#she went to the vet today and the vet couldn't figure out what was wrong with her

[dragonforsale]

Istg if i lose another goddamn animal this year i am going to strangle god himself.

[an-aura-about-you]

ok gang who's ready for the story of the bullshit I've been dealing with today?

so the day is already off to a promising start because I have to take my cat to the vet for his 3 times a week fluids treatment, so we're sequestered in my bedroom and he's waking me up because he has to mess with my stuff and can't just leave the room.

but eventually he chills out and we both go back to sleep.

I wake up and see I have a couple of missed calls. one's a voicemail from the body shop.

rewind for a bit: I had a car accident back on the 4th of July. I didn't mention it here because it was basically a fender bender, no one was hurt, and I didn't have to pay for anything since the other guy was considered at fault. but part of my car got crunched pretty good, so it went to the body shop for repairs and that's where it's been for the past two weeks.

anyway, my car is ready, so it's time to return the rental and get my car back. after taking the cat to the vet, which thankfully was without incident on my end but took some time because of an emergency they had.

I go to the rental place and return the car, and they try to stick me with the extra costs even though my claims adjuster said it should be free of charge to me. the extra costs being they were unable to provide a car in the covered size, so according to their contract with the insurance company the upgrade should be free to me. and I don't want to be a Karen about this but I also don't want to get the runaround from two groups telling me two different things. it also makes me wonder who the heck my claims adjuster talked to since she said she would give them a call. because really, it is neither my fault nor the insurance company's fault that they didn't have a small car available for my reservation. hell, maybe it isn't the rental place's fault either since they say they're returns based, but looking at the cars they had at their lot, I have to wonder if they DID have any small cars at all.

in any case, they charged it to the insurance company minus the fuel I agreed to cover (since I chose the option to bring it back on an empty tank instead of trying to match what fuel I had when they loaned me the car.) and they give me a ride to the body shop.

I get there, my car looks great, I go in to get my key and sign off on the paperwork.

and then my car won't start.

I go back inside like ??? and they go, "yeah we've had to jump your car a number of times while working on it." which, they didn't tell me that before?? and Dad and Razzz jumped on this being suspicious, but we'll get to that.

the guy jumps my car, I drive it over to the nearby AutoZone, and the car dies just as I'm pulling into the spot. I think, "well, if it is the battery, I couldn't have asked for a better spot for it to die."

I go in, I tell the dude what's up, and we jump my car again to get a read on the battery. things look bad but inconclusive, so he recommended I take it to another place to see if it is just the battery or if something else is going on. and I can't get it out of the parking lot.

fine. ok. I knew one day I'd have to cowboy up and handle things, so I pull up my insurance app and request roadside assistance for a tow. I don't have roadside included in my plan because this is the first time in the 7 years I've owned my car that I've needed roadside assistance, so I figure paying it out of pocket this one time balances out. they say it's going to be possibly 2 hours for them to get here, and I have to be at work in an hour at this point, so I make arrangements to have the car towed without me there.

fortunately the guy at AutoZone was happy to help, but that led to an interesting interaction. he saw the stickers on my car, including an Arkansas sticker in the colors of the Progressive Pride flag. and he asked if I knew a friend of his who was trans. we had a nice talk about it, but in my brain I was like, "??? We Don't All Know Each Other!" don't get me wrong, I would love to meet his friend! but we don't have like a meetup place or a psychic link.

THEN I call Dad to see if he can give me a ride. he can't, and that really should be the end of the conversation. but no, dads gotta dad, so he asks for more details about my car trouble and tells me it's super sus that I get the car back from the body shop and suddenly it's having this trouble. and it's like he's not wrong but he is not solving any problems by talking to me about them over the phone at that moment. he was also like, "the car didn't give you any trouble like this on your vacation," and I was like, "because I had the rental on vacation and haven't had my car for two weeks!" I eventually had to be like, "I'm handling it but right now if you can't give me a ride I REALLY need to get on the phone with someone who can!" that fortunately did the trick, and I jumped onto Uber.

I managed to get an Uber just in time for work, and the driver was weird about me slamming her doors?? I didn't think I was but she seemed to think I was slamming them. I wasn't even thinking really, just wanted to shut the door firmly because I don't want the door just hanging open. but that's whatever and I managed to remember to not "slam" the door when I left.

also, while in the Uber, I got a call from the tow truck saying he was almost there. I updated him on the situation including the guy at AutoZone who I left my key with. and turns out tow truck guy and AutoZone guy are friends who used to work together! that at least was a happy coincidence.

somehow I made it to work on time, then I was on the phone for like an hour talking to various people about the situation and where the car got towed to because it was brought to a different dealership (and actually the one I would have chosen had it been offered as a default on the app) and now that whole mess of it is sorted. as far as they can tell, it IS just the battery, but I asked them to make sure just in case anything else happens with the car. I will be a little sore if it IS just the battery because AutoZone could have resolved that problem without me paying for a tow, but I would rather be safe than sorry about my car.

anyway that's been my day so far. how are y'all?

