BronxWench

@CloverReef Know the feeling.  One of my cats has kidney disease, it’s a one way thing, diagnosed about a year and a half ago.  Vet suggested more and more tests, and I did push back, with, “will this change the prognosis?  Or help?”  Based on the litter box, I know it’s progressing, that his time is limited, but I’ve had a warning, I’ve tried to make sure that he’s generally happy, and dreading that final day, but it won’t be as big of a shock as that first one was, because that first one, I wasn’t expecting, it was basically out of the blue to me.  A side effect was that I had already had to start considering the burial vs cremation decision on the sick cat, pros and cons, so I did have a small head start when I did have to make that decision for the unexpected one.

Yay!

That’s so sad, @Desiderius Price. I lost a cat to kidney disease last year. It was very sudden and ugly. Just one night she was her usual self, knocking shit off high places and enjoying terrorizing the dog, then the seizures hit and within one minute, she was suddenly, a weak, fragile little thing. Learned a lot about the empathy of my other animals that week. I feel for you. <3

Might I suggest that next year, you go someplace more peaceful?  Say, downtown Detroit?  …. seriously, someplace calmer where there aren’t fireworks?  I know, you shouldn’t have to, but just to protect the family?

I don’t think it was the fireworks, really. I suspect it’s partly the hot weather, and partly an annual flare-up. When she was first diagnosed, it was right before the July 4 holiday, and we didn’t realize the phenobarbital we were administering orally wouldn’t build to a therapeutic level quickly enough. She started having clusters, and wound up nearly dying on us. Her last bad run of seizures, bad enough to put her in the hospital, was early September last year. 

What I want is someone to tell me cannabis oil works for canine epilepsy, too, and I’ll be at that damned dispensary so fast, I’ll break the sound barrier.

Sorry it flared like this. We just can’t comfort them enough and they try to to return it too. I worry about ours getting something chronic like this.

I can’t stand how loud fireworks are. I really feel for the doggy. It really is anxiety provoking and can easily cause a panic attack. I hope your corgi gets better soon and that a trip to the hospital doesn’t end up being necessary. I think it’s be a good idea to have a talk with all your neighbors about taking their fireworks elsewhere and explain to them how it effects the poor pup if you haven’t done that.

Oh, gods, we have a huge park nearby and everyone goes there. It’s literally insane…

I love parks, but not that close by on certain holidays.

Oh, @Melrick 59F isn’t chilly at all!   Then again, we are known for our extremes here. We routinely drop well below 0 degrees C in the winter, and sometimes even below 0 degrees F.

We can occasionally drop down to 0 overnight, but never ever during the day.  Some shit has gone seriously wrong if it ever did that.

Don’t worry, if it’s too cold, there’s a place near Antarctica called “Shag Island” (at 3C/37F), should be a good location … free plot bunny to anybody wanting it.

Plenty of deer around my area, one even struck my car last week.  (minor dents, so not bothering with insurance/repair).

Ouch, Des….

I never saw the deer, just heard the “thunk”.  Fortunately I’ve got a dash cam, so I was able to review the footage, and for several frames, the deer was present.  (The pickup coming the other way never slowed down either, barely missed it)  Now with minor hoof marks on the back of my car… (no, I’m not driving too close to the north pole either).