Couch 74

I find that news to be quite disturbing.

We are having a thunderstorm here tonight. My poor dog hasn't experienced this in a while, and she is nervously pacing around the house. I just stay calm and hope she takes her cue from me. Storms never bothered her until about 2 years ago, when we had a thunderclap so loud that it shook the windows in my apartment, and startled both of us out of a sound sleep. Now it is pouring rain, and there's lightning. I think I'll close the blinds all the way so the lightning doesn't freak her out.

i make my youngest dog a pallet in the closet , she likes the darkness with minimal sound.

The storm is over, and she's fine now. If I go to bed, she will go into her kennel in the bedroom when she's scared. Usually, she sleeps with me, but she chooses her kennel when she's afraid. She knows the difference between "Mama's bed" and "Jewel's bed". If I am going to be gone for the day, and the weather is too cold or too hot to take her with me in the car, I tell her "Time for a nap in Jewel's bed", and she trots into the bedroom and waits in her kennel for me to close the door. She likes it when I cover it with a blanket, like covering a birdcage. I also play a CD for her when I'm gone, called "Music My Pet". It's classical music that's specially orchestrated to be calming to animals (and people)!

im so upset .the hospital let my cat come home last night and he has got progressively worse .it is killing me to watch this .he has not eaten a thing sense Monday I paid almost 3,000 and this is what they think is better . they should have never sent him home I cant afford to start over and spend another 3.000 .I know he can probably get better but now that they sent him home the bills will start right from the beginning

F U C K this damn world and all the greedy money hungry people in it .3.ooo wasn't enough so lets send the cat home half dead so she will bring it back and we can start it all over again with the same blood work and putting the Foley and caths back in and charge again for that .lets not forget the 300 dollar stabilization fee because I would once again have to bring him in through the emergency room.
sure he is peeing but he is doing it all over himself

Is there a different vet you can use, granite?

no because he needs 24 hour care. this is a trauma hospital if I bring him to my vet she will send me back to there . im going to call and ask . I am just so so angry right now . the should have never sent him home .he was not ready .I was not even pushing it .I even asked if they were sure . I am wanting to bring him back at 8 so I don't have to pay a night fee also

I hate those places. They are total rip-offs. I have my fingers crossed all goes well.

I'm so sorry, granite. Fingers and paws crossed here that he will get better. Nothing so awful as a pet that won't eat...

Granite.

Granite. Thinking of you.

Granite, Ihope your cat gets better soon. I hate emergency vets too.

Good Morning, afternoon, evening.....

Survived my first night of missed therapy with just a little crankiness.... Still tear up if i let myself think about it too much...

The potential new T called me but I was in a meeting so I will need to call her back.... Feeling hesitant about starting again with someone new....

Granite - I hope your cat feels better soon.

I am slowly starting to feel better, I will probably end up going to do the setup I need to do today but my throat is still not 100 percent.

Also I called my disability lawyer's office today (returning the call that they made to me yesterday) and they told me that I have a hearing scheduled for August 15th, which is some good news for me.

thanks peeps. my cat is back in the hosp but is just being supervised and given pain meds and stuff to make him want to eat . I hope this will help. I know he is just a cat but I love him and he is part of my family. it has been hard to deal with my husbands grief over it . he was even crying.

Poor kitty. I'm glad he's being taken care of. Hugs to you.

Public service announcement: when making homemade kimchi- wear gloves.

I need wikid back to discuss my kimchi making process and sour kraut fermenting jar.

"My heart has followed, all my days, something I cannot name."

Don Marquis

Spent the last two days throwing up. My entire body hurts worse than after any workout video ever.

Wikid, I hope you are feeling better!

Granite, I hope your cat is better. Mine is still wobbly, but seems not to be in pain and is still really enthusiastic about her food, so we're just kind of in a holding pattern.

Stopdog, I thought you had to use crocks for kraut? I've never heard of using a jar. Also, my H says brewing kimchi is the worst smell EVER. A good friend of his in college was from Korea and tried making some in their dorm and nearly got expelled. LOL.

they put a feeding tube in today

Just had a big fight with my mom over something relatively minor.

I meant a crock or heavy ceramic jar. But you can start with small batches in glass jars. Kimchi does seem to have its own unique scent.