Things

[turps]

Milo had to go to the vets on Monday. He wasn't eating well and wouldn't even look at his pill pockets so wouldn't take his steroids and I was worried enough to get him an appointment. Turns out he's fine, he's put on weight since Dec and is now over 6.5kg again and his bloods came back okay, with his kidney disease pretty much at the same levels and his infection markers down.

That same day the pill putty I ordered came and after wrapping his tablet in that he ate it fine. On one hand, it's frustrating as it was a bunch of money on the bill for nothing, but on the other, his bloods need testing regularly anyway, so I'm taking it we just did them earlier than planned.

The next day we had to take Megan to the vet as Kayleigh was at work. For the people who've just started to read here Megan was mam's cat and when mam died Megan went to live with Kayleigh, my sister, and she pays for the day to day things and we pay for the insurance, and thank goodness she has that insurance as Megan has a skin condition that means monthly vet visits with steroid and antibiotic injections each month. The vets are still drop and go so that was another 90 minutes sitting in the car outside.

Kayleigh had her first COVID jab on Monday and unfortunately got hit by some bad side effects and is still feeling miserable today. But, hopefully, she'll be feeling better by tomorrow.

Company Shop had a special on some of their bulk products, including a 4kg bag of Quorn fillets for £2. I got myself a bag, and also one for Kayleigh as she also eats a lot of Quorn, only to find out she had no room in her freezer. So I now have 8kg of Quorn fillets to eat my way through. Good job I like the things.

We had a family Teams meeting with my SiL, Bil, MiL and her social worker and my SiL and BiL are now days away from being discharged from social services supervision, which is great. We just had to say we're there for backup if they ever need it, which of course we always will be, and that was that.

I was out for my walk/letter delivery and back home by 9 am this morning. I've got a parcel coming with a different brand of pill pockets between 9 and 1 so decided to get out and back early. Of course, the parcel has only just been delivered now, at 12:50. So in time, but I didn't need to rush.

It was the anniversary of when I met James last week, 29 years which is a ridiculous amount of time. I got him a card from Moonpig but he didn't-- which is understandable considering we're actually married now and had an official marriage anniversaryary. But still, I'll hold the high ground for a while *g* But yeah, 29 years, thank goodness for dodgy nightclubs, sticky carpets, pink kangaroo drinks and places that looked to one side in terms of underage drinking.

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[pensnest]

Poor Milo. I hope he is feeling better now. He is obviously built on the same scale as Bun's cats, at least two Sablesworth each. I have so far had success enticing Sable to eat her pills by putting them in cheese. Note: Cats (at least, little black fluffy ones) do not like Brie.

Quorn curry, Quorn a la king, Quorn chilli....

29 years! A long time. \o/

[turps]

Milo is much better and eating really well. Included in that the two new kinds of pill pockets I bought. I really need to retry using cheese because it would work out a load cheaper.

He is a big cat but in frame, he's not fat.The vet said they'd prefer him not to get over 7kg, but at this point they're probably glad he's actually eating.

Well, I've had Quorn stirfry so far. At least it's easy to cut up the fillets and use them in different ways.

It's a very long time.

[shadowhive]

I’m glad Milo’s ok though aww. Poor Megan

Oh wow 29 years is impressive!🖤

[turps]

Megan always looks so sorry for herself when she comes back from the vets. Poor thing, her face gets so sore. I wish we knew what sets it off, but it's just one of those things it seems.

Thank you. It is a long time, over all of my adult life.

[dine]

happy 29 years together! that's really terrific - congrats to you both for surviving the sticky carpets

I'm glad Milo is ok, it's always a bit of a relief when a vet visit shows nothing wrong (and then you often regret the expenditure)

[turps]

Thank you!

That nightclub was very much of the time, sticky carpets and all. I'm always amazed mam let me go when I was so young, same for James and his parents. But, we weren't the only ones out and about from 16 onwards and the clubs didn't care.

Milo is fine now, eating like crazy and apart from his bald patch on his neck you wouldn't think he'd had to go to the vets at all. And yeah, I think of yet more money added to the bill and regret that, which is why I have to remind myself he does need blood tests. Just, maybe not now.

[frausorge]

Wow, that's a lot of vet time! I hope Milo will have a nice clear period before he has to go back again.

Also I hope Kayleigh's side effects resolve soon so she can enjoy the benefits of the shot's protection. That's great news about your SiL and BiL!

And congrats to you and James and your origin story.

[turps]

It really was a lot of vet time. Due to covid and the drop and go all the appointments are longer anyway, to leave time for phone calls etc. Add on appointments running over and both days we sat for hours outside.

Kayleigh is much better now. It seems the side effects can be severe, but thankfully tend to go quickly. I'm thrilled for my SiL and BiL. They've worked so hard and have done every single thing that was asked of them.

Thank you <3

[spikedluv]

Our dogs are horrible for taking pills. The supposed tried-and-true method of using peanut butter hasn't worked for any of our four dogs. I've finally found a method that works for the two we currently have - they are nuts for anything dairy, milk, cheese, ice cream, so I use cream cheese. They gobble it right down. *g*

[turps]

I've heard about the cream cheese trick before and keep meaning to try it. It has to be cheaper than buying pill pockets which cost me over £10 a packet!

[spikedluv]

And here I thought I was the only one to figure that out. *g*

[turlough]

So good to hear Milo's doing okay!

Poor Kayleigh! I see from comments that she's better now but it still sucks that she had to endure those sideffects.

You could use some of those quorn filets to make the chutney chicken I did at Camp. I used quorn for Alice & Jenny's shares.

Happy anniversary to you and James!!

[turps]

Milo is fine now, just being a typical cat going off his treats it seems.

Kayleigh is fine now, and back to buying up a storm. I swear, her baby will have enough outfits to change 10 times a day before she's born.

Thank you for that recipe link. I have all the ingredients so may make them tonight.

Thank you again!