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Jul. 24th, 2013 08:05 amGood-ish news first I suppose. Monique is home one week today. She's still taking antibiotics every 12 hours through the pic line, but she's resting and giving her body time to recover this time. She's out on short term disability and actually behaving herself and not working.
Elijah is off with his mom for a few weeks on one of the prearranged court visit. The quiet in the house is quite the change, probably good timing for Monique's recovery.
Schedule is crazy busy on the weekends considering it's summer. I actually had to turn down the invitation to Mark's house warming events and to Kendra and Adam's wedding which was a real bummer.
The house renovations are finally coming to a close. Today the electrician should be back to do the final electrical work. Monique's sisters will be up to help with the final work in the basement. 12 months and tens of thousands of dollars over budget and that whole mess will finally be done by mid-August. It's good to have Chris and Elijah out of the upstairs bedroom and into their own space.
The big downer right now is Sasha. She was fine on Monday morning, but Monday night she wouldn't come out. I finally tracked her down and pulled her out from under my bed. She couldn't walk on her left back leg. She curled it up like a knuckle and dragged it, not putting any weight on it. Monique says she was acting weird during the day, just laying on her side meowing. Sasha doesn't talk to Monique often. The two of them generally avoid each other so that was a pretty solid sign that something was up.
I couldn't get out of work Tuesday morning, so Monique and Chris were going to take her to the vet first thing Tuesday, something that failed to happen. Monique called and made an appointment for yesterday afternoon and I got off work early to go take her myself. The vet did a pretty thorough exam. She has no feeling at all in that leg. He pinched it pretty hard and she didn't even budge and he said that her skin was cold in that foot. Her other back foot had plenty of warmth and feeling. The same tests there got him plenty of feedback from her. The upper part of the leg seems ok, no bone or muscle damage. He's thinking there's either nerve or blood flow (clot maybe?) or both. If it's just blood flow impediment, it might be back to normal within a few days. If the blood is totally blocked then it could lead to more severe results including possible amputation.
We have to watch her for a couple of days. If things aren't better by Thursday night, she's going to have to go back for further evaluation on Friday. As of this morning, she's walking a tiny bit better, but she's carrying the foot at an angle and limping. It looks like she's trying to use it but can't really feel it. She doesn't seem to be in pain. The foot is cool to the touch, not like dead skin, but definitely cooler than is healthy, especially compared to the rest of her.
Elijah is off with his mom for a few weeks on one of the prearranged court visit. The quiet in the house is quite the change, probably good timing for Monique's recovery.
Schedule is crazy busy on the weekends considering it's summer. I actually had to turn down the invitation to Mark's house warming events and to Kendra and Adam's wedding which was a real bummer.
The house renovations are finally coming to a close. Today the electrician should be back to do the final electrical work. Monique's sisters will be up to help with the final work in the basement. 12 months and tens of thousands of dollars over budget and that whole mess will finally be done by mid-August. It's good to have Chris and Elijah out of the upstairs bedroom and into their own space.
The big downer right now is Sasha. She was fine on Monday morning, but Monday night she wouldn't come out. I finally tracked her down and pulled her out from under my bed. She couldn't walk on her left back leg. She curled it up like a knuckle and dragged it, not putting any weight on it. Monique says she was acting weird during the day, just laying on her side meowing. Sasha doesn't talk to Monique often. The two of them generally avoid each other so that was a pretty solid sign that something was up.
I couldn't get out of work Tuesday morning, so Monique and Chris were going to take her to the vet first thing Tuesday, something that failed to happen. Monique called and made an appointment for yesterday afternoon and I got off work early to go take her myself. The vet did a pretty thorough exam. She has no feeling at all in that leg. He pinched it pretty hard and she didn't even budge and he said that her skin was cold in that foot. Her other back foot had plenty of warmth and feeling. The same tests there got him plenty of feedback from her. The upper part of the leg seems ok, no bone or muscle damage. He's thinking there's either nerve or blood flow (clot maybe?) or both. If it's just blood flow impediment, it might be back to normal within a few days. If the blood is totally blocked then it could lead to more severe results including possible amputation.
We have to watch her for a couple of days. If things aren't better by Thursday night, she's going to have to go back for further evaluation on Friday. As of this morning, she's walking a tiny bit better, but she's carrying the foot at an angle and limping. It looks like she's trying to use it but can't really feel it. She doesn't seem to be in pain. The foot is cool to the touch, not like dead skin, but definitely cooler than is healthy, especially compared to the rest of her.
