Fuck Today, Reboot Edition

[strokeybeard]

19 dead and 50+ injured at a bombing in Manchester last night.

Fuck today.

[Archon]

I can’t ‘like’ that, but yes. Absolutely.

[CleverEmi]

This is not a huge deal, in the grand scheme of things, but still… I lost a filling today. It’s a relief that I didn’t swallow it because one edge was sharp.

It doesn’t really hurt at the moment, but I haven’t had anything to eat or drink, yet. The pisser is that my dentist is out of town until Tuesday, so I’ll have five days of it, to the hour.

Hey, today: I fart in your general direction.

[gatto]

this doesn’t seem to be making the national news yet. a white supremacist killed two people on the portland oregon light rail yesterday.

the man started insulting and harassing two women for wearing hijabs, when other riders interrupted him, he attacked those other riders.

one person died from their throat being cut, another person died despite hospitalization. a third person injured is recovering.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/27/19041594/suspect-in-portland-hate-crime-murders-is-a-known-white-supremacist

[MarkDow]

Yashar Ali 🐘 (yashar)

[ficuswhisperer]

Yesterday one of our cats had knee surgery to fix a congenital defect that would have caused major problems later in life if left unchecked.

The surgery went smoothly and now she has to have a massive bandage (more like a splint made of huge amounts of gauze) on her leg for the next two weeks and she is utterly miserable. It’s going to be a long couple of weeks.

Just look at it!

[Archon]

Wow! Someone’s made sure that kitty’s staying put!

[Archon]

(Looks closer) Is that a leopard-print pattern on the not-a-cast?

Oh the ignominy!

[ficuswhisperer]

It matches her spots! And if you look closely you can see her spots extend to her skin which is neat.

[Archon]

So they do! I thought that was a strap around her torso, at first.

[gadgetgirl]

That seems to be a cat thing. Even Sphinx cats have that.

Your poor kitty! Hope the embarrassment is worse than the discomfort, though of course for a cat that’s a tough call.

[mindysan33]

Look at that poor unhappy kitty face! So irritated!

Give them lots of love and treats! Hopefully the catnnoyance now will be worth it later on.

[MalevolentPixy]

I ended up home sick today, just to get a text from my dad that my mother has gone to emergency with unexplained dizziness and shakes.

Fuck Today.

[CleverEmi]

I hope you and your mom are better today.

[Archon]

I’ll second that, wholeheartedly - and @CleverEmi’s hopes that things are on the up.

[ficuswhisperer]

It’s day 4 after Tabitha’s surgery. She can’t really walk or stand her own still and tonight she was totally stressed out - trembling and generally really unhappy. I think it’s just more frustration than anything really wrong (she’s eating and drinking and finally had her first post surgery poop today which was pretty epic).

I’m sure this is all a part of the heading process but damn if it isn’t stressful. I’ve been sleeping next to her in her cage since Wednesday and I’ve barely had any sleep since then since I’m trying to keep an eye on her and give her pain meds at comically stupid hours.

I’m just so. fucking. tired. I’ve probably had 8 total hours of sleep since Wednesday and I do not function well at all when I’m like this. I’m just nodding off pretty much all the time now.

I’ve had many assurances that this is all for the best but man if this doesn’t suck right now. Her bandage comes off in a week and a half. Fuck me, 11 more days of this. Once it comes off she’ll still need to be caged and supervised for another 4 weeks since she’ll not be allowed to run or jump but at just she’ll be able to walk normally and things should be much better then but it feels so far away right now.

The things we do for our children.

[mindysan33]

I’m sorry that Tabitha is having to go through this. She’s lucky to have you, though. Keep up the good pet parenting.

[Archon]

How are both you and the patient doing?

[ficuswhisperer]

Thanks for asking. It’s day 12. Her checkup went well and she’s on track to have her bandage removed on Wednesday. Then it’s a couple more weeks of being in a cage or supervised while outside the cage but she’ll at least not have this huge thing on her leg.

While she still needs help to use the litter box (because of balance and we don’t want her bandage to get dirty) and she’s generally unhappy that she can’t run around and play with her BFF she’s doing alright - she’s largely back to being herself.

She’s figured out how to stand and walk around and she leaves her bandage alone so we don’t need to E-collar her (except at night when she’s not being supervised as much).

As for me, I can’t wait to be able to sleep in a normal bed again. I know things will be much better once she has use of her leg back.

Her doctor says she’s going to have a wicked scar (that we’ll never see one her fur grows back) so I’ll be sure to take a picture.

I’m just hoping we won’t need to do this again on her other knee. It has the same problem but not at the same severity so we may be able to get away with not doing surgery for a while (or at all) depending on how things progress after she’s fully healed on her left side.

[Archon]

Thanks for asking.

You’re welcome! Sounds like things are improving, at least (for you both:)) I am glad she’s both generally recovering, and getting some mobility back.
Keep us informed, okay?