sundries & cat

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Little's condition is currently being described as "guarded." She has fluid around her heart and in her lungs. They think it might just be from all the fluid they were giving her for her liver/gallbladder. On Monday I take her to another vet for an echocardiogram. If that shows no heart disease, she can get cortizone which will stimulate her appetite, help her liver and reduce pain, and assuming she responds to treatment she will recover and be just fine. So on Monday we'll know if she can get further treatment, and we'll do more blood work so we'll know if she has been responding to the antibiotics and vitamins.

I visited her earlier, and she is cranky and listless, although she purred for me a lot. When I kissed the top of her head she gave a big petulant sigh, which was hilarious. The growth on her face turned out just to be a cyst and they did remove that.

I've spent a lot of today crying. Among other things with cats, because they live so long, is they see a lot with you, and when they are in peril you have to revisit a lot of times when they were the only thing decent.

On the subway going down to the vet's there was a four-year-old beat-boxing. He made my day.

Last night Patty and I had a video chat. It worked so well! at first we just talked awkwardly with lots of pauses because we expected there to be lag as if we were calling Mars.

She is soothing me with texts, about this cat thing.

The War at Home: post-S2, Jack/Ianto, passive aggressive relationship dramarama. But it's graceful and lovely and smart. TRUST ME.

Jack Harkness narrates this creepy ass thing about the Weeping Angels. Makes me glad I've not yet finished my Jack/Weeping Angels fic, because now I need to deal with the existence of this thing. It doesn't really have any canon to deal with, but still, there's the matter of integrating his voice on the subject.

Woman stabs one of a group of men harassing her and escape via subway. More from the AP here, wherein we find out that the person who did the stabbing was 16 and it happened after 7 or 8 men tried to pull her off a train. "Harassment" rather understates the case.

Oh for fuck's sake. New flying restrictions, including people may not move around the plane int he last hour of flight, maybe not access their carry on luggage and may not have anything in their lap for the last hour of flight. Just handcuff and sedate us for the duration of the trip already.

YULETIDE! I got two stories The Path is Made by Walking which is a lovely, lovely His Dark Materials piece about the adventures of daemons, who realize, having once been left in the land of the dead, that they may wander on their own, and Somewhere, A Clock is Ticking which is Torchwood RPF; it's also rated-G and therefore pretty much unsquicky for nearly all readers. I was moved by it because it shows people dealing with the weird care they have for character who are people they are not, but are also people they sometimes are. I will, quite frankly, be floored if the writer of either piece doesn't know me, so perfect for me were they.

I, meanwhile, wrote two pieces. I''ll write you a little vignette if you guess correctly which they were. And all the people who knew in advance, NO CHEATING.

Comments

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Sending good mojo to Little.

Among other things with cats, because they live so long, is they see a lot with you, and when they are in peril you have to revisit a lot of times when they were the only thing decent.

::nod:: For me, that is right now.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Poor Little, sends her happy and positive thoughts. I'm with you on Cats being the only thing decent for a long while. I don't know how old Little is, or the age of your other cats, but my Big Lug turned 13 this year (yeah, a Bar Mitzvah) and that's a long time to know someone.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Both of them are 14. Life is good now, but you know, Little is this sick, and I have to deal with ex'es and my abortion and, you know, all of my incredibly fucked 20s.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I wish I could do something to help. The sigh is so very Little. What a funny cat.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

That last link is only accessible if you are a member of the community.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Updated/fixed.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about your cat's condition. It's hard to deal with, I know. I'm sending goodthoughts in your and her direction.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Sending good thoughts for Little's speedy recovery. It's always so hard when they're sick. :-(

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about your cat. Sending good thoughts!

Also, I'm glad I'm not flying anywhere in the near future. This is getting ridiculous.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Just handcuff and sedate us for the duration of the trip.

Seriously.

I'm waiting for the mandatory strip and cavity searches for all passengers.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Considering I'm taking at least 5 - 10 RT airline trips in 2010, I am not really feeling sanguine about any of this.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

I still have to purchase my ticket to return from Texas.

A one-way ticket on a trip with a short duration, meaning I'll have little enough baggage to justify the cost of checking...

