Miscellany of a Cheshire Cat

Monster Cat (aka Tennyson) continues to be a very unhappy camper. We went to the vet this morning for his follow-up. The good news is the bandage is off. The bad news is that he’s stuck in the cone head for another week. It sucks to be the cat. A lot. He whined less painfully in the car today though! Probably because he’s so hoarse from whining so much in general this week. The biopsy came back on the growth - still sarcoma cells, this time a little more aggressive than the cells removed in December. The edges are clean though, so it shouldn’t come back. His foot looks a little funny since he’s now missing a toe, but the vet says it’ll be barely noticeable when the fur grows back. So it’s good he got surgery this week even though the Fop and I are leaving tomorrow. The ever wonderful Mark will be taking care of Tenny for his 2nd week of cone-headedness. I’m optiistic that, now that the bandage is off, Tenny will be a little more active and pay closer attention to his food and water. Evil Cat has been observing all of this with aloof amusement.

The week has been pretty productive. Work has been good. I finally did my expense reports. I started clearing out the bathroom for the rennovation that should start by the end of the month. Laundry is almost done. I had excellent retail karma this week and acquired a summer wardrobe. I went to the post office three times to send things out to various people. I went back to the eye doctor and ended up getting yet another prescription for allergies.

So apparently I have allergies. Over the winter my base congestion got bad enough I went to my doctor for it. My primary doctor put me on Caritin and Flonase. It has helped a lot. In revisiting my eye doctor, she said part of the problem I’m having with contacts right now might be that my eyes have some serious allergy action going on. Now I have Patanol drops too. Likely I’ll be able to stop using them when the worst of the pollen is gone. I may end up going back to dailies for allergy season… not that I know when allergy season is. I’ve never really paid attention other than to note when my coworkers with allergies would get red and puffy eyes. That’s harder to do working from home! Maybe I could just have one of my friends with horrible allergies give me updates. I’m terrible. ;)

Here begins Carla’s Complaining about the Weather
Over the last couple weeks I’ve had to remind myself that it’s still Spring. It feels like the middle of summer. I know I’m from “up North” but 90 degrees seems a little warm for May. It’s only in the 70s today, but still. May should be a pleasant, breezy, sunny month. What is up with this hot, humid ickiness??? Monster Cat is not impressed nor is his person! (As an aside, it’s highly entertaining to watch a cat with a cone on his head try to negotiate a position lying in front of the fan.)

Monster Cat Update: Tenny is too clever for his own good. He realized he could hook the pad on his longest toe around the edge of the elizabethan collar and lick clean his wounded foot. My new favorite vet assistant/tech said he’d need a new bandage. Poor Monster Cat. So back to the vet we went. And he’ll get to go again on Monday for a bandage change with Mark. Thank you, Mark! You are the best!!!

tags: allergies, cat, elizabethan collar, random, shopping, spring, summer, tennyson, weather, work