First of all, thank you for the incredibly amusing comment thread on the previous post. The consensus is 36 instead of 6 in the numerator and + instead of – in the denominator and we seem to be good to go.
Now on to the subject of this post.
On Saturday Kid 1 had a birthday party. It was superfun, it was Playboy-themed, and it was held in a gym owned by her friend’s parents. One of the people at the party was bipolar. Everyone knew this, but nobody had actually witnessed it before.
Everyone present was an adult, and they had beer pong, and a silly bike competition, and dancing. Out of nowhere the person in question jumped up, flipped over the birthday cake, and started screaming obscenities. Everybody was terribly disturbed, the party was ruined, the mess was cleaned, and the person’s mom arrived in the middle of the night to take her home.
The kids were shook up enough to stay an extra day in a hotel room in Austin, because neither one of them wanted to chance driving. Witnessing genuine mental illness, especially when it becomes a violent episode, can be profoundly disturbing. Luckily nobody was hurt.
On Sunday our orange cat Tuna, who is beloved by everyone in the family, sprawled on my desk. I went to pet her and saw a gaping bloody wound on her thigh. A chunk of skin about the size of a dollar coin had disappeared. No idea how it happened. She is a rescue cat, so she does make occasional trips outside, and we think she might have tangled with a raccoon.
It’s Easter Sunday. Everyone is closed. We find an emergency vet, we drive her over there, we wait for three hours, they look at it, find no signs of infection, and tell us to go home, be cause they have a dog with a toothpick stuck in his throat and a dog who ate a bottle of tylenol and Tuna’s wound isn’t severe. Sitting in ER vet was awful. People are coming in with their pets and just bawling. In the end I wanted to cry just out of empathy.
We ended up coming back at 10 pm at night to get Tuna. She is in good spirits and we are having hard time keeping her cone of shame on her. Her leg is shaved and she is very perplexed by this development. She is on house arrest until further notice. It’s taken supernatural vigilance to keep her inside. She’d even managed to escape at the vet. Seriously, we’re sitting in the room waiting for them to bring her back and we hear, “Billy, the kitty!” There is a sound of commotion and then in comes Billy, who was six foot tall and built like a knight looking for some armor carrying self-satisfied Tuna.
Today, while at the gym, I received a frantic phone call from Kid 1. She was driving to her coding boot camp in Austin through heavy traffic. It was raining. A small convertible changed lanes in front of her. She had a choice to hit the convertible with her large vehicle or go off the road. She went off the road on the grassy shoulder. The grass was slick, the shoulder was sloped, and she nearly rolled over. She is fine, but she was terribly shook up. It was frightening and awful. Fortunately, she made it to campus safe.
That’s three, right? Three bad things. I am very ready for it to fix itself now. Something good needs to happen.
Sorry to hear about the young woman. It must be incredibly hard for she and her family. Glad to hear Kid 1 is fine although shaken up. That’s stressful for everyone.
As for the cat..this might help. You can make them yourself, cheap. Hope the week gets better!
Hey, did that tube sock thing actually keep kitty from getting at an incision? From the pix, it looks, well, too narrow to keep a cat from getting at their back leg.
I am so glad that all of you are okay. What a weekend! ?
I’m so glad the car didn’t roll and your kid wasn’t injured (being that close to it is distressing enough).
Tuna must have mad skills, one of my friends found that a baby onesie was more effective than a cone of shame for her cat.
What an ingenious idea, We have two cats and I am sure this tip will come In handy at some point in the future. So sorry kids and tuna had such a trying time. Hope everything is better for all.
What a shocker.
Sorry Kid 1 was involved in two of the three and hope she is okay mentally and emotionally – but making the choice to possibly take on harm instead of damaging someone else? Super proud parent moment I am guessing.
Hoping Kid 2 is okay too and I feel for that poor bi-polar child – I hope her friends won’t desert her.
Glad Tuna got the help and remains a cheeky cat.