I hate everything.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

If I didn't know already, I would have given serious thought to the idea you wrote my Yuletide gift. It's really damned sexy.

[darklingwoods.livejournal.com]

so sorry about your kitty, thinking good thought for her (and you)

thank you for the links, the War at Home is amazing, and I'm off to listen to creepy Jack story next!

[lawsontl.livejournal.com]

Sending good thoughts and prayers Little's way, and yours. I lost two within a year of each other, and one, MayDay, was just like Little is to you. We'd been through so much together, and, in many ways, she helped me through a horrible, deep depression I'd fallen into. Losing her was like losing sunshine, never knowing when I was going to see it again. So I completely understand.

At the moment, I have two cats I'm treating with cortisone. Need any tips on how to pop pills down a cat's throat, I'm your gal!

And, as for the plane stuff; I ADORE flying. But I hate all the BS, knee-jerk, no-common-sense measures that keep getting applied to flights in the wake of the various attempts at using planes for terror. It makes it much easier to deal with hubby's fear of flying, though. He's more than happy to drive anywhere in the contiguous US, and let me sleep through a lot of it.

But, seriously, not allowing people to get up, or permitting items in hand during the last hour of the flight? (or any time, honestly) People are going to get nutty, and the stewards are going to pay for it. Not to mention, with all the concern about flight-induced DVT, there's a lawsuit begging to happen if someone gets denied the chance to help with leg blood flow by moving about the cabin. Or someone pisses in their seat. I feel for the airline staff.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Among other things with cats, because they live so long, is they see a lot with you, and when they are in peril you have to revisit a lot of times when they were the only thing decent.

So true.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Lots of love to the wee giant beastie.

Also, I know that F station, and it's a creepy place even during the day.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Omg that fic is the BOMB!

Cat: my condolences. It's hard to watch a kitty go through pain. I've had more than my share of kitty sadness, and it never gets easier.

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

Paws crossed for Little. Candle lit and prayers being said. You explained how they (and, in my case dogs) are such a spot in your life. Perfect.

Flying sucks, anyway. Never do it again, if I can help it.

Just finished reading the war at home. Before I came here. It was great! I'll have to check out your other rec. RPF make me itchy sometimes. Most times. Imma gonna trust you on this one, got enough itchy spots on my body.

And good for that girl.

[woogledesigns.livejournal.com]

Best of wishes for your kitten cat.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

I understand exactly how you feel about Little. Cosette-- who has been having some problems with her kidneys these past few months-- sat by the window and waited for me to come home from the hospital after I had a pulmonary embolism two years ago. My husband told me all this later. When I was still recovering from the PE, I slept a lot, and Cosette would sit on the bed to "keep an eye on things" according to my husband. I also had really bad heart palpitations that freaked me out for the first month or so after the PE. When they got bad, the cat let me hold her to my chest so I wouldn't notice them so much over her purring. Cosette and I have a close bond, and I'm going to be a basket case when she passes. Hell, every time I think about losing her, I start crying, which has been a lot lately because of the kidney issues

I'm sending good thoughts your way. I hope that Little pulls through!

(((hugs)))

[hyrkanian.livejournal.com]

Good thoughts and purrs and head-butts going out to Little from us and our Feline Overlords, Pixel, Raistlin and Fistandantilus.

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Luck, love, and good thoughts to you and Little!

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Just handcuff and sedate us for the duration of the trip already.

No kidding!

So sorry about your cat.

[norda.livejournal.com]

Keeping good vibes going for Little Cat.

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry you and your poor cat are going through all this.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the rest of Jack's monster files? He does one for each beastie of that series, I think.

I'm definitely freaked about flying to Gally, now. Hoping it'll be less bad because it's a domestic, but who am I kidding? Two major airports? Riiight.

I can't read about the stabbing/assault without gritting my teeth. They are framing this all wrong in every single way.

Good thoughts to the kitty still, and you and Patty too.

[rm.livejournal.com]

No! I did not know about the monster files. Link?

And don't get me started about flying to Gally, since my flight is filled with people intent on Costumes and Other Absurdities.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I'll try and dig up some YouTube links tonight, but the Doctor Who wiki has a comprehensive list of the ones they've made so far. Sadly, the original BBC links are geolocked.

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Jack%27s_Monster_Files