51 posts tagged “edgar”
Yes or no, was my sister drunk when she decorated the back of an envelope to me with this:
Since Edgar was a stray, the first vet he saw could only estimate his age (six to eight months). This led to estimating when he was born. That, in turn, led to me declaring his birthday to be the whole month of August.
Happy 14th birthday, little guy - mommy loves you!!!
I didn't speak to the vet, but the assistant who answered the phone got the information for me. The slightly elevated count that Edgar has is his monocytes (type of white blood cell). This can signify infection. I was told that what will likely happen is the vet will call me in a few months to schedule more blood work. If the count is still high, it would be something to be looked into further. In the meantime, it could just be a fluke or something minor that will clear itself up.
Money's pretty tight lately. Today was Edgar's follow-up appointment for post-radioiodine treatment bloodwork. About $250 later, we were on our way back home. I swear, if anything turns up in that bloodwork that involves more money, that cat is going to have to get a part-time job. On the bright side, his vet says he looks great, he's gained back almost all the weight he lost (I could have sworn he'd gained it all back, but if he hasn't by now, I wouldn't think he will considering he's still eating like a horse and isn't back up to his old weight), and he seems fine. She told me that the nuclear vet people even made a note on his chart that he was "a nice cat".
Edgar didn't beg for some chicken from supper, nor did he eat the little piece I put down for him. He's now hiding in a box in my bedroom closet.
Are you doing anything special to celebrate Easter?
Did the turkey thing already last night. Today, Edgar let me sleep in waaaaaaaaay late. Part of me is very happy for that, but the other part of me is a bit worried. He always wants breakfast at his normal time (which actually is good because I get up, feed him, and get to take my meds at the same time every morning, then I go back to bed). Even when I woke up for good today, he just stayed curled up next to me, watching. No meowing, nothing. I gave him some belly rubs and he seemed very grateful for those. He jumped up when I got up, but not with as much breakfastexcitement as normal, and still no meowing. No leading me to the kitchen - he actually headed for the living room for a minute, while I went into the bathroom. This is always accompanied by much meowing and trying to lead me to the kitchen, but not today. He finally got a bit excited when I did feed him, but still... Ah well, I'll just see how normal or not he acts for the rest of the day. Oh, and I guess I'd better start reading my course material seeing as the exam is only a little over a month and a half away now.
With Edgar coming home tonight, I guess I'd better hurry and decide on what to wear while handling his toxic waste.
Edgar gets to come home tomorrow night! I was surprised because in yesterday's update, I was told to not be surprised to hear he would have to stay an additional day or two. His radiation reading was higher than expected yesterday at the first test, but I guess he peed enough out overnight or something. Yay! I didn't think I was missing him much, but now that I know I can go get him, I can't wait.
Bonus: only two more rides (for this purpose, anyway) with my mother and aunt, taking the longest route possible there and back. It would only drive up my blood pressure to write about the rides the night we dropped him off. Agh, just talking to them now about it is doing the trick,anyway.
BonusBonus: Yay!
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