Maybe it's just my imagination, but I swear a side effect of climate change/collapse is trying to forecast any kind of storm has become a hot mess. I know weather forecasting is an imperfect science, this is not a slam on the meteorologists out there - it just seems that the weather changes so rapidly anymore that they just can't really predict it well, even right up to just before the event.
When I went to bed last night around midnight, Weather Underground was predicting 2 1/2 inches of snow overnight, and Capital Weather Gang was calling for 1-3 inches overnight. I woke up this morning and we had half an inch. Which is FINE, I didn't want 3 inches of snow, and I'm thrilled VDOT went overboard on pre-treating the roads. But it just seems like our prediction models just can't keep up.
Storm of the Century!
On an exhausting note, Lily had an unplanned vet visit this week! Those are SO damn tiring, even though were were out and back in less than an hour. Wednesday night she was eating and suddenly jumped and hissed at her food. So, I figured a tooth problem of some sort, looked and found that gabapentin is not just a "pre-vet noodle cat" med, but also works for pain.
Dosed her up so she could relax and sleep, got into the vet the next afternoon and she's got a sore underneath her tongue, poor baby! So, vet gave her a shot of antibiotics and a big refill* on the gabapentin and we'll recheck things next month.
Our vet practice is great in general, but I so appreciated that when I told the vet "Uh, I used the gabapentin last night even though it wasn't prescribed for this situation cause the interwebs said it was also a pain med, and I wanted her to be able to rest." and she said, "Oh, that is what makes it great, it has multiple uses, so yes, it was good to give it to her." Like, I don't think I expected them to be mad, but I know they must looooooove hearing "Well, I looked this up on the internet."
We've gotten the dosage sorted out for her - a full dose is just a little too much - it's great to have a noodle cat when you're doing a vet visit, but a bit much for day to day life. A half dose seems just right - she's more alert and steady on her feet, can actively choose where she wants to sleep vs sort of falling over and snoozing like an overtired toddler, and she's eating very well. She's going to town on second breakfast as I type this. Can't heal without rest and calories, and she's getting both.
This could just be a canker sore type thing that got infected and irritated - I know those can hurt like a motherfucker. But she's also almost 15 years old and this could be the start of kitty hospice if it's Something Bad. Hate contemplating it, but also trying to be realistic, which blows.
But whatever it is, right now, she's comfortable and content, and that is what matters.
This spot is the closest she can be to the top of the furnace without being in the basement physically on top of the furnace.
And on that note, I'm going to spend the day getting a few things done around here and snuggling/annoying the LilyMonster. (Basically, a typical Saturday.)
Have a great day and tell your pets I said hi.
* We only had 6 capsules left, as they'd initially just given us 10 for vet visits. The new script had 60!! tablets in it. That is a month's worth, which makes sense, but I was also briefly thinking "this is putting me on A List somewhere" but then I converted her weight to mine and oh, yeah, that's like 2 1/2 days of human doses - not exactly the making of a drugs empire.
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