[pbandjesse]

I just got out of the shower and washed my hair really good and I feel a lot better. Honestly I felt pretty fine all day except a sort of low level of being uncomfortable and slightly nauseous. I was mostly just fine, also just tired.

It didn't help that our smoke detector started chirping at 130 this morning. I woke James up to get it down but they were confused and went to check the hallway one when I knew it was the bedroom so they were sleepily walking around with the ladder. But they figured it out and got it down and we were able to go back to sleep.

But when I woke up I was just not about it. I gave James a hug and told then I was going back to sleep. And they left for work.

I would get up at 8. And felt a little better. I got dressed and made the bed. I warmed up the hash brown James made for me. They shredded way to much cheese so I gave the extra to Sweetp.

I gathered my stuff and headed out around 830. I arrived at 9 and still beat everyone else.

My plan was to start the embroidery for the bear in the teddy bear hospital. And while in the end I had to undo the whole thing it was very good practice for satin stitches. But I didn't know it was wrong at this point. So I spent like 45 minutes seeing the eyes and was pretty happy with it but it did look. Strange. I couldn't figure it out but the reference picture was at a weird angle where I couldn't see the eyes so I wasn't sure what they were supposed to look like. I would wait until later to text the owner to check in.

As I was finishing that Sarah and Elizabeth were getting in. And so I would actually do work work and not other stuff.

There wasn't a ton of large projects for me to do but thankfully there were more small ones. I started with walking up to the art building to cut more circle looms. I still need like 20. But I made great progress.

I was watching a really excellent 2.5 hour long video about a new arg about a time line switch. I love a very long video. It helps me get other stuff done because I'm not constantly looking for another video.

When I got back to the office I made it known I needed tasks. Heather read out a few from our meeting but I had already half heartedly started them. So I actually worked on those today. I collected ideas for games at programs. And organized my specialty ideas. Sent those off to Heather. And I worked harder on my slang PowerPoint.

This ended up being really fun. I had to check in about a few things with the group. And once I got to a place where I couldn't think of anything else I sent it out for review. Elizabeth said I wrote everyone's titles wrong but I just copied them off the website!!! Which means the website is wrong. She also thought I was very funny because of some of my commentary on what things mean. I just kept telling her that it was based off what people say!! That's the point of this!

But we did come to some agreements about some wording and specifics. One of the big arguments though was which spigot has the best water. I wrote tipi field and art building because that's what everyone tells me all summer. But Elizabeth says it's art and top bar. Alexi said that it didn't work for a long time so that's probably why no one says that one. We decided that we needed to make a flight of cups for each spigot and test then. I refered to this as a spigot sommelier which got absolutely huge laughs and I added it to the PowerPoint.

I had a little lunch. The pasta salad I brought was way to vinegary and I ate it but I did not enjoy it. The peach I had cut up for myself and the yogurt were much better.

I finished my long video. Went up to art to work on some small stuff. I keep getting very dizzy walking up that hill but I am trying to not let it bother me. And when I got back to the art building Heather had me searching for shoes for our horses.

The vet has traced their little hooves and so I measured those and researched these special orthopedic shoes for horses. Which were $100 each! Not even a pair!! And we need 4 of them. So then I spent some time googling and researching and was able to find someone selling overstock, in the correct size, in box, for $55 each. I hope they follow up on that listing because it was a great deal.

I had a few other small things I worked on. I tried to do some research on an enclosure for our terrain. Who needs a much larger space. And in doing that I also found some good prices for tortoise food so I grabbed that too.

I stuck it out until 3. I let Alexi know I may not be in on Monday or Tuesday but I will be there Wednesday and Thursday for sure. She said that was just fine and to have a nice weekend.

I left camp and went right home. While I was driving I was thinking about the bear and thought maybe the eyes weren't actually. Eyes? But eyelashes. So I texted the owner and she agreed it seemed wrong.

When I got home I was texting her more. She sent me another reference but it was still a weird angle. So I tried Google lens. And not only did I find a better picture, a couple different ones, I also found a listing to buy the bear!! I sent it to her and was like. I'm the best googler. And she was so excited. She still wants me to fix the bear but now she'll have two. And she'll gift them to her twin brother. I am so excited that this is all coming together.

I tried cutting the embroidery I did to see if it could look like lashes but he just looked like Tammy Fey Baker. So I would pick those out and see in the lower eyelashes and it looked so much better. I'm very happy with the progress. I will try and repair the nose tomorrow. And possibly go to the store to look for a larger nose. But I'm not to concerned about getting that tomorrow.

When I got home before I went inside to work on the bear I had a nice chat with my neighbor about having babies. And she is always so nice so I always stop to talk to her. It's good community building. And when I got inside I would pull Crabcake from his tank to go outside in the chia plants. Which he crushed and was probably very good enrichment for him.

