This is a bit off topic (i.e. it's not really Luke related) but it's bugging the heck out of me.
As you probably know by now, we have two cats, Marian and Dagmar. A few days ago, Marian started vomiting and we could not figure out why. Dagmar started vomiting on Tuesday. I called the vet, got an appointment, and took both kitties in for a check up. They looked at Marian's bloodwork since she was the one who was getting sick the most and found she has a lowered white blood cell count. This is often indicative of feline leukemia, but since she tested negative for it and was vaccinated against it in 2008, it's been ruled out.
The doc figures she has an infection of some sort and the white blood cells have moved to help it, thus why they were lowered in the area they took blood from. I got this big bottle of antibiotics and was told to give each cat a certain amount twice daily. Dagmar is believed to be throwing up because Marian is and it's stressing her out, but they wanted to be safe rather than sorry.
I gave them their meds last night. Both cats started foaming at the mouth and sprinted away from me. Dagmar started dry heaving. Both were smacking their lips and refused to go near me, even though I was trying to clean them up. At first I thought I'd just poisoned them, but upon reading (yay Internet!) I found this is perfectly normal behavior. Cats create a lot of spit when they don't like the flavor of something. Great. Someone on the Regretsy forums (I love those folks) gave me the suggestion to give some water via syringe right after I inject the liquid meds down her throat. Might create less spit.
I tried this this morning and yes, it does create less spit. However, the cats became VERY angry towards me and wouldn't go near me. Not even to get food. Since Marian in particular is on a lower calorie diet, I worry about her not eating. I called the vet and he said I could try mixing the meds with their food. After injecting the stuff onto their food, neither cat will go near their bowl. I ended up injecting meds down Marian's throat just to make sure she got some. She's mad as hell, but I'd rather her get better.
Luke has been rather whiny all day due to toothing pain. So to sum up- I have two cats who are angry over meds and a hurting baby who won't stop crying.
What a wonderful week thus far.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Do you know...
...how hard it is to nap with a baby having a bad dream? I was rather tired due to a long day of cat wrangling and driving, went to nap with the baby, and got repeatedly smacked in the face after an hour or so. He didn't know he was twacking my nose, but he was rather enthusiastic about it.
On a productive note, Luke moved forward in his walker! He's been consistently moving backward and sideways for a bit now, but hadn't mastered moving forward. Yesterday he took three steps forward and today he's gone much further. I swear, I'm going to blink and the little guy will be driving.
On a productive note, Luke moved forward in his walker! He's been consistently moving backward and sideways for a bit now, but hadn't mastered moving forward. Yesterday he took three steps forward and today he's gone much further. I swear, I'm going to blink and the little guy will be driving.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Candy Corn
Happy Halloween folks!
Luke was dressed up in his candy corn costume today to celebrate the holiday. He looked fantastic until his diaper leaked and we had to change him out of it. Luckily the costume is so comfy, he can wear it as fun onesie jammies from now on.
He still has one more costume- his horsey one that grandma bought him (technically, grandma bought both costumes but I was there for the horsey purchase). He's going to wear that one this weekend when we go to visit NanaNana (hubby's grandmother).
We didn't take him trick-or-treating this year since a) he probably would not have enjoyed it and b) he couldn't eat any of the candy anyways. He should be fine to go next year (maybe).
Here's a picture of him as candy corn (taken by my mom):
And here's a picture of Luke as a horsey (sitting with my mom and taken by me):
Isn't he just the cutest??
Luke was dressed up in his candy corn costume today to celebrate the holiday. He looked fantastic until his diaper leaked and we had to change him out of it. Luckily the costume is so comfy, he can wear it as fun onesie jammies from now on.
He still has one more costume- his horsey one that grandma bought him (technically, grandma bought both costumes but I was there for the horsey purchase). He's going to wear that one this weekend when we go to visit NanaNana (hubby's grandmother).
We didn't take him trick-or-treating this year since a) he probably would not have enjoyed it and b) he couldn't eat any of the candy anyways. He should be fine to go next year (maybe).
Here's a picture of him as candy corn (taken by my mom):
And here's a picture of Luke as a horsey (sitting with my mom and taken by me):
Isn't he just the cutest??
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Snow!
Today was Luke's first snow. I know, it's October, but we got a huge pile of the really wet slushy stuff. The snowsuit Luke has is packed away, but I had out an insulated cover that he could wear in the car seat. He also had a pair of really thick overalls, so hubby put the overalls on him over his normal clothes and then into the snow cover. Needless to say, we didn't want the baby to be cold.
Luke was fascinated with the snow when he first saw it.
His fascination didn't last incredibly long once he was sitting in the snow and soon wanted to go inside, but he did get to touch the snow.
It was a good day!
Luke was fascinated with the snow when he first saw it.
His fascination didn't last incredibly long once he was sitting in the snow and soon wanted to go inside, but he did get to touch the snow.
It was a good day!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Sleep Monster
My little guy is not interested in sleeping today for some reason.
During morning nap, which is usually mommy/baby snuggle time, he slapped my face pretty much the entire time. He was just not interested in a nap.
His afternoon nap consisted of maybe 2 hours after much coercion and he fell asleep for an hour this evening.
It's almost 11pm and he's not interested in going to sleep despite my husband's many attempts to get him into dreamland. It's going to be a long night.
During morning nap, which is usually mommy/baby snuggle time, he slapped my face pretty much the entire time. He was just not interested in a nap.
His afternoon nap consisted of maybe 2 hours after much coercion and he fell asleep for an hour this evening.
It's almost 11pm and he's not interested in going to sleep despite my husband's many attempts to get him into dreamland. It's going to be a long night.
Well Baby Visit
Tuesday was Luke's 6 month well baby exam.
Our doctor has been out for a bit for what I thought was a well deserved vacation, but it turned out she had back surgery. I still think she needs a vacation. She looked at the boy, felt his head, had him stand, looked in his ears (which he DID NOT like), and got his measurements. He's now 26 and 3/4 inches long which puts him in the 70th percentile for height. He's also 16 lbs 4 oz and in the 25th percentile for weight. The doc is very pleased with his progress and gave me tips on what to feed him at meal times. Hubby and I haven't been giving him bottles between meals because he doesn't cry for one, so she said to suggest it to him to see if he wants one. So far he's gobbled down every bottle offered so maybe he's just being polite by not whining.
Our doctor has been out for a bit for what I thought was a well deserved vacation, but it turned out she had back surgery. I still think she needs a vacation. She looked at the boy, felt his head, had him stand, looked in his ears (which he DID NOT like), and got his measurements. He's now 26 and 3/4 inches long which puts him in the 70th percentile for height. He's also 16 lbs 4 oz and in the 25th percentile for weight. The doc is very pleased with his progress and gave me tips on what to feed him at meal times. Hubby and I haven't been giving him bottles between meals because he doesn't cry for one, so she said to suggest it to him to see if he wants one. So far he's gobbled down every bottle offered so maybe he's just being polite by not whining.
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