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'Twas The Friday Before Christmas

Can you believe Christmas Eve is one week from today?! Well, I got an early present this morning when the vet called with the bloodwork results of our little patient pictured above; it was the best case scenerio - he's become severly anemic again most likely due to an infection (this has happened before but not in 10 years) so he's on a steroid & antibiotics for the next 3 weeks. He actually collapsed yesterday and scared me so bad! He's not the best patient when it comes to taking liquid meds so I may have to call the vet and ask for the pill form but for now I'm so relieved he's going to be okay and Hubbs is home to help me give Pinky his meds. (Hubbs has been 'seasonally' laid off for the next 8 weeks). Hopefully I'll get a chance to post some pics of decorations & the like this weekend, once I've finished making out the Christmas cards, and update in general - like how we saw comedian Bill Engvall live on Tuesday evening & our first big snow which may arrive this weekend! Hope you're all well!
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Bloomin'Chick Jo said…
Thanks Holli, me too! Had to call vet for prednisone pills as the liquid made him sick to his stomach twice so (I hate when my regular vet isn't avail like when I took him in on Thurs, I talked with my regular vet this morning and he agreed pills are better etc.)
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 11:36:00 AM EST
Theresa MacNaughton said…
Glad to hear your sweet kitty will be ok. We're not expecting much snow after all, I've discovered, on Sunday night. I can't help but be a little disappointed. I was looking forward to a nice big snowfall. Theresa
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8:48:00 PM EST
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