Sweetp also enjoyed being outside. It was a little to hot in the sun though so I went inside. Made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And laid on the couch and waited for James to come home.

They got a flat tire so it took an extra couple minutes. But they got home and got to work fixing the book shelf. Replaced the smoke detector battery. And got to work making pizza dough for dinner.

They would come lay with me on the couch. Held my belly. It doesn't have like a full round shape but it's doing something for sure. I do wish it would round out. But also I sneezed and it hurt so bad in my lower belly. Rude.

I came upstairs and laid in bed. Eventually James brought us really excellent pizza. We are together and when we were done they went to go play a game with their friends. And eventually I went to take that shower. And I am real tired but I'm also feeling happy.

Tomorrow I have the day off. I may hang out with Celia. I may work on art. Mostly I want to just chill. I have a weird schedule the next couple days. Day off. BMI event. Day off. BMI event. Day off. Back to camp for a two day retreat. And the. Going to the beach with Jess for the weekend. Busy busy week.

Let's hope it's a good one. I hope you all have fun tomorrow. Good night!!

[scriboniuscurio]

Rest in Peace, Sid.

We found Sid and assumed he was a stray, so we left food out for him until he became friendly. Then he spent his days lounging on our back porch, occasionally begging for food or picking a fight with our indoor cats through the window. We did eventually find out he belonged to our next door neighbors, but it was clear he lived here now. My mom named him Sid after the children's book "Six Dinner Sid" about a cat who had six homes so he got dinner six times.

As much as we wanted to, we couldn't bring him inside due to him not getting along with out cats, so we made the garage as comfortable as we could for him. A cooler for the summer, a heater for the winter. My dad always acts aloof or even annoyed towards our pets, but it was his idea to get Sid a heated cat bed.

Eventually the neighbors who were technically his owners moved, they didn't say anything to us before they did. Made no arrangements about officially giving Sid to us despite them knowing he was living with us. While a conversation would've been appreciated, Sid was now officially ours. It was a relief because we were always concerned about who would take responsibility if he needed vetinary care or for some other emergency.

Our usual routine continued for several years. He would hang out on the porch, keeping us company when we did outdoor activities and chores. We'd take him into the garage for the night. He was a cat. He slept on my dad's Acura, leaving his hair and small scratches. He'd leave the entrails of rodents on the floor for us to clean up. We loved him. He was an important part of our lives for so long.

One day, we noticed the sides of his abdomen bulging out, I now know this is called ascites. It went away after a few days, so we didn't think much of it, maybe he just ate something bad. A few weeks later it came back, and worse. Other than the bloating, he still seemed fairly normal, maybe a bit lazy, but it's summer in Arizona, and he's not at young as he used to be, so some lethargy was to be expected.

My dad called for me and asked me what I thought, I thought he needed to see a vet, but I know my parents are reluctant about that currently since we have another cat who is diabetic and needs regular vet care. I told him I don't know what he wanted me to do about it other than call the vet.

Appearently he had some sort of free subscription to an online vet consultation service, so we did that. We sent some pictures, did a video chat with the vet, upon seeing Sid's gums, he told us he was having liver problems and would need to see an in-person vet right away.

My dad grumbled, he hoped that the online vet could just write us a prescription for antibiotics and that would be that. He grumbled more as my mom made calls to various vets trying to get an appointment in for today, and was quoted an $800+ figure at an emergency vet for diagnostics. My mom accepted, and I accompanied her to the vet.

After only a few minutes of what was supposed to be an overnight visit, the vet came and told us that all the tests they did would just tell us what's obvious, he had acute liver failure. We could prolong his life for a while, but it would be costly and would only delay the inevitable. So we made the decision to put him down. Several hundreds of the $800 my mom had just paid were refunded in favor of putting him down and cremation.

It was so sudden. We hadn't gone there to put him down, we went there to see what was wrong. We never expected our elderly and diabetic cat to outlive him. We don't know his exact age, but he was probably around 8-10.

A previous cat of ours also died due to liver failure, but it was so obvious she was sick. She pretty much constantly had diarrhea. She wouldn't eat. Her jaundice was so easy to spot. As Sid spent his last moments wandering the room, sniffing everything, annoyed that he couldn't walk well due to his leg wrapped up in preparation for the injection, it didn't seem real how sick he was.

As my mom and I cried and spent our last moments with him, we apologized to him. We're sorry we couldn't make him better. We're sorry we didn't take him in sooner. We're sorry we made him live outside rather than trying harder to make our cats get along with him.

Having pets is a learning process, and unfortunately their deaths feel like the greatest learning moment, especially when it happens early. But also, you can't always know exactly where you went wrong. I want to do better. Maybe it's comforting to assume his disease was a random bodily failure we couldn't prevent, but I can't help but feel guilty. I always thought it seemed so sad that he had to live outdoors while our other cats enjoyed the comforts of the house, so why didn't I try harder to get him inside?

