Catchup: Thursday

was the day we took Jamin over to the specialist vets at Six Mile Bottom. The vet there seemed nice and concerned for him, and talked through the tests he intended to do (and the expected costs: £600-700+VAT ouch).

When we went back to collect him, he'd got all the information he needed from the ultrasound, so no X-rays, and a bill of only £330ish. Summary: he has a leaky mitral valve in his heart, which has led to the main muscles over-developing, which led to inefficiencies, which leads to...

So he's on beta blockers - a quarter of a small tablet a day. Now we have to find a way to get him to take them - all the cats turned up their noses at anchovy paste (even without pills in it) and he could pick the bits out of cod liver oil (not a surprise)!

Expectations: he should last a few more years yet (two-to-five) but probably not much more. Which, given his history of lying in the road and forcing the traffic to drive round him, is better than we might have expected.

Catchup: Thursday

was the day we took Jamin over to the specialist vets at Six Mile Bottom. The vet there seemed nice and concerned for him, and talked through the tests he intended to do (and the expected costs: £600-700+VAT ouch).

When we went back to collect him, he'd got all the information he needed from the ultrasound, so no X-rays, and a bill of only £330ish. Summary: he has a leaky mitral valve in his heart, which has led to the main muscles over-developing, which led to inefficiencies, which leads to...

So he's on beta blockers - a quarter of a small tablet a day. Now we have to find a way to get him to take them - all the cats turned up their noses at anchovy paste (even without pills in it) and he could pick the bits out of cod liver oil (not a surprise)!

Expectations: he should last a few more years yet (two-to-five) but probably not much more. Which, given his history of lying in the road and forcing the traffic to drive round him, is better than we might have expected.

Too Much Daytime TV...

can be good. I tend to watch the overnight baseball on tape, and Discovery Home & Leisure, which tends to be full of useful programs on DIY and similar stuff.

It also has fishing, which neither of us watch.

But recently it's taken to running programmes like "How Clean Is Your House?". Not only has Marcia taken to watching these, she's putting the lessons into practice. Very worrying... But five years of disorder and cats are slowly being erased, and replaced by Much Shininess.

Now I need to polish the bookcases. Maybe I should take all the books out and dust them...

Too Much Daytime TV...

can be good. I tend to watch the overnight baseball on tape, and Discovery Home & Leisure, which tends to be full of useful programs on DIY and similar stuff.

It also has fishing, which neither of us watch.

But recently it's taken to running programmes like "How Clean Is Your House?". Not only has Marcia taken to watching these, she's putting the lessons into practice. Very worrying... But five years of disorder and cats are slowly being erased, and replaced by Much Shininess.

Now I need to polish the bookcases. Maybe I should take all the books out and dust them...