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April 23, 2009
1869: Bunny troubles, again.
I'd be interested in hearing from any rabbit owners who've dealt with GI stasis. What I mean to say is "your rabbit's GI stasis" -- not your own -- because hopefully your intestines are working fairly well on their own and, regardless, I don't think we know each other well enough to discuss these sorts of things. You understand.
For those who are a) not interested in rabbits, or b) put off by phrases like like "milky, glue-like discharge"... skip all this. Thanks.
Recently, my rabbit had been having short sneezing fits. He'd have one such fit every two or three days, without discharge. We noted it, but didn't think much of it. It's possible that he was sneezing more often than that, but due to our work schedules, we aren't able to spend a tremendous amount of time with the little guy. Eventually, he came to have a sneezing fit and he'd sneeze out a milky, glue-like discharge. Now, this has actually happened before and the sneezing/snot issue resolved itself long before the antibiotics were completed, leading us to believe it may have simply been the result of some nasal irritation or allergy.
With his energy and appetite as good as ever, and the sneezing being so infrequent, we tried to rule out what might possibly have given him an allergic reaction -- we came up with nothing. We took Dewey into the vet, where he was placed on antibiotics -- a different type than he'd previously received (I'll check the name later) -- and about two days into his treatment, he lost his appetite completely.
This has also happened once before, and resulted in a few days at the vet for treatment and quite a bit of stress all the while. We brought him into the vet, but where the story differs from the last time around, it took a few days for any notable improvement in his appetite. Now, almost a week later, he's only slightly better -- well enough to have been brought home, but still not quite the same as he normally is in terms of appetite and waste.
Could this have been a reaction to the antibiotics? The vet noted that they'd never had such a reaction to it before. But other than the introduction of the antibiotics, really nothing else had changed in Dewey's environment that could explain such a drastic change in appetite and the onset of GI stasis. And we still don't know the source of his sneezing. (Contrary to what I've found online, the vet indicated that any discharge resulting from allergies doesn't necessarily have to be clear; it's possible that his white boogies aren't indicative of a respiratory infection.)
He's just completed a round of medication intended to stimulate his digestive system, and he's being weaned off his Critical Care syringe feedings. While his interest in food has increased slightly, he's still not 100%.
I'm curious to know if any of you have had similar experiences. Email me about it, if you don't mind.
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April 13, 2009
1868: Things I found in my parents' backyard...
The black-and-white cat belongs to a neighbor up the street, but the black one is a stray cat my parents have been working on getting into a shelter.
For a stray animal, it's very comfortable around people -- which leads us to believe it belongs to someone who can't care for it anymore, or that it's simply an abandoned pet. Its fur is matted and balled into clumps, so it needs some severe grooming and care, but it's otherwise healthy; eyes and ears seem clear, good appetite, and no wounds that we're able to detect. Assuming no owner is found, my parents intend to take the cat in and pay for any shots and treatment it might need to make it adoptable.
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April 09, 2009
1867: "And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight..."
I'm definitely excited by what I've heard so far about the film adaptation of The Road, but still don't believe Blood Meridian is filmable. Anyone care to debate it with me?
The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and deepened like the bloodbeat of some living thing eviscerate upon the ground before them and they watched the fire which does contain within it something of men themselves inasmuch as they are less without it and divided from their origins and are exiles. For each fire is all fires, the first fire and the last ever to be. By and by the judge rose and moved away on some obscure mission and after a while someone asked the expriest if it were true that at one time there had been two moons in the sky and the expriest eyed the false moon above them and said that it may well have been so. But certainly the wise God in the his dismay at the proliferation of lunacy on this earth must have wetted a thumb and leaned down out of the abyss and inced it hissing into extinction. And could he find some alter means by which the birds could mend their paths in the darkness he might have done with this one too.
And that's not even covering the blind pony, the Apache in a blood-spattered wedding dress, and THE PARASOL MADE OF HUMAN SKIN AND BONE!
Confidential to L'Amoeba Incroyable: Even though Twitter ate your message to me, I ended up receiving it in an email notification anyway. I intend to visit a bookstore just as soon as I can free myself from the shackles which keep me attached to my desk, and follow up on your recommendations. *salute*
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April 08, 2009
1866: Amazing news!
In addition to being both a lawyer and a better mini-golfer than I'll ever be, Aili is going to be a mom!
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April 07, 2009
1865: This was better the way Mom described it.
Let me first say, how awesome is it that MY MOM* of all people would know enough about Metallica being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to be able to describe their performance for me when my DVR chose to lop off the majority of the time allotted for their induction?
I was annoyed, of course, to come home and find that despite my best efforts to record the ceremony, I'd have to resort to looking for it online. But I am even more annoyed by what the internet was able to provide -- not because people failed to post it for those of us unable to see the ceremony on TV, but because the performance is a bit of a let-down.
Metallica fans, don't watch the video above -- just let my mom call you about it instead. She made it out to be the most incredible thing ever. Wish it had been!
* My sweet, little mom!
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April 02, 2009
1864: I been Tweetin'
Apologies for the lazy blogging; it's Twitter's fault.
I sort of love the challenge of crafting something funny in such a limited character space, and also... it's just very fast.
You can follow me here.