I'm sorry, Sid. Goodbye. We love you.

[frogsandfries]

I didn't get much done today. My sister spent the night at the home of some guy that she blocked basically as soon as she left and then slept most of the day. I worked on this for a little while in the morning, went down for a late lunch, ended up staying down there trying to work up the executive function points to fix the sink.

That was a whole fucking mess. I've decided that I am perfectly happy with calling management whenever something is wrong with my living space.

First, I couldn't get the water valve shut all the way, so it was flowing into the cabinet the whole time. I really tried everything I could think of to turn off the water. I looked everywhere to do so. Ultimately, the property manager (i.e my sister aka the homeowner) decided she didn't care and thought it was fine.

Second, the new faucet's connections were too small, so we had to go out and get an appropriate connector. We had to leave the house. With water flowing into the cabinet.

Third, we didn't have any appropriate tools, so I used my jewelry wire cutters to cut one of the copper tubes so I could get the old faucet off.

Fourth, in taking the new faucet back off the sink, for some reason, the part that was supposed to hold the actual faucet in place no longer wanted to hold the faucet. So I used silicone adhesive to help. Gaaaawwwwdddd I hope it actually works.

FIFTH!! THEN the shut off valve for hot decided to get too loose. So I had to figure out how to get that tightened back down.

And lastly, when I finally retreated to my office to get some work done, like finally trying to figure out how to YouTube, my god. Damn. Cat. Would. Not. Stop. Screaming. At. Me.

He's a fucking mess. He hates being in a room with the door closed. He didn't want to snuggle or be held or chill in the goddamn cat tree. He and I don't have the best relationship in the first place. Until we moved in with my sister's cats, I thought he and my girl, his sister, were bonded, but she hisses at him at least half as much as she hisses at everyone else, so I have no idea.

So anyway, he's not allowed to be in the office with me while I'm doing anything with thread/string or cameras. The only reason he was in here--well, two reasons--was: One, earlier today, one of my sister's cats who is perhaps overly interested in my boy but also has no fucking idea how to play nice, beat his ass just because he was in the same room as her. And two, sometimes he picks fights with my sister's other girl, her Maine coon. Although, yesterday, I let them fight under supervision and I wonder if perhaps he's figured it out with that one.

Now if only (??) my girl would fight it out with my sister's boy with whom she has beef. I wonder if some kind of brain medication might chill her the fuck out enough that the other cats can check her out and be done with it, and maybe she can finally acclimate to the house and the other cats. I honestly don't know the solution; she's a very finicky, particular cat. She's been known to fight the vet. It's just tearing me up that she's so stressed and unhappy, she's basically gone half-feral. When she's downstairs in the main living areas, she's constantly fluffed up, she growls at me when I'm petting her, I can barely pick her up. She's just......stressed out.

Seeing her so incredibly upset and stressed and unhappy is..... it's so hard. They were extremely happy and chill after we left my ex. Now she's even more unhappy than when we were living with that person..... It's really hard to see and it's even harder now knowing what to do. I can't afford a goddamn thing right now. I supposed I could just obsess over mturk until I've earned three or four hundred dollars. I don't feel right asking my sister to take her to the vet when she's got her own animals to take care of and get to the vet and she still needs to pay her deductible on her car insurance.

[kannra21]

@owishi Asdfghjkhgfds I want to write sum HCs rn! 😆✨✨

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After a successful photoshoot the MCPTF duo took for a detective magazine, Haru bashfuly thanked the camera crew for their work and started to gather his belongings. After a couple of seconds he didn't see Daisuke moving much from his spot at the studio backdrop so he decided to check on him.

Daisuke was still standing there, petting a beautiful cat on his shoulders. He was smiling for the first time in a long time and Haru couldn't help himself but to tease him a little.

"You have a soft spot for kittens, huh Kambe?" "Huh?" "You love animals don't you?" "Don't get the wrong idea. Just because I helped that little boy with a dog back the-" "I get it, no need to get so self-defensive." Haru approached the two and pet the cat as well. Daisuke continued "We had a family cat back in the days but she died from a kidney failure." "I'm sorry to hear that." "Pedigree cats are always difficult to maintain."

He then approached the studio producer and asked "What's the name?" while pointing at the purring ball of fluff. "Oh the name's Kumo-" "No, I meant the name of the breed." "It's a Maine Coon my good sir."

Daisuke took his phone, dialed a number and a lovely lady could be heard on the opposite line "Yes, Daisuke-sama?" "Suzue, do we have all the predispositions that satisfy the adoption of a cat?" "I mean yes but we can't charge a butler to take responsibility for everything. Consider chipping, regular visits to the vet, special shampoos, nail clippers, toothbrushes, specialized treats, eye drops, litter box, toys, climbing frames, there are many factors which need to be taken care of Daisuke-sama. Besides, it's been such a long tim-" "Alright"

Daisuke ended the phone call with a dissatisfied sigh before asking quietly "How much?" to which Haru needed to interfere. "Didn't Suzue-san just tell you not to take a cat home?" and Daisuke gave him an annoyed side-glance "I'll figure something out."