Fingers crossed that’s it. You have had more than your share! Hugs n stuff ?
Can you imagine Maud’s Helen with Tuna? I can only imagine the adventures?
How terribly frightening for everyone involved, particularly that poor bipolar woman. I hope the others can react with compassion. I had to pick my daughter up early today because she had an anxiety attack and bolted for the parking lot. She’s 9, so not quite as violent, but still – her brain broke and she had zero control and when it was over she was distraught and embarrassed.
Fingers crossed, nothing but good times ahead.
Whew! Glad everyone is ok. Seeing a mental health episode can be shaking and always seems to underscore that we need more help and better conversations about the issue.
I remember how much trouble my AnnieCat had a couple years ago with her cone of shame. She had been attacked by some toms in the area and developed an abscess from a scratch or bite. Poor thing had to have her chest shaved and drain holes etc. The look of betrayal and shame when I wouldn’t take off the cone!
Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery for your poppet.
Now the 3rd thing is done, time for some chill.
Oh folks, that’s a lot! You’ve completed your three; may it be smooth sailing for at least a while.
Kid 1 needs something extra for having been such a thoughtful driver.
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I’m so sorry your little people had to witness such a tragic event. Bi polar is such a difficult mental health issue. I hope everyone there shows her the love they have for her when she resurfaces. It’s hard, it’s Crappy, and scary. As a parent of an adult children with Bi polar I can only pray she has love and support around her.
Sending peace light and love ?
My adult daughter currently has a handle on her bipolar/ADD. It’s been a long 25 years. Hugs to you and your child.
You have definitely had your trouble in a group of three!! Karma, now it is time for a group of three good things. Right?! The silver lining is that no one was severely injured. Emotional pain and upset can be as bad or worse than a physical injury. I am sorry that young lady had to debut an instance of severe bipolar during kid 1’s birthday party, and upset everybody and put an damper on the festivities. I hope that this doesn’t have a negative impact on their friendship. I am sure that the young lady in question feels ashamed and a great deal of remorse for her actions, uncontrollable as they were. Thankfully Tuna should heal well, and the worst of it is enduring the cone of shame and a shaved leg! I am so glad kid 1 is such a good defensive driver, and had her wits about her!! The sad thing is, the person who cut her off, and forced her off the road, probably doesn’t even know or care. It sounds like they certainly didn’t stop and make sure she was ok!! Your kid 1 deserves a lot of credit for her driving!! She could have just hit the smaller vehicle, and let the damage (greater to the smaller vehicle) occur. The smaller vehicle was obviously in the wrong, so any damage to them would be deserved, right?! Well, kudos to kid 1 for fast thinking, great decision making, and good driving!! She made the choice to do what she could to avoid any damage, even at the risk of herself and her car. I think she needs a lot of accolades for how she handled the entire thing!!! It is a real shame that kid 1 had the emotionally traumatic occurrence at her birthday party, and then shortly after she had the almost accident!! Both have had a big impact. I imagine, and she is probably still kind of dealing with everything. I wish a very happy birthday to kid1, and think she handled the car incident with compassion and grace!! Good for you kid 1!!!! ??????
It may be good for reasons beyond a) injury and b) karma that kid 1 made the defensive driving choice she did. Some states, and I think Texas is one, still have vestiges of the poorly thought out “no fault” driving law. Under that law the driver of the car striking from the rear is held responsible, no matter the reason. Most no fault is modified or gone, but the burden may remain on the the rear ending driver to prove it was the other driver’s fault. Not fun. Better this way.
So very happy kid 1 is unhurt. My kid3 was in the same situation, and he DID roll. Fortunately, he was in a strong vehicle and wasn’t hurt. Scared the neck out of me, and I really wanted to ream out the other driver. Who didn’t even stop.
OMG! Me too!! My 5 month old kitten broke his ankle, my windshield was broken by a large rock on the way to the vet, and I found out I needed a root canal on the way home from the vet! There is something bad in the air!
