BREAKING NEWS!!!!

From my sibling. 

 

Saturday Morning Sip

Welcome to the first Saturday of April!  

Have coffee, still no workie. I'm retired. 

 

Fall River art installation

viewable from the down slope of 

the -195E Braga Bridge.

I call it... "Early Roomba on Dog Crap" 

  "Just a croissant with my Perrier, thank you." 

Thank you, Wiley 

 

Having just got new readers, I can relate... 

 

Uh-huh. 

 

In that order. 

 

Husband asks me that almost every nigh. 

Ah... yard work. 

That takes me back. 

Oh!  The excitement!

"The new cleaver is here!

The new cleaver is here!" 

 

 ...and while we are channeling Steve Martin...

 

Your Daily Meme... and MEN!!! - Good Friday Edition.

 

 

  

Thank you, Ricky!  

 

And speaking of Ricky... (the other Ricky...) 

 

 Early video from years ago...

(sigh)

 

He updated this song recently; will post that later.

 

 

Kieth Olbermann

 His latest podcast - Keith is on fire! Excellent!  

 

Lilo.

 

 

Our Lilo passed away overnight.

 

She had suffered an apparent stroke the night before.  I went to see her yesterday, and she just wanted to be held - nestling in my arms in between feedings. 

Weak, but not in pain. 

 

My plan was to bring her home today. I was thinking through setting up a ward to care for her.   

 

I woke this morning with a foreboding that it was over.

Message on the answering service from our Vet was blinking when

I came into the office; to tell us that she had passed.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Meme

 

Your Daily Meme - April Fool's Day Edition, also known as "Wednesday".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A classic... 

 

 

 

And finally...

 

 

 

 Sadly... true.

 

 

 

 

 

#1 Cat.

 Lilo, #1 cat (of the three)... is not well.

 

Took her to the vet on Saturday after several days of not eating, and she has been in the animal equivalent of an ICU ever since with apparent severe kidney failure. They have her on an IV and assorted medications.

 Yesterday, she was lethargic and not responding.  

Today, she seemed to have a little more energy.

 

  

 

I spent a better part of the today with her, and got her to take in 33ml of liquid food via syringe (1ml at a time), which, when I looked at the bowl when she "had enough" was quite a bit more than she normally eats when she's home.

 

Awaiting the call on today's lab work. We don't know what the condition is of her kidneys until then; if there will be a rebound. Either she comes home for hospice care, or she stays until she stabilizes further and I go over daily (about an hours drive) to hand feed her until her strength returns. 

 

Normally, I check in on the blog a couple times a day, but I will be out of pocket until I see this through.   

 

R 

 

UPDATE: Her lab work today has come back with positive trends on kidney functions.  She is not out of the woods, but at least she might be on the right path. More days in the ICU before she comes home; perhaps as soon as Friday.