Amber is at the vet. They're doing more bloodwork and, this time, they're checking her thyroid. Why in the name of all that's holy they didn't do that in the beginning is beyond me. I wasn't with Rick for the original appt because of my upcoming knee surgery and the risk of Covid. But I asked him if they checked her thyroid and Rick said they did blood work. And everything was normal. I took that to mean that her thyroid was OK. Stupid me. And when I found out that they hadn't checked her thyroid yet, I was not amused. Anyway, she's down there for the night....more subQ fluids and they're going to see if she'll eat. By tomorrow, the thyroid results should be in and we'll know what's going on there. If there's a chance that it is her thyroid and we can get it under control, we're going to give her that chance. If not, and if she doesn't eat at the hospital, we'll go down to say goodbye. Honestly, we don't know what else to do.
artiemom
You're right. Amber is Rick's feline soul mate. And he's having such a hard time with this. He completely adores her and, well, I watched the two of them this afternoon at the vet, while we were waiting for paperwork. She completely adores him, too. The love that shows in that girl's eyes for him almost brought me to tears. I don't know what he's going to do if he has to let her go. He says he's pretty much come to terms with it bc she really hasn't been around that much anyway the last week or so. Maybe he has. But I worry. The older we get, the worse it gets when we lose a baby. And especially this one for him.
As for me, I had my appt with the ortho weenie and it was my last appt. They released me with caution not to do anything stupid. (And that's exactly what my doctor said! Who, me? He knows me well.) I also had my last PT session. My therapist said I'm doing great and to continue doing my exercises at home for the next several weeks to keep my knee loosened up. She'll keep my file open, just in case I need something, but she's pleased. I started walking 1/2 mile today, too, and will continue that for this week, before going up to 3/4 mile next week. And, as I walk longer distances, I can cut back a bit on the exercises.
So that's the stuff from here. I really didn't know where all to put this, so I just did a post for the Lounge. Hope that's OK.
artiemom
You're right. Amber is Rick's feline soul mate. And he's having such a hard time with this. He completely adores her and, well, I watched the two of them this afternoon at the vet, while we were waiting for paperwork. She completely adores him, too. The love that shows in that girl's eyes for him almost brought me to tears. I don't know what he's going to do if he has to let her go. He says he's pretty much come to terms with it bc she really hasn't been around that much anyway the last week or so. Maybe he has. But I worry. The older we get, the worse it gets when we lose a baby. And especially this one for him.As for me, I had my appt with the ortho weenie and it was my last appt. They released me with caution not to do anything stupid. (And that's exactly what my doctor said! Who, me? He knows me well.) I also had my last PT session. My therapist said I'm doing great and to continue doing my exercises at home for the next several weeks to keep my knee loosened up. She'll keep my file open, just in case I need something, but she's pleased. I started walking 1/2 mile today, too, and will continue that for this week, before going up to 3/4 mile next week. And, as I walk longer distances, I can cut back a bit on the exercises.
So that's the stuff from here. I really didn't know where all to put this, so I just did a post for the Lounge. Hope that's OK.
If her thyroid has been affected I'd be more than glad to pm with you since we've been down that road with Carleton. Glad to hear the good news about your knee and hope you can build up to walking 3/4 of a mile by next week.
Thinking of you and sending special thoughts for Amber.
