Cat bracelets

We survived it!  The cat-kids and I survived their vet visits for teeth cleaning this last week. Poor babies.  Addy had 4 teeth extracted that were beyond saving.  Zoe had 2 extractions and some gun resections.  It's my fault their teeth were so bad.  It's been over 10 years since I've had any work done on them.  They just get so traumatized by vet visits that I don't like to take them in unless they're obviously sick.  Still, the constant mouth infections is probably one of the things that adds to their overall health issues, including the kidney function issues.  So there's really no excuse.

As expected, the three of us were traumatized by the process.   All day while they were there I kept remembering my old cat Eber, who went in for a minor "routine" bladder surgery, and ended up with heart failure and fluid on her lungs.  She was sick for over a month, and survived but lost half her body weight doing it.  Eber was younger when that happened than both my cats are now, so I kept thinking about it all day while they were at the vet.  I was so glad to get the call that all was well and I could come at get them around 6:30 pm.  You can imagine, I was there at 6:15, doing the paperwork to get them released.

The cats were more traumatized than I was.  It's taken them about 2 1/2 days to get back to eating and drinking normally.  When we get up in the morning, they hide from me instead of following me out to be fed.  So It'll take a while to completely return to normal.  I figure just about the time they relax again, I'll need to take them back for a check-up.   The vet wants to see them in four weeks to see how they're doing.  Damn it!  *sigh*  Can't be helped.  

The pictures of the cat-kids today show you their "bracelets".  The vet place doesn't shave just a patch on their forearms to put the IV in, they shave around a section of the forearm.  So it looks like Addy and Zoe are wearing bracelets until the fur grows back in.  Maybe by then they'll have forgiven me.  Maybe not.

I'm still working on figuring out all the bells and whistles on the new car.    I need to take a picture of it and show off what it's like.  It's such a deep navy blue that it looks black.  I'm working on getting my vanity license plates transferred to it.  I already put regular plates on the old Outback to get it ready to go to my sister.  One thing the new car has is an electronic parking brake.  Well, come to think of it, EVERYTHING in that car is electronic.  But the parking brake thing could be an issue, because if you have the parking brake on and the electrical system dies (battery dies), you can't move the car.  Wheels are locked.   So just about the only major thing the sales guy showed me was how to climb half under the car and attach this long wrench tool to release the electronic barking brake should I ever need to.  I hope I don't ever have to because you have to turn it 300 times.  

Besides the navigation system, the car has satellite radio, which they give you free for the first month, then start billing you if you decide you want to keep it.  It's a nice hook, because you can really get used to it in a month.  I read some of the new car's owner's manual yesterday to start figuring things out.  You can control the radio/phone/sound system from the steering wheel, which is kind of cool.  No reaching for the radio.  Changing volume, changing stations, changing mode (FM/AM/Satellite/i-pod) - all on the steering wheel.  As is my cell phone, which I can now answer when it rings by hitting a button on the steering wheel.  Spoiled much?

Oh, did I mention it has a sun roof?  

It might be easier to list the things the car doesn't have/do.  

Anyway, I've been out this morning, thinning out the mint around my patio again and dead-heading my roses.  It's supposed to be another 100+ degree scorcher today, so I wanted to do a few things early. Then I can essentially relax the rest of the long weekend.  Yay!

That's it for today.