Oh no Beth!! How awful!! You have had a terrible threesome too!! I am so very sorry to hear about your little baby kitten’s leg, the rock through your windshield (I am really hoping neither you nor anyone else in your car were injured), and the root canal!! My goodness, it does seem like something bad is in the air!! I am really hoping that things turn around quickly, and get back on track for you and Ilona and her family!!
I hope your kitten’s leg heals completely and without any complications!! I hope you have insurance that covers your windshield. I had a rock hit my windshield recently, but it just put a crack near the bottom. Unfortunately, that crack quickly expanded to the point I had to get the windshield replaced. Luckily my insurance paid to have someone come to my house and replace it. All I had to pay was a $50 deductible!! I was so relieved. I thouyit was going to be expensive, and a long wait at a shop while it was replaced. It turned out easy and fairly inexpensive. They did a great job with the replacement, and I never had to go anywhere! Now that is service! ?. I hope your car insurance does the same. As for the root canal, well it is something you can’t avoid. I have never had one myself, but I am a nervous wreck just going to the dentist for a regular check up and cleaning. I have a bit of a phobia when it comes to going to the dentist. I hope you have a great dentist, who is able to make you as comfortable as possible, does a awesome job, and that you heal quickly and completely. I actually shivered in sympathy when I read that you got the news you had to have a root canal!! Sending you positive thoughts, and cyber hugs!! Let us know how you are doing. ?
Amazon has inflatable cones and they are fairly puncture proof. About $6 we buy them 3 at a time. PS they are soft-ish and my cat–Other SkyKitten–born and raised inside 10 ft high brick pillar–uses them to snuggle.
This is so cosmic. Over the last couple weeks: Mom called, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” Busted her good knee. Getting old people off the floor is a thing. Dispatcher was on it. four firemen showed up got mom off the floor and checked her fire alarms. Two nights later at two am lightning struck our house- blew out one television, all internet and wireless , and the AC/Heat. Next morning we found a baby water moccasin slithering across the hallway. Water moccasins are pit vipers. They are poisonous. Hubs crushed it. That night I woke up to hubs struggling to breathe in a full out asthma attack. Ran him outside to breathe cold air – that worked. The next night the cat found the mouse that the snake had obviously followed inside. Yep. what a week. And now I know it wasn’t just me. cosmic stuff is happening. Planets are aligning. Worlds are colliding. I need a nap, and wine, and chocolate, maybe a week in cabo. Will settle for wine.
OMG Amy!! How horrible!! It does indeed seem like something is going on, with the alignment of the planets, with some Karma backfiring, or whatever – but Sheesh!! Enough already!! God heavens, I feel kind of blessed to have only had the small, everyday kind of problems or annoyances. I also feel so bad for you, Beth, and Ilona and family!! It is time for things to turn around already!! The planets need to get back in alignment or whatever so that these streaks of three horrible occurrences stops! Surely you all are due for some really good things to happen, so that things balance out!!
I hope you get a great nap, have some wine and chocolate (lots), and get a week in Cabo! How about the wine and chocolate in Cabo?! ? ??? Sending positive thoughts and cyber hugs to you too!!
OUCH. Come sit by me. Here is tea and wine.
Woah, that IS intense. I’m glad you made it through this week! Things are looking up here. My toddler broke her arm- which has given me new insights into the sweetness of her personality. Our insurance accidentally cancelled our medical policy, but were willing to fix it within 3 days off her break. We were in a car accident this evening and we are all getting sick again, but we found out that our 5yr old probably doesn’t have cancer :). Yay!! And our toddler’s birthday is tomorrow :). So the good still came through! I’ll take it gladly, with frosting on top 🙂
Oh good grief!!!!!!!!!!! SO GLAD everyone’s okay —- or will be!!!
