Come and get it. (Click to enlarge.)
Oh, wait, somebody already came and got this lot today. (It's that time of year again.) But don't worry; there'll be more.
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Sam Update (for anyone who might be worried): The vet at Angell Memorial informs me that Sam is doing very well. He is eating like "a little piglet" and, now that he's on beta blockers, sleeping for good long stretches of time. They determined that the mass on his thyroid, though quite large, is benign (yay), so they gave him his I-131 injection today and expect no complications.
The vet says he's still a little "grouchy" sometimes. Well, I didn't say so, but wouldn't you be grouchy, too, if someone stuck you in a cage in a hospital with no warning or explanation and no sense of when you could get out? Away from your favorite kitchen mice and your favorite petting human? Of course you would! It would suck!
But -- fingers crossed, so hard they're cramping -- so far, so good.
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Contest tomorrow! Yes, even though I STILL haven't made the prize for the last contest. This time I will be less lame* about that. I will. You'll see.
*uh, so to speak
We are all happy here at the latest Sam update. CatGirl stood on her dinner chair and cheered. John wondered whether Sam would soon be a big fat kitty...me, I'm just smiling..
Posted by: Jana | November 14, 2007 at 10:26 PM
So glad for the Sam update. I think the grouchiness is a good sign, under the circumstances. Glad to here it's benign. Ruby's glad, too. Or she seems pretty cheerful at any rate. She just trotted past me with a rope toy and is sitting on the sofa with it and gnawing on it enthusiastically.
As long as she's not chewing on the sofa, I don't mind that she's on the sofa, chewing.
Posted by: alphabitch | November 14, 2007 at 10:40 PM
So happy to hear Sam is doing OK. A little grouchy? Heh. I think *they're* lucky to escape unharmed.
Contest? Woohoo!!!!
Posted by: Michelle | Bleeding Espresso | November 15, 2007 at 04:20 AM
Newbie visiting from the Goldfish = works for me.
Best wishes
Posted by: Maddy | November 15, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Thank you all for your good wishes. Isn't it great how the vet personally calls every day between about 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. with a status report? I am such a neurotic fearbag. If she didn't do this, I'd be prostrate on the pale yellow, chintz-covered loveseat.
Hm, maybe later.
Posted by: Sara | November 15, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Damn right, I would be grouchy too in those circumstances. And I think it's a very good sign that he is feeling well enough to be grouchy.
I hope he gets to come home to you soon.
Posted by: laurie | November 15, 2007 at 12:31 PM