When he arrived to the mansion in his Bentley Continental GT, he glanced at the backseat to address the feline comfortably lying in the fancy pet carrier. "You better not make a sound, understood?" to which the cat just purred in satisfaction. Daisuke felt so silly at this moment, like a little boy hiding a broken vase from his mother.

When he was about to enter the mansion, he accidentally walked on Suzue typing something on her tablet. She looked up and was delighted to see Daisuke coming home safe and sound. Daisuke stood at the doors, one side of his body peering from the corner while the other with a cat was hidden behind the wall. "Welcome back Daisuke-sama, the crack-open naengmyeon is already served on the table, you can take your seat." "Actually, I was planning on doing something else beforehand. Would you please excuse me for a moment?" "Of course." Suzue turned around and waited for him in the dining room. And although Daisuke was very good at keeping his serious demeanor, Suzue still noticed that something was off, with the tone of his voice for instance. It was very faint but Suzue was able to recognize things like this since she knew him so well. Still, she decided not to question him about it.

Daisuke entered his room and laid the pet carrier on the floor. Opening the zipper, the cat jumped out and rolled cozily on his bed. Daisuke held his phone and took a picture. He decided that he couldn't leave it by itself so he went downstairs to the storeroom where he took a litter box and filled it with old newspapers just in case.

After that he joined Suzue for lunch, they talked about Daisuke's photoshoot and Suzue's data she collected on certain people regarding a case. Daisuke told her that the magazine will be published in three weeks or so and Suzue was so happy she promised that she'll be the first costumer to buy it. Daisuke smiled more around Suzue after he let go of his past and threw his father into the jail. Now that all the bad things are behind him, he can finally indulge in his life and pay more attention to Suzue to whom he has yet to make up for all she has done for him over the years. He's thinking about marrying her soon.

While they were eating and pleasantly chatting, a high pitched "mrow" could be heard from the upper floor.

"What was that?" Daisuke let out a dry cough and said "My apologies. It seems that I needed to take a thicker coat before leaving for an appointment." "But.. you always pay attention to things like this." "It's true, but today I was a little late, had other things to do." "Don't overwork yourself, you need to think about your health." "Seems like you need to take better care of me.", he said with a smirk plastered on his lips to which Suzue just laughed and replied "You're so spoiled." and he scooted closer to her whispering "But I like it better when you do it.", and almost kissed her before the two heard a soft thud coming from the above.

"Excuse me for a moment, I need to check what's happening up there. Will be right back.", maybe the moment was ruined but he kissed her forehead nonetheless and went upstairs, leaving her full-hearted and all mushy inside. Her mind was so hazed from the thought of Daisuke kissing her forehead and almost kissing her lips that she didn't register the cause of his concern.

When he arrived to his room he had things to behold; scattered papers and documents all over the floor and the ashtray he typically used after his "adventurous nights with Suzue" was lying on the ground right next to the nightstand. The cat was sitting on his working table licking her paw as if nothing of this concerned her in the slightest. Daisuke sighed in disappointment and put her back in her "baby jail". She already gave him such a hard time but he couldn't be angry with her, she was his baby (yes he already considered himself a dad for god's sake).

Since they already finished with their meals, Suzue went back to her tech room to finish her work and Daisuke took the opportunity to place some meat and water on small plates and bring it to his naughty little friend.

The cat calmed down instantly after she ate and went straight to sleep. Daisuke couldn't believe his own eyes, the audacity, the sheer amount of spoilage this creature showed was unreal. It reminded him so much of himself and he smiled a little. He really missed having a cat.

After he cleaned up and finished his other tasks, he laid on the bed next to her and pet her soft white fur, making her purr louder and snuggle up beside him. Daisuke knows that Suzue is not stupid and that she'll eventually catch up on him sneaking behind her back to give Furry Elise treats (yes her name is Furry Elise, "Für Elise" might be one of Beethoven’s best-known piano pieces and Daisuke knows how to play it too).

And it actually happened that same night. Daisuke was about to fill her small plate with more meat when he met Suzue in the kitchen and she asked him what he was doing. He instantly gave up because it would be so blatantly obvious and incredibly stupid of him to say that he was trying out a new weight-losing tip when no one in this god-forsaken world ate raw chicken.

So he took her to his room and showed her Furry Elise. And although the cat purred really loudly upon seeing them, Suzue wasn't happy about it. In fact, she looked really disappointed and Daisuke needed to apologize. He explained her how it happened and how he wished to have a pet after a really long time. He thought she liked cats as well and therefore concluded that it wouldn't be such a big deal to adopt this cute little feline she loved so much, but apparently it was, so he asked her one more time why she was so reluctant to the whole idea of owning a cat again.