*offers consoling tea & cookies* and catnip*
You know the more I think about it, the more credit I think kid 1 deserves. I already mentioned it some before, but I really think she deserves a lot of congratulations for how she handled the smaller car cutting her off and almost causing a collision. Kid 1 did amazing!! She had to have already been very upset and rattled from the incident at her birthday party, and then to have that happen!! It shows the metal your kid 1 is made of, and it is precious indeed!! To have made the quick decision that she did, in the split second that she had, shows the kind of person she is!! It also shows that she is a very aware and good driver!! But it shows that she is the kind of person willing to risk injury to herself, in order to prevent possible injury to someone else, even though that someone else was in the wrong and had caused the situation!!! You must be very proud Ilona, as well as relieved! I hope you pass on to kid 1 the positive remarks on this blog that she received for how she handled herself in that situation. She is a wonderful young lady, and I hope that some very good things come her way in short order!! ? ?????
First of all, we know that you raised your kids to be decent people! So despite the scary party-incident I firmly believe that those young women grow to be stronger out of that! Totally kudos to your herioc driving daughter! Not many drivers would have done that ?! Second, you already are in the better because you have such a great family! And third your cat: such a show-off! Draping across your desk to better present its battle-wounds! Could have come right out of one of your books ?! Feel hugged! Relax! We all think of you!
Greets from Switzerland!
Inga
Yes that’s three!!!
My sincere sympathies to the young woman who is bipolar. My dearest friend was bipolar. He never acted out in a violent manner. His mood swings were marked by outrageous spending and sexual binges. Both of which were destructive behaviors that affected his financial, emotional and physical well being. That being said, he was the sweetest, most intelligent man I’ve ever known.
And you know, I’m very glad you made it through the gamut of 3 unfortunate incidents, but you do realize that poor Kid 1, who was involved in 2 of the 3, is now technically waiting for her personal incident #3. I am sending “be safe” vibes her way!
Wow, that’s enough excitement for a while! Deep breathing, some tears, and a close hug. Scary, unpleasant, but fortunately no major damages and everyone is ok but it sure leaves you strung out, shaken, and wanting to crawl in bed and pull the covers over your head for a while.
Wo oh oh
I’m all shook up …
Thoughts … mental illness, IF, an affected person brings to your attention a condition
It is not nosey or intrusive to inquire, what to do when it occurs.
You got told to minimize your freak out … you were informed so this person could hold their head up … whisper whisper psst mumble murble
Instead of freaky shakes could be … keep calm call mom sit with her in dim room (whatever) give her day to recover call to check …
You got told cause she NEVER knows when/if/where …
Hit this jerk wad or ruin my car … and my car is bigger and will protect me better … hmmn
your kid has compassion empathy and a maturity i’m still talking myself through
You know Tuna was looking for that masked bandit for a rematch ? right cause we all know whose turf this is …
A good way to show even more awareness and support for persons living with mental mood disorders is to use that info like other medical information we have about people. Jim lives with bipolar disorder. Susan is going through life with cancer. National Alliance on Mental Illness.
(NAMI) is a great resource for persons interested in learning more about mental health and wellness. They also have info for persons who want to support friends,family and loved ones. It is a scary experience to witness someone lose themselves or disappear for a moment into a manic or depressive episode. Kindness and courage are born of strife. I’m glad so many here reach out to support and show care. It matters. Each tiny bit builds us all into something better and more beautiful than we can imagine.
So glad everyone is safe!
My current view is that whenever I have a spate of bad luck, it’s because someone I love needs that luck more than me. Several times in the past few years, I’ve had things go wrong for me – sometimes scary things, sometimes stupid things, but not life-threatening, and then it has been immediately followed by someone I care about walking away with minor injuries/issues from something that statistically was far more likely to kill them, or at least cause permanent serious damage.
As an EMT who worked a lot of car accidents in my younger days, I believe your daughter saved her own life and that of the person in the convertible. Cars colliding at medium-to-high speeds are frequently like pinballs. A collision would have greatly increased her chances of rolling if she was driving a large vehicle, and the driver of the convertible… well, it’s a convertible. No roof = deathtrap. Enough said. Great job, Kid 1.
