Soon, we will be invincible
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rolanniI'm really enjoying reading about y'all's superpowers. What a mighty bunch we are!
Yesterday, things more-or-less fell apart at the day-job, due to a touching belief on the part of Certain Folk that telling me to do something is the same as that thing being done. I am a Damned Good Secretary. Instantaneous? Not so much.
After work yesterday, Mozart had his 20,000 mile checkup at the vet's, including various bloodwork that they like to do on "geriatric" cats. Tests were processed on the overnight; we got a phone call this morning. It transpires that Mozart has heartworm. I'm told that this is not nearly as serious in cats as it is in dogs; that the mosquito larvae do not prosper in a feline metabolism. Be that as may be, it's still nothing to ignore, and so I have achieved yummy heartworm once-a-month treats (which actually do seem to be yummy; Mo gobbled today's right down and looked for more), to be given for one year, after which there will be a retest. In the meantime, see the Cat Mom worry.
I have once again fallen behind on email. I will answer you, every one. No, really. It will just Take Me Awhile. In the meantime, rest easy in the knowledge that I adore you all.
While I'm cataloging my sins, I have also fallen behind in recording the Saltation pre-orders. A quick eyeball estimate of the incoming orders file leads me to believe that we're closing in on 868 books place, or only 342 to go! You guys who've been living on the edge -- I really admire your steady nerves.
Steve and Rich Horn have labored mightily this day and produced a cover for Eidolon. Handsome, no?
And! There's an update in the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
srmpublisher LJ!
Despite rumors to the contrary, I've made some more progress on Fledgling, though a big winner in the lottery ticket department would really help me out. I hate not being able to immerse myself in the story at this point and Just Get It Done. Bitch, bitch. I've printed out the 'script as it now stands (which included the necessity of changing a print drum and two! print cartridges in the Oki) and will be reading it this weekend, after --
We go to Portland, to return an item that we bought two weeks ago, which was broken upon decanting. I know, I know: Any excuse for a ride.
Heading into the kitchen to do the dishes, then it's time for dinner and an early bedtime, I think. For some reason, I'm exhausted.
Everybody be well.
Beginning word count, Fledgling first draft:
Yesterday, things more-or-less fell apart at the day-job, due to a touching belief on the part of Certain Folk that telling me to do something is the same as that thing being done. I am a Damned Good Secretary. Instantaneous? Not so much.
After work yesterday, Mozart had his 20,000 mile checkup at the vet's, including various bloodwork that they like to do on "geriatric" cats. Tests were processed on the overnight; we got a phone call this morning. It transpires that Mozart has heartworm. I'm told that this is not nearly as serious in cats as it is in dogs; that the mosquito larvae do not prosper in a feline metabolism. Be that as may be, it's still nothing to ignore, and so I have achieved yummy heartworm once-a-month treats (which actually do seem to be yummy; Mo gobbled today's right down and looked for more), to be given for one year, after which there will be a retest. In the meantime, see the Cat Mom worry.
I have once again fallen behind on email. I will answer you, every one. No, really. It will just Take Me Awhile. In the meantime, rest easy in the knowledge that I adore you all.
While I'm cataloging my sins, I have also fallen behind in recording the Saltation pre-orders. A quick eyeball estimate of the incoming orders file leads me to believe that we're closing in on 868 books place, or only 342 to go! You guys who've been living on the edge -- I really admire your steady nerves.
Steve and Rich Horn have labored mightily this day and produced a cover for Eidolon. Handsome, no?
And! There's an update in the
srmpublisher LJ!Despite rumors to the contrary, I've made some more progress on Fledgling, though a big winner in the lottery ticket department would really help me out. I hate not being able to immerse myself in the story at this point and Just Get It Done. Bitch, bitch. I've printed out the 'script as it now stands (which included the necessity of changing a print drum and two! print cartridges in the Oki) and will be reading it this weekend, after --
We go to Portland, to return an item that we bought two weeks ago, which was broken upon decanting. I know, I know: Any excuse for a ride.
Heading into the kitchen to do the dishes, then it's time for dinner and an early bedtime, I think. For some reason, I'm exhausted.
Everybody be well.
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Date: 2008-10-05 02:41 pm (UTC)Actually, that one paragraph is what I needed to fill in the last gap. I adore my vet, as do the young ladies in his office. However, "The doctor isn't worried" is sufficient to bouy them. Me? I'm old and cranky and have many waiting for me on the other side of the Bridge, so I really would have liked a little more about WHY the doctor wasn't worried.
OK. Antibodies because he's been exposed; and so preventative meds. Which is different to my ear than "Mozart has heartworm." And also answers, "But he's not acting sick at all..."
Thank you!
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Date: 2008-10-05 08:10 pm (UTC)I've been thru that worry - my mom's cat tested antibody positive/antigen negative, and went to see the cardiologist for an ultrasound, which was negative. The comment made was "well, he's had them and gotten rid of them, they're sitting in the lungs where we can't see them, he's been exposed and may yet get them or not. Put him on preventative, and retest him in 6 to 12 months." The cats have been on preventative since then, and have tested negative.