Suzue now shredded a couple of tears and Daisuke was seriously alarmed upon seeing her like this so he carefully cupped her with his hand behind her back and hugged her, asking why she was crying all of a sudden.

"It's just.. I don't want to go though this all over again." "What are you talking about?" "You see, my parents died, your parent died, our previous cat died so soon. I'm living in fear every day and asking myself if something's going to happen to you as well, that's why I'm so excessively worrying about you. And everything I need right now is another sweet creature that I love so much leaving us again. I don't think I'd be able to handle it anymore."

"Suzue.. I never thought..", Daisuke kissed her head and felt a big amount of guilt dawning on him. He was so selfish for only thinking about what made him happy without considering Suzue's emotions. But then he reclaimed his mind and tried to concentrate on saying the right thing. Hopefully he can make her feel better again.

"Suzue, my dear, you shouldn't limit yourself to things that make you happy. It's not healthy. You see, none of us is eternal; neither you, nor me, nor this kitten down there looking at you with so much love in her eyes. But for that very reason that none of us is eternal, we should dedicate our time to one another and make most of it. So please don't deny yourself or your feelings. Instead of dwelling on the sad things, we should concentrate more on our time spent together and be happy, okay?"

Even Daisuke didn't know how he managed to word it this nicely but he did and he realized that both of them were crying by now. They shared a passionate kiss but got interrupted by a small furball rubbing on their feet like it wanted to share a hug as well and Suzue smiled through tears.

She squatted and carefully took the cat in her hands. "What's her name?" "Furry Elise." Suzue now needed to laugh so much and she hadn't even recovered from her previous emotional outburst.

"I love it, you're really good at this.. it's.. the song you used to play for me all the time before you went studying overseas."

He looked at her with so much love and adoration at this exact moment.

"Know what? I think I'm falling for you all over again, Mr. Millionaire." Daisuke swore, his heart was full that night and no money could ever compare to this feeling.

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[pratleskitties]

My Poccie is dying dead

Edit: 9.10, Feb 16, 2023

She is gone.

I'm broken. I've been broken since last week. Poccie is dying. Probably is/will be gone by morning.

She has been sick for a while, won't eat on her own since Jan 26, when I asked the vet to get a bloodcheck for her. She was dehydrated, and the vet put her on saline IV. By Feb 1, it was clear that she was not getting better, and I asked the vet to get her admitted.

She was getting better when she was admitted, and I went so far as to get her a FIP test. It was negative, and the vet stated that it is likely Calici - most of her mouth and gums were inflamed. But she was eating and doing fine, getting better by the day.

She came home by Feb 9, I still keep her in a kennel just to keep watch. She peed/pooped and ate fine for exactly two days, and then started to refuse food. She also threw up twice, and thus I asked the vet for meds. After being given meds, she wasn't throwing up again and was able to keep a little food down.

By Sunday, the vet came and gave her Cerenia shot. She was still not eating much and being force-fed. The vet also put her on IV, and couldn't get a blood sample. We were planning on a more extensive blood check to figure out what's wrong, and were worried for her kidneys.

That night, the EGC polyp in her mouth erupted and she was literally spitting blood.

Little did I know that this would be the start of the drama.

She refused to eat - understandably. She was getting visibly weaker, couldn't get into the litterbox to pee and peed on the pad. Still no poop -- it has been yet another four days - since Feb 10 - that she did not poop. Vet and I presumed that she didn't poop because all of the nutrition that got into her were fully absorbed.

She weighted 2.8.

Yesterday she was bleeding from her gums again, and this morning (15/2) I asked the vet to pick her up again to be admitted. Her IV got tugged loose and I didn't have enough courage to put it back on myself.

Somehow, some time during the night and/or morning, she might have had a stroke. The vet checked her and cleaned her up, put her IV back on.

I am not optimistic. The vet said she still has some spirit in her. But she was somewhat paralyzed, her legs and arms were stiff, her tail was still moving, she could not hold up her head. At some point, her pupils started to differ in size, signs that she was in a coma. She'd somehow recovered like, after an hour of being in my lap.

I am torn.

I am not ready to let her go. She is half of my soul. My angel baby. Beloved princess.

But it hurts me to see her in so much pain.

Her eyes were somewhat empty, but she was still trying to look for mom when I put her on my lap and she heard mom's voice.

I stg was ugly crying at the vet with Poccie in my lap.

I am still crying.

I feel like I've failed to watch and care for Poccie.

I promised her, before I went home, that if she decides to stick around and fight, I'll be back tomorrow (as in later today) after I get back from the dentist. I unfortunately *have* to go to the dentist, I broke a tooth and it's getting annoying.

I told Poccie that if she's tired and doesn't want to fight anymore, I will be okay with it.

No I'm not. I won't be okay. But she only needs to know that it will be okay - I will be okay, *someday *- if she cannot fight anymore.

My guts said that she'll check out this morning. I've arranged with the Vet to have her returned home, whatever happens, rather than to have her buried at the Vet's.