As a bipolar person and former EMS professional, I would like to offer safety advice. Though I’ve never had a violent episode or psychotic break, in EMS I’ve seen other bipolar people completely off their rocker (got punched in the stomach once for getting too close). Personally, I’ve been stable on meds for 14 years (having a science degree and knowledge of the disease on a molecular level helps – I know with absolute certainty it’s never going away, it’s just how I’m hardwired and I have to take pills no matter how normal I feel). It was very nice of your girls and others to clean the cake off the woman, but… not a good idea. It hurts to say this, but I recommend if you are all ever in this sort of situation again, you need to get away and let the cops handle it. I’ve seen too much. I made my own family promise to leave me if I threaten them or act like the person you described. On the upside, they have promised to smuggle me girl scout cookies if I get chucked in the looney bin.
You’ve all had a rough week. I hope it gets better for you guys, including that hilariously adorable cat.
There must be something in the air. Blech.
This weekend I went with my husband to visit a dear friend of his in Norfolk. As a side note, the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk has one of the best glass collections in the states. What a surprise, right?
But I digress. The friend of my husband is very ill, and based on my husband’s understanding of his illness (my hubby is a pathologist and a great diagnostician), not likely to recover. This friend is almost 90 and has lived a full life. But the sad piece here is that not only is he estranged from his children, his wife was apparently mad enough at him to refuse to visit him in hospital, refuse to answer his phone calls, and refuse to get him much needed insurance information, and finally snap at my husband who really was just trying to help his friend.
Look, I get being annoyed, frustrated, angry, did I mention annoyed?, at your husband. I get it. Being with someone long term is never easy. And I have considered my family dysfunctional, we have mental illness and alcoholism to name just a few of our issues. But I really do not get not being there for your spouse when he is in hospital facing the end. No matter what your issues. Wow.
So I had to come home and call my mother, and thank her for raising me and my older brothers to love each other, even if we don’t always like each other. Like I said above, we got issues, but we still all were there for my dad when he died. I really hate to watch other people go through stuff all by themselves.
OMG, emergency vets are unsung heroes. I know I couldn’t do it.
One of my kitties always managed to get around the cone of shame, when she wasn’t beating her head against the wall in it out of sheer frustration. So, we got baby onesies (the kind with snaps at the crotch), cut the armholes open a bit, and cut part of the butt out of them, in an oval shape. Leave two snaps–do cut between them. Put it on the cat like you would a person putting on a t-shirt, then do up one snap behind each hind leg.
Voila! Tail and kitty business parts are free! No lickies! And very fashionable. You do have to be aware that after a day, long-hair cats will need brushin’s after being in their kitty suit. My cat didn’t mind brushies, so it was the better path than mournful yowling and kitty concussions. Your mileage may vary.
Sorry to hear about the Kitteh and glad to hear Kid 1 is safe.
One good thing did happen. We got an update from our fave Authors.
I’m glad everyone is ok.
If it was my cat, I’d totally get her this…
OMG that is so cute. And very Conlin-ish….
I want one for me! I would sit a my desk at work and wait for my co-workers to notice!
@Margaret R – you need to record that.
That is so stinking cute!!
I don’t let any of my cats outside as they have grown up with dogs, but the neighborhood dogs on either side are not friendly. Also back in my original place of birth (Perth) it us against the law for cats to be outside as they have been decimating the natural bird wildlife and Australia has amazing birds that play in your backyard at all hours.
Also I forgot to say I am glad both your daughter and cat are okay and yes emergency vet clinics are sad and scary places. I also believe in threes.
That is a stressful week. The next one will probably bring you some peace to recover. In the meantime good tea and chocolate will help.
I think that’s definitely three things.
Really glad that Kid 1, Tuna and Kid 1’s friend is ok given the circumstances.
Did the driver for the convertible stop at all?
Fingers crossed that that’s the end of the 3.
