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[blamebrampton]

Cat has pneumonia, we think, is up to nearly $1000 in tests so far. Is also making up for years of being extremely low-maintenance with a huge burst of neediness. Subsequently I am behind on everything.

Will finish up both beta projects I have by tomorrow night, then can get back into some solid writing. Then I can start on the thousand-odd comments I am behind on and remember to give some more people some love, such as no_mad_skillz, who is thoughtful and compassionate, who_la_hoop, who is hilarious and possibly my secret love child, and spark_of_chaos, who I like for so much more than her F1 obsession -- but I love that, too because we can rave at each other crazily in a few weeks and she will wholly understand the Finn fetish (it's a Baltic thing).

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[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

The long thin scars on my hands and torso are a testament to my attempts to bathe my cats (for fleas, and once for a de-skunking).

The only thing that has worked for me as far as giving medication are pill pockets: little treats which you can stuff a pill inside. My Uther loves them so much that he stands on his hind legs and begs. Which looks really funny on a large fluffy cat.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You are a brave woman!

I have never seen pill pockets, though I did squirt her last antibiotics into a rolled-up slice of smoked salmon, which she deigned to accept.

I am so jealous that you have a Maine Coon, it is J's fave breed and I think they are gorgeous.

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

I love Maine Coons! Uther was the first cat I ever had (my mother was allergic to them, so I didn't get one until after she passed away). I rescued him from the pound, and didn't know he was a Maine Coon until I did some research. He has a friendly, engaging,and playful personality, although my husband feels challenged by him as a rival for my affections and for alpha cat dominance,

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, that jealousy? Growing like a supernova. Min has Character, but when the vet typed "Sweet tempered and affectionate" into his cat notes the other day James and I laughed like maniacs for hours.

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Aw, sounds like she was putting on her best behavior to assure superior treatment. Very Slytherin of her!

The medical records of the plaintiffs on my cases always claimed the patient was "pleasant," even though these people often seemed quite the opposite when I was deposing them. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She is good at the vet, I think she has heard stories. Actually, I have to say that whenever I have been in hospital I am always at my most charming and delightful, because I think people will go to superhero efforts to keep me alive if they really like me ...

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

My husband confirms that doctors think complaining patients are bad patients.

But what do they expect when they make you go for painful procedures without anaesthesia?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

OW! Yes, I think that is a perfectly reasonable time to complain.

I share out my chocolates and tell jokes, a strategy that usually works in the bonding fashion, but did once have a casualty doctor asking me what I'd taken and refusing to believe me when I replied nothing. He expected me to be in lots of pain because I had three broken toes from having a foot stomped on by a horse, but I had been carried in by the hottest ever groom who had stayed and was holding my hand during the exam, and I could feel no pain!