In which Monday behaves that way

[rolanni]

So, this morning, we got up early so I could make an appointment to get Mozart in to see the vet.  He'd started sneezing, explosively, in addition to becoming increasingly unsteady on his feet.  We got an appointment for 2:30.

Then, I called my doctor, and nailed an 11:30 appointment, from which I emerged with a second order for antibiotics, since the first run did not completely drive a stake through the heart of the sinus infection.

In between my appointment and Mozart's, Steve and I got the prescription (partially) filled, did some lightning grocery shopping, and had leftover meat loaf and mashed potatoes for lunch.

Mozart. . .has lost three pounds since the last time the vet saw him.  The good news is that the sneezing isn't a respiratory infection, but seems more related to the dry winter air that makes everybody sneeze.  He was given a tablet to increase his appetite, and we were given a talk about old cats who are on the downward slope of their lives.  We are to observe his appetite and his mobility and give the vet a call on Thursday.

I should mention that these multiple trips to town were made in a really nasty little snowstorm that the weatherbeans wouldn't even admit was happening, and that Steve is a Hero of the Revolution, for doing all the driving.

That being all the news that's fit to print -- except that Mozart has come into my office to yell at me because the pill made him hungry -- I'm going to -- feed Mozart, obviously, and do the dishes.

Hope everybody's well and happy.

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

One of my 13 year old kat brothers, Piglet, recently lost a lot of weight, too. But he still eats like a horse and seems perfectly normal other than being too skinny. I've been giving them wet food every day, and I think he's improving. Hope Mozart perks up, gains weight, and quits sneezing soon. Sometimes I wish katz could talk to us. Then again, I often fear what they might regale us with ...

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Snow never got serious over here in the Big City. Total accumulation maybe 3". Special delivery service for you?

[thewol.livejournal.com]

I've got to take one of my purr-bearing critters to the vet tomorrow. Already know it will be a kidney punch to the bank account ($165 -- $45 to walk in the door and $125 for the blood test --.) but she is my sweet baby girl.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

We only had about 4 inches, but it was wet, and continued long after it was supposed to stop.  The towns sent out the sanders, but not the plows, so the under-snow froze into ruts and the new snow might as well have been ice