Glad yp hear everyone is safe and unharmed. I highly suggest taking the kid that went off the shoylder go see a chiropractor though! It only takes 5mph to get whiplash and often they wont feel it for a few years. Its micro-tears in the ligaments around the vertebrae which heals slow and scars quite a bit. So once the scarring developes theyll be getting headaches and neck/back problems a few years later. Trust me, better safe than sorry. Its a pain to live with…literally.
Funny how some phrases just catch – like “the cone of shame”. I’m in the UK and use it, and have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t know what I’m talking about.
Cars are dangerous, but other drivers are more dangerous. We place so much trust in others when we drive, especially in these mobile phone / in-car entertainnment / sat-nav days – there’s just too much to distract.
My husband always says we’re driving for the 5 idiots around us as well. I’m very lucky; the furthest I need to drive is 4 blocks away for the daycare, my job is half a block away. I personally detest driving. Luckily my husband loves it, or distance trips would be a real chore
Ugh; may it be all uphill from here. (That math question was quite beyond me, and my head was not functioning in quick-quip mode at the time I read it.)
Your weekend was unpleasantly eventful. Glad it has ended with un-catasastrophic (see what I did there?) results. Personally, I think Tuna looks a little self-satisfied with all the havoc she’s causing. All wide-eyed innocence and “..but aren’t I pretty!!”. They all do it….
2019 has been a challenging year, but if you look at it differently, your kids bipolar friend has friends who will understand and a supportive parent to help her through, your little cat will get better and he has a good story to tell his other cat friends, and your daughter wasn’t injured and the car wasn’t decimated. Oh and books of course. So it’s win, win, win.
Those *are* unfortunate events – but luckily all relatively minor in the scheme of things. I hope kitty heals quickly and without a lot of great escapes, and that Kid 1 is able to get a breather on the things life threw at her.
I also hope the party guest who had the incident is able to come back to a place of balance and without losing too many of her friends. It may be hard to see from this end of things, but I’m sure it’s as devastating on her as it was on everyone else.
I’m really glad your kid was able to come out of the skid without rolling her car. When I was 16, I had an accident where I was unable and rolled my car and for some reason I was blessed enough to physically only come out of the accident with only a small cut from piece of glass on my hand from climbing out of the car (still have the scar, about 1/4″). But I’m in my mid-40’s now and I can still remember every second of it. That kind of severe shock never goes away, at least she will not have to live with that. Just quite a bit shaken up I’m sure. But the people that mentioned getting checked out for whiplash are right, it doesn’t take much and it can take a few weeks to months to set in. I believe the only way they can see is an MRI? Driving in/near cities is so crazy.
During my pregnancy I had a case of whiplash and a whole can of other worms and it’s not something you want to mess with so it’s best to get checked out if she can.
Sorry about Tuna, although it sounds like you should have name her Houdinetta maybe :-). (Okay< I'm not good with coming up with names)
Sorry about the birthday party, mental illness is always hard for others to see. I believe that is too often why people often say after something happens "All the signs were there, why did I see it?". Because I think many times, as the saying goes "we only see what we want to see". Any from self-experience, people with depression are VERY good at hiding it and showing a good face to the world sometimes until is too late unless you really are paying VERY close attention and these days with phones, tablets and electronics who really pays attention to people anymore. I can't say how many times I got to stores, restaurants, my friends' house and instead of pay attention to their kids the parents, not even the kids, but the parents, are on the phones. No wonder kids feel neglected.
I had to go to Johns Hopkins Neurology to see a surgeon there for a condition I had, when I looked around at the others there that I talked to in the waiting room I said to my dad, "As much pain as I am in, it could be so much worse." I was able to still walk, I could talk clearly and so many more things, that other patients I met could not. Sometimes things really so seem bad, but you just got to take a REALLY DEEEEEP BREATH and look and the positives. You have a great husband, and two really great kids and well to many animals to count. A beautiful new home. A successful career that gets to stress you out :-). The things may happen, but the good are there too. Best wishes too you and your family.