I can only hope for a miracle, and I never put much stock in hopes or miracles I can't work to get.

I am so, SO sorry, Poccie. I wish I was better in caring for you. I wish this will not be the last photo of you and me together.

[majorshiraharu]

Doggo update, they couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong but the vet thinks something outside in the air is giving him an allergic reaction that's triggering seizures. She said that while they had him and watched him indoors he was perfectly fine just a little anxious and tired. But when they took him out for a potty break he started sneezing as soon as they went outside so they took him back in and a few minutes later he started to twitch, breathe weirdly and slumped forward before his eyes started to roll back. She said that he was still breathing luckily but they still couldn't figure out exactly why this is happening. The sneezing just started about 4 days ago when the smoke from the fires drifted out here. She said that with the heat wave and the smoke from the fires they've had a lot of really sick pets come in. Even tho the air quality is rated as good here she thinks there's something that's causing some pets certain severe reactions.

They gave him some meds that seem to have helped some cause he was mostly fine last night and didn't have another episode.

Luckily she thinks this may just be a temporary thing because otherwise he's in perfect health and so far all the tests that game back were good. Just waiting for a full blood work and allergy test to come back sometime today to see if that finds anything.

The bill was almost $800 but because of his condition and the fact that I'm on SSI and broke af after having to pay for all my medications yesterday they were nice enough to only charge me $360 for it which my friend was nice enough to cover for the moment.

I would sell my only healthy kidney for my dog if it came to it. I just want my bud to be okay, I hope he doesn't have another episode and that the medication helps him. Hopefully they can figure out what's making some pets so sick.

Today is the absolute worst, drove for an hour to get to a doctor appointment only to find out when I got there that it had been cancelled 10 min earlier. They rescheduled me for tomorrow tho so hopefully it doesn't happen again. I also noticed while driving that my car wasn't driving right, it just got the transmission replaced after it completely failed but I guess the replacement isn't any better because it's not shifting right, is making weird noises, the fuel economy went from being 46mpg to 25mpg so I got to watch my fuel meter tick down while I drove and it also decided at one point in the highway in traffic to just not go until I stopped and restarted the car and switched it to manual mode. Luckily I made it to the pharmacy cause I have to pick up my current and new medicine for this rib inflammation thing and the other new immune conditions. They didn't have all of them ready even tho they sent a text saying they did, so I had to wait for over an hour and then I found out that some of the things prescribed have to be purchased at an over the counter pharmacy place which means they are then not covered by my insurance so I had to empty my savings account to pay for all these new medications because there's a lot and they're super expensive and one is a weekly injection so I had to buy needles and supplies which aren't covered by insurance and are friggin expensive, but hey at least that injection medicine is covered by insurance, still costs $70 for a month but what can ya do.

The cherry on top of this crappy day is that I came home to pick up doggo cause he was staying with my parents for the day. He's been having a lot of issues with sneezing the past few so I've been letting him rest up some, but while we were sitting on the couch he suddenly bent forward and was making weird sounds before he stopped breathing and started acting like he was trying to breath but couldn't, for about a minute his eyes were closed as this happen and I legit thought he was about to die so sobbing like a baby I took him to urgent care where I have now been waiting for hours to find out if he's okay but they won't tell me anything and due to Covid rules I have to sit outside in my car.

;-; yo like me having breathing issues and almost dying the other day wasn't fun but can the universe plz not kill my dog. The vet did say that over the last 3 days they have had an alarming amount of similar cases but no one knew what was causing it. They think it might be from the fires but the air quality here is still safe and he's been indoors all day except for potty breaks which I keep short. And since we've been having a heat wave I've been extra careful to keep him inside and cool. I just want to know if my baby is okay cause seeing him stop breathing was the most horrifying thing cause I don't know why it happened and in the moment you don't know if he's actually dying or what you can do. Thankfully I don't live too far from the vet urgent care.

Hopefully I get some info from them soon, phone is slowly running out of battery and I ran out of tissues.

[thenightling]

Did you like the novelization? What were the most interesting differences (or added things)? (In case you couldn't answer me in public because of spoilers, could you do it in a private message, please? I don't care for spoilers. Thank you! 😊)

It was decent.  I haven’t decided if I liked it or not yet.   There were definitely some changes that rubbed me the wrong way but there were a few I liked.

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Changes that bugged me:

1.   If The Beast dies or when the last petal falls they aren’t just doomed to stay that way forever.  Everyone who was turned into an object transforms into an inanimate object / dies.  If the last petal fell The Beast would be alone with his now lifeless servant furniture.  This is weirdly unnecessary since being a sentient coat rack, ect is already a pretty dark fate.  Also they try to explain away that the curse is on them too because they did nothing to stop The Prince from becoming so cruel and selfish.  But what about Chip?  What the Hell could a little boy have done?  Why is he being punished?

