I did blood and urine lab work on all three of my kitties.  They were
all QUITE put out that their own Meowmie was sticking them with
needles.  I apologized by giving them gooshy food that night.

The lab results are back and in terms of bloodwork, they all are fine.
However, Imp and Mayhem have struvite crystals.  Dang it....

Okay so it's time for a diet change.  They need to lose weight anyway,
so after conferring with my doctors, I'm changing them over to w/d.  It
will help them lose weight and help acidfy their urine and hopefully
that will get rid of the crystals.

*sigh*  kinda embarassing though, to have fat cats who also have urine
crystals.  Ah well, good thing i found it out NOW.

Anyway more snippets from my adventures..............

Rosie, one of our hospital cats is quite fluffy and is also kinda
skittish.  She likes to come up to you while you're at the computer
entering info and put her paws up on your leg.  But if you stand up to
pet her she runs away.  Well a few weeks back, Dr. S told one of our
groomers to give her a lion cut.  She looked SOOOOOO funny afterwards.
I mean most cats with a lion cut don't usually look funny. but they do
if they have the little kitty belly that hangs down.  You know what i
mean, the little pooch of skin that hangs down from the cat's belly.

Well in this case, not only does Rosie have one but it's FOLDED and so
pendulous that it looks like she has an udder.  And it swings and
bounces when she runs.  EEEK!!!!  It's quite cute.

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Mango is doing awesome.  He has this low MROOWW that shows that Siamese
in him.  I hate to say it but it sounds like he's dying.  He also LOVES
to hang out in the break room, which also is our kitchen.  And when
people sit down for lunch he always has to inspect it.

Here are pics of him when i found him in the break room.  The chairs
had been put up and a bed had been put in.  I didn't have the heart to
move him.

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Isn't he a cutie?  He's also a TOTAL ham when it comes to visitors.
He'll jump over the counter in the reception/waiting room and go
schmooze with the other clients.  One client has fallen in love with
him and Dr. C was talking to her about his history and stuff.  The
woman seemed interested, but after she left, Dr. C said, "You know, I
don't know how i can let Mango GO!"  We've all been suckered by him, in
one way or another.

What a sweetie....

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I was in the treatment room when suddenly i heard this howling and
yowling coming from the other room where we do grooming.  I peek in and
see my coworker giving this cat a bath.  And this is cat is just
SCREAMING bloody murder.  Poor guy, but I saw him when he came in and
he was covered in mats.  So even though he complains every step of the
way, he sure look a hell of a lot better when he was done.

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Had a dog come in for vomiting on Friday and the next day we had to do
an exploratory surgery.  I hadn't set up for an exploratory in a long
time, and I was a little nervous, since i didn't know where everything
was.  I knew what instruments and equipment were needed, but i didn't
know where they were.  Somehow though i managed to find everything and
help out the doctor.  We pulled a piece of a cloth toy from this dog's
gut.

But I'm quite proud of myself and how i managed to handle things.  The
dog recovered quite nicely and went home today.  She was always leaning
forward to lick my face too.  Even when she recovered from surgery, I
was there petting her and she was totally out of it from the pain meds,
she still managed to lift her head and lick my cheek.  Awww.....

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Had my 90 day review and i'm off probation.  So now i'm a permanent
employee and even my supervisor is happy with me.  I couldn't be
happier right now since i'm learning a lot and taking charge of cases
and seeing them all the way through admittance to hospitalization to
discharge.  Actually right now i've been dealing with a dog that had a
splenic tumor that resulted in him having his whole spleen taken out.
That was last Friday and since then he's been touch and go with
complications.  I've been caring for him almost every step of the way
and even driving him to the emergency clinic for overnight care and
then picking him up the next morning.  (the owners are unable to do so,
and we do charge for transporting)  He seems to be getting better, but
he could do either way at this point.  But you do develop a bond with a
patient you care for every few hours, especially also when you put him
in your own car and he jumps from the back seat to the front seat.
I'll probabaly have to pick him up tomorrow morning and care for him
again.  I certainly hope he gets better.

That's all for now.  I have to get Mischief away from my dinner.

GET DOWN AND LEAVE MY CHICKEN ALONE!!!

Take care,

Kristi