alfalfa bits and other grains. It's just for one night, and the bits should sink to the bottom, right?

Horses suck water up sthrough their teeth, which acts liek a natural filter, so the grainy bits aren;t a probkem. Also, they're his food, so no big deal. You should see the skanky water the field horses get. It's all good.

Poor family. Want me to come back and help? I'll totally quit.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kept thinking about both the horses and the alpacas in the wild to try to assuage my guilt :) I didn't know about the teeth sucking thing with horses - very cool.

Hey, you'll be here in a few weeks, right? Because then, definitely . . . heeeeelllllllppppppp! And it should be all nice and sloppy muddy out there. I know how much you like that about Spring. Heh.

[windrider67.livejournal.com]

hugs and strength my sweet