2.    The original animated movie gave a specific timeline for the curse and the Broadway play removes that, sort of indicating that it could have been centuries.   But this one the curse could not have been very long.  The castle servants have loved ones living in the village who don’t remember them (part of the enchantment).

3.  One change I absolutely despise is a scene that felt like pandering.  There’s a scene where Belle is teaching a little girl to read (I’m okay with this).  What I’m not okay with is that she’s interrupted by a Headmaster who says girls aren’t supposed to learn how to read and tries to stop her.  This is blatantly historically inaccurate.  In France in the 1700s twenty five percent of all women could read.  That’s pretty high a number for the era if you think about it, and this was not merely in the big cities.  This bit of historical inaccuracy in the name of “Girl Power” really, really bugs me.  Belle was already a strong, feminist character.  She didn’t need to stand up to “The system” that “doesn’t allow women to read.”  That was utterly unnecessary and threw me out of the story because of how out of place it was for the setting.  Male or female, being a book Geek is enough to make you odd in many places today.  It was enough.

4.   Gaston shoots Beast in the back instead of stabbing him.

5.   Gaston is now a War Vet who talks a lot about his glory days.  This made me slightly uncomfortable as it felt like it was mocking war vets.  I liked him better as the arrogant hunter / owner of the tavern (or son of the tavern owner, implied in the animated film since his trophies were there and he went there after hours).  This paints a negative stereotype of men who survived war.   A guy who hunts for sport and is a popular jock was enough for the setting.

6.  Gaston seemed a little too nice in the beginning of the novelization (in my opinion).  He compliment’s Belle’s book instead of saying “How can you read this?  There are no pictures!”  And he doesn’t mock Maurice in front of her.  He gets nasty later though and even pretends to believe Maurice about The Beast only to get fed up later, knocks him unconscious and leaves him to the mercy of the wolves.  When Maurice comes back from this that is when Gaston convinces everyone that he’s crazy.

7.  I know everyone jokes that Prince Adam was cuter as The Beast but Belle practically says it to him in this version!  WTF, Belle?!?   That wasn’t funny.  She pauses near the end and he asks her “What is it?” and she suggests he grow a beard.  He laughs and nods.   But this kind of bugs me.  Also I don’t think blonds look very good with beards to be honest but that’s a personal preference.

8.  Belle knows about the curse in this one.  She partly figures it out and she gets told the rest.   She’s never told how the curse can break, just that if the last petal falls the Beast will remain a Beast forever.   This bugs me because in the original animated film she knew the place was Enchanted but for all she knew The Beast had deliberately become a Beast and had Enchanted his property to life out of boredom / loneliness.   Knowing he used to be human kind of contradicts the idea that she fell in love with him even though she thought he would always be a Beast and that’s that.

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Changes I do like / think are okay.

1.  I’m fine with the idea that Maurice now makes music boxes and Belle can practically read his thoughts about what tool he needs next before he speaks.  That’s kind of cute.  And I like music boxes.  Apparently that’s how he earns an income (besides their little farm).

2.  I like the details about Belle’s past / Beast’s enchanted book.  The Beast has an enchanted book in this version that can literally take you anywhere via magick.  He thought of it as a cruel joke of the Enchantress since he can’t fit in anywhere as a Beast.  But they use it to see the flat in Paris where Belle was born and learn that Belle’s father had fled with her to save Belle from The Plague when her mother was on her death bed with it.  Maurice was ashamed of leaving Belle’s mother there to die to save Belle.  And he became obsessed with keeping Belle safe.   That’s how they ended up in the village.

3.    At first I thought I’d hate that The Beast is not illiterate in this like he is in the extended version of the animated movie or the Broadway play where Belle helps him learn to read / re-learn to read.  But no, they handled this part really well.  The Beast is a book lover too.  And while Belle is nursing him back to health after the wolf attack (in his formerly princely bed, I might add) she quotes A Midsnummer Night’s Dream (My favorite play by Shakespeare) Beast finishes the quote for her.

4.  They go a little bit into The Beast’s backstory, revealing that he had a kind and loving mother but when she died his father became cruel and molded Prince Adam to be like him.  The servants did nothing to stop it and have lived to regret it.  It’s implied that The Beast’s father was abusive.

5.  LeFou switches sides close to the end and during the mob attack saves Mrs. Potts from shattering.  I kind of like that.

6.  The village was named after the woman who wrote the original Beauty and the Beast novel.  I thought this was a nice touch.

7.  They changed why Maurice was captured by The Beast in this version.  He was stealing a rose to give to Belle.  Belle has an obsession with roses stemming from an old baby rattle she had that was shaped like a rose.  Stealing a rose is what got him in trouble in the 1740 original novel.  And no, this was not the enchanted rose.  Also when Belle takes his place she tricks her father and shoves him out of the cell so he can’t linger behind.  This was unnecessary as The Beast dragged him away in the original but it was a good moment for Belle so I’ll let it be.