July 13, 2007

  • Talked about food earlier...now to talk about ...

    Last night we went ahead and had home Church early since in the summer many people get to bed early and rise early...so instead of being done and starting to visit by 9pm, I was already home.

    Our 10 month old kitten started to vomit on the floor and I tried to catch her to take her into the bathroom with it's ceramic tile floor - easy to clean up than the carpet.  I missed and she took off for under my son's bunk bed...I could only grab her tail so I did and yanked her out.  She had left a spot in the hallway and dining room already by the time I got her to the bathroom - and wouldn't ya know she was done.

    So when I went in to let her out, she was scared of me since I grabbed her like a rat by the tail...but hey quit barfing on the carpet...I understand cats gotta barf sometimes, why can't it be on an easy to clean surface, they have a knack for vomiting on the hard to clean areas.

    Flash forward to 11pm...DS is tucked in and about to fall asleep - yeah we stay up late, so what.

    I have my night clothes on and about to get in bed when DH says did you check for cat poop because it smells everywhere....So I go in the hallway and look to my left into DS's room and the kitten is starting to clean herself and I see poop hanging out her rear.  SO I grabbed her and put her in the bathroom again.  Got some paper towels and was going to see if I could clean her up. 

    Grabbed and started to pull on the turd hanging out and something else came out...I cried for DH to come have a look because I was afraid I may have been pulling her intestines out or something.

    DH said it looked like a worm or a string.  But when I pulled there was resistance and the poor thing cried out.  SO I looked up an emergency vet.

    They say I can just wait it out but there's a chance that with the resistance it could be snarled up in the digestive track and no longer smoothly working it's way out and it could tear her intestines if we or she pulls on it.

    So I got to the vet's around midnight fifteen.  Blue (the kitten) tred to pull the string out...animals can't leave things alone...and she cried and sat up on her hind legs quivering.

    They gave me the worst case estimate - $1087 if the cat needs surgery....I said no way...it's only a cat.  Then she gave me the best case estimate - $243...so I signed for that one and hoped for the best.  Got home at 1pm...and fifteen minutes later, they called to say Blue was doing fine...they sedated her and got the string out and the vet wanted to speak to me.  I thought he was going to berate me for letting her eat a string...he just restated what the assistant said and then told me she'd be ready to be picked up in 30 minutes...I was like I just got home - a good 15-20 minute drive - and am going to sleep.   I went to  bed at 1:30am...didn't fall asleep right away cuz DH also came to bed and it seems he likes to be chatty when it's sleep time...don't mind talking to him but I am usually already asleep by 11:15pm and had been up since 5:55am....so I was tired.

    5:30am -after tossing and turning all night-more so than sleeping - I got out of bed, brushed my teeth, threw some clothes on and left to go get the kitten because she had to be picked up by 7am and since it's morning the people who do the "9-5" would be jamming up the roadways.  I got back home by 7am.

    It's 2:20pm and I've been going non-stop since.

    Took DS to camp applause
    Went to Save-A-Lot and Dollar General (for cat litter, there was none at Save-a-lot)
    boiled potatoes to make dill potato salad.
    posted the save-a-lot entry
    talked to my mom on the phone- she's traveling- somewhere near wyoming
    Picked DS up from camp applause
    Came home and finished the potato salad
    grilled some steak
    shaped my Challah dough that has been rising/resting since yesterday
    baked the Challah- and it looks yummy, can't wait to give thanks for it and some grape juice and try it tonight**
    heated up some green beans...
    served my DH a plate full of homemade food
    put the peanut plant in full sunlight
    did some dishes
    and now posting this

    still to do:
    *Read I Kings 8-10 and jot down anything that comes to me while reading
    *home educate DS - no official "summer break" don't want to spend more time than necessary to refresh his letter sounds and numbers and such and in our state "official" school year is July 1-June 30th so we are in Year 1...but just doing some fun things that we wanted to do that aren't listed at AmblesideOnline (My Little Prairie Primer -Laura Ingalls Wilder easy readers and activities and trying to finish 100 Easy Lessons book and CLP nature reader)
    *clean the leu
    *take DS back to camp applause by 6:30pm for his "Recital" - gotta go charge the digicam batteries
    *come home and give thanks and welcome the Sabbath - I can use it!