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Pet update and new housemate
May. 1st, 2007 07:41 amHappy Beltane to those that're celebrating!
The weekend was very quiet; a nice chance to catch up on life and housework and all. Monday was Harry and Mushroom's followup visits to the vet, so![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
syrinx_77 ran us in. I'd taken Harry's stitches out on Thursday, his incision is almost entirely healed now, and the edema in his leg has gone away entirely, except for a touch of remaining swelling around the surgical site itself, which isn't any cause for worry at this point. He's been off pain meds for the past few days with no sign of ill effect, and is generally almost back to normal, barring his weird bald patches (where he was shaved for surgery and for his morphine patch), and a very slight favoring of the leg. So, despite the bad news long-term, we did get what we'd hoped for from the surgery in terms of increased quality of life -- he's already in less pain, and has more mobility, than before the surgery, even though he's not even entirely healed yet, and he's back to close to normal in terms of hyperactive bounciness.
Mushroom got blood drawn so we can continue to adjust her thyroid meds until we find the right dosage. We'll get results today, but most likely we'll be upping the dosage, since she'd still lost weight in the past month. She's only flat-out refused two doses of her soft food mixed with meds since we started her on them, but the novelty of getting soft food twice a day is definitely wearing thin, and it's getting harder to convince her to eat her morning dose, particularly. Note to self: remember to ask about "crispy bacon" flavor for the next batch of meds.
Also, my new housemate Mark moved in last night. Caleb still beats him in the "least amount of baggage on move-in" category, but not by very much! This is something that tends to work out well for me, since I have huge amounts of stuff, including all necessary household items -- I'm perfectly willing to share it all, but there just isn't enough room for me to live with another packrat like myself. It's much more ideal for me to live with someone who prefers not to own all that stuff, and is happy to share mine. It's part of why I often have housemates who are in more transitory modes of existence; it's a complementary match. I tend to be a homebody who puts down roots quite deeply, which is at times somewhat at odds with the common modes of existence in subcultures of which I've been a part. However, it's lead to a long-standing belief in the ability of my rootedness to complement the peripatetic nature of many of the people who share many of my beliefs and overall lifestyle. I can provide a stable "home base", or a place to stop and rest for a while. I can take in pets and store people's belongings largely because it's predictable that I'll be here for quite a while, and since it's also predictable that when I do move, I'll endeavor to set up a similar situation again. I've chosen to live a life where I can't just "pack up and move" without it being a huge production (a large portion of this is due to my decision to have a lot of pets); there are trade-offs, and times when it might be nice to be able to suddenly change my mind on that, but overall, it's the life that makes me happiest, and I like that it has practical benefits that I can share with friends and housemates. Well, that wandered pretty far afield from an update about the new housemate. I think that's largely because there isn't too much to say yet. So far things seem to be going well, although I'll have more of sense of that in a few days.
The weekend was very quiet; a nice chance to catch up on life and housework and all. Monday was Harry and Mushroom's followup visits to the vet, so
syrinx_77 ran us in. I'd taken Harry's stitches out on Thursday, his incision is almost entirely healed now, and the edema in his leg has gone away entirely, except for a touch of remaining swelling around the surgical site itself, which isn't any cause for worry at this point. He's been off pain meds for the past few days with no sign of ill effect, and is generally almost back to normal, barring his weird bald patches (where he was shaved for surgery and for his morphine patch), and a very slight favoring of the leg. So, despite the bad news long-term, we did get what we'd hoped for from the surgery in terms of increased quality of life -- he's already in less pain, and has more mobility, than before the surgery, even though he's not even entirely healed yet, and he's back to close to normal in terms of hyperactive bounciness.Mushroom got blood drawn so we can continue to adjust her thyroid meds until we find the right dosage. We'll get results today, but most likely we'll be upping the dosage, since she'd still lost weight in the past month. She's only flat-out refused two doses of her soft food mixed with meds since we started her on them, but the novelty of getting soft food twice a day is definitely wearing thin, and it's getting harder to convince her to eat her morning dose, particularly. Note to self: remember to ask about "crispy bacon" flavor for the next batch of meds.
Also, my new housemate Mark moved in last night. Caleb still beats him in the "least amount of baggage on move-in" category, but not by very much! This is something that tends to work out well for me, since I have huge amounts of stuff, including all necessary household items -- I'm perfectly willing to share it all, but there just isn't enough room for me to live with another packrat like myself. It's much more ideal for me to live with someone who prefers not to own all that stuff, and is happy to share mine. It's part of why I often have housemates who are in more transitory modes of existence; it's a complementary match. I tend to be a homebody who puts down roots quite deeply, which is at times somewhat at odds with the common modes of existence in subcultures of which I've been a part. However, it's lead to a long-standing belief in the ability of my rootedness to complement the peripatetic nature of many of the people who share many of my beliefs and overall lifestyle. I can provide a stable "home base", or a place to stop and rest for a while. I can take in pets and store people's belongings largely because it's predictable that I'll be here for quite a while, and since it's also predictable that when I do move, I'll endeavor to set up a similar situation again. I've chosen to live a life where I can't just "pack up and move" without it being a huge production (a large portion of this is due to my decision to have a lot of pets); there are trade-offs, and times when it might be nice to be able to suddenly change my mind on that, but overall, it's the life that makes me happiest, and I like that it has practical benefits that I can share with friends and housemates. Well, that wandered pretty far afield from an update about the new housemate. I think that's largely because there isn't too much to say yet. So far things seem to be going well, although I'll have more of sense of that in a few days.