I’ve had major bite wound to a kitty’s leg before. My vet never suggested a cone and the cat was fine. The hardest part was giving Amoxacilin every day. She hated it!
In late January, I went for a long walk and left my dog at home — because I wanted to WALK and not stop and sniff every damn blade of grass. I was out of the house for 2 hours. When I came back in, I peered around to check for canine mayhem — as you do when you’re a dog owner — and I saw a blue cap sitting on the carpet near the French doors. I knew immediately what it was and what had happened: My dog had consumed the contents of a 200-count bottle of Advil liquid-gels. Ibuprofen is very toxic for dogs, and I knew the bottle (which I couldn’t find) had been almost completely full when I left the house 2 hours before. (I later was able to determine that he consumed about 160 of the capsules.)
Long story short: We hied off to the Emergency Vet, where the dog had to stay for a full 72 hours, being force-fed fluids, antibiotics, activated charcoal, and subjected to various other poison treatments. Cost to me: $1800.
All because I refused to take him on a walk with me. (Seriously…there was spite in his eyes when I left. I even saw it. I just didn’t heed it. So I was not surprised at all by the subsequent medical emergency.)
You are so right, though: The Emergency Vet can be a sad place to be. The animals are in trauma, and their people are, too, and every once in a while someone comes in who can’t pay, and that’s the most traumatic thing of all.
Vet prices must be cheap where you live. If you lived in a major metropolitan area like DC (where I lived until 4 years ago), your bill would have been at least triple that. Where I am now, in the Pacific NW and a smallish city, I’m not sure. I think more but I’m not sure how much more. We’ve only had one e-vet visit and it wasn’t too terrible. I’m glad you found your pup in time and that he pulled through.
Loganbacon, it must have had something to do with the treatment for him. Back in 2014, he ate something nasty out of a camellia bush, and 30 hours later he was in sepsis shock from a GI-tract infection that jumped into the blood-stream. The diarrhea started at 10:00 at night, and then there was pacing and inability settle, then vomiting. My mother advised waiting until the morning when the regular vet opened, but I took him to the E-Vet, and when we got there, he had a body temperature of 107 degrees!!! He was in the hospital for 24 hours, hooked up to fluids and 3 different antibiotics. That bill was $1200. Considering that it was only 24 hours, I expected his recent 72-hour stay to be MUCH more than $1800. But clearly the treatments must have been very different.
I lived next door to a bipolar girl in a college dorm. She was engaged and decided to go off her meds because she wouldn’t need them once she married. The next couple months were really wild. Then she moved out and dropped out. I’ve always wondered what happened to her after that. This was a couple of years before the internet so we all lost touch with her pretty fast.
As is my civic duty, I will tell you of my 3 events this month. All hail the carpocalypse.
April 8: driving to work on a road near a parking lot when a lady comes blazing out of a parking space, fails to yield, and Ts my 1 week old Lincoln MKZ… MY FIRST CAR (that’s mine and not a handmedown) ?
April 19: since the Lincoln is in a body shop, I’m driving moms Ford Explorer when a kamikaze deer doe runs into the road at full speed. Needless to say 2 cars are now in the body shop.
Yesterday: driving a rental because I’m out of cars when THE TIRE EXPLODES IN FIREY GLORY.
I’m now in rental number 2. Wish me luck. Also good luck with your stuff too.
Love from Kerrville.
Is vacation time an option?
I had a series of unfortunate events myself revolving around animals starting day 23. I’m taking my pets from Brazil to Portugal, two dogs and a cat, and we prepare everything one month before to make the trip. They didn’t let us make the check in because of a mistake of the airplane company – TAP – on the weight of one of the dogs. We try everything at the day, nothing work. Now we are trying to do everything again in record time to manage to go and every day it seems that something more goes wrong, and more money is lost. I just want to go home with my pets and my husband.
Well, I hope you guys are right about the three thing wrong, three things right magic.
At least nobody is hurt.