Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 4 - The Aftermath

f0xh0les

I have just checked, and the cheapest we can get afternoon tea is £15 a head and you get a choice of one fizzy non alcoholic drink. So £90 for my lot, and they would probably come out and ask what I was making for supper.

janb5

Just realized you cant edit posts on this new format which is rather annoying!  Or is there a way that someone else has spotted?

Honeysucklelou2

Great news of the PPI claim. I’m still waiting to hear about a claim I made in mid August, so your result gives me hope 🙂. Hope the 2 cats are feeling better soon.

triple_choc_chip

janb5 said:

Just realized you cant edit posts on this new format which is rather annoying!  Or is there a way that someone else has spotted?

You should have a settings wheel (a white cog) top right of your post on the blue stripe showing the date/time of your post.  This is the edit button.  You can only see it on your own posts, not anyone else’s.

janb5

Aha- wonderful- I`m very grateful!

facethemusic

Nothing very useful to say that will help just now, but can you set up a standing order to the vets so you build up credit which can be used if there is a big bill? I know it's another payment every month but £30 or £40 each month might be easier than finding £500 in one go? 
To use up the chicken- egg fried rice? 

foxgloves

For using up chicken.....quesdallias?

apple_muncher

triple_choc_chip said:

janb5 said:

Just realized you cant edit posts on this new format which is rather annoying!  Or is there a way that someone else has spotted?

You should have a settings wheel (a white cog) top right of your post on the blue stripe showing the date/time of your post.  This is the edit button.  You can only see it on your own posts, not anyone else’s.

please let us know if this works. Whenever I edit a post, I end up writing backwards and upwards with a capital letter for every word...!!

crazy_cat_lady

Today has been a difficult day. I decided quite late last night that Tuxy was looking even worse than ever and that she needed to go back to the vet this morning - particularly as she hadn't eaten all day. I am friends on fakebook with the receptionist so messaged her and she agreed with me. She rang me at half eight to tell me to bring both cats for 10am. It was quite tough waiting because the rest of the cats were starving by the time I left and I wasn't prepared to let them eat while the other two were still at home. I was very tearful when I got there because Tuxy was just so poorly - head down and no effort for anything. Tortie flew through her pre-op checks and we had the chat about quality of life and how I don't want to keep any of them alive if they're not going to have the best quality of life possible. Then onto Tuxy - and the vet said she looked awful... She'd lost more weight since Tuesday and vet was very worried about her - blood tests all clear and no temperature, which suggested a bigger problem. They said they would keep her in and see how she went on a drip with some painkillers and run some more tests (thank goodness I didn't cancel her insurance in the end). I got a phone call just about noon saying that Tortie's X-rays were all clear and that we were good to go for surgery, but there had been a deterioration with Tuxy and she was starting to have some breathing issues and they were trying her with some asthma style treatment. Then another call at about 3pm to say Tortie was out of surgery and recovering well - all the mass had been removed successfully - but could they keep her overnight because she needed IV opiates to manage her pain. I said yes - whatever is best for her. They were pleased with how Tuxy had responded to the treatment but was still very poorly. They rang again at half six to say that they thought she had made slight improvements and could they keep her overnight as well to see how she goes. I asked if we were prolonging the inevitable as I didn't think that would be fair but the vet said all blood tests were clear, all Xrays had been clear and as yet there was no medical reason to put her to sleep just yet. Apparently she ate about 6 mouthfuls of food, which is 6 more than she managed for the past couple of days. There are some detailed results coming hopefully tomorrow but I've been warned not to get my hopes up. I have been very tearful today - my cats are like my next kids, and definitely a massive part of the family - not just animals to us. DS has been quite upset and dd very quiet. I just hate the waiting and not knowing. And I really struggle with being completely helpless in this situation... Thank god for my lovely vets, and my gorgeous friends and family though - I don't feel like I'm coping well at all but it makes a big difference to have people around to support me. 

My friend that lives about an hour away came up to keep me company for the day, without any judgement and just let me cry on her for hours at a time. We took the kids out for Chinese buffet lunch followed by a very quick trip to Primarni. DD bought loads of on sale makeup wipes and a pair of shorts, and ds bought a new tshirt. I bought some reduced slippers to put away for bestie's birthday later in the year. I still have tomorrow to get through. 

It's been quite a tough week altogether - I'm definitely not rested or relaxed and whilst I'm very relieved not to have had to deal with this kitty crisis while working, I don't feel as though I'm going to cope well being back at work next week. Particularly if my Tuxy doesn't make it. I'm trying so hard to be motivated and keep going, but I have no capacity at all for the way my anxiety is behaving at the moment. I just want to sleep for a week, but can't manage to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time at the moment. I've got beanie in my head reminding me to just keep plodding, which is all I can do. And thank you all for the suggestions about the chicken leftovers. I did chicken fried rice, which ds loved but dd wasn't so keen on. I've listed all the others in my planner for the kids to pick from next time though. Must keep the faith with the money. I really wanted to just mindlessly spend (mindless spending and eating are my coping mechanisms when I'm in a bad place mentally). I went for the all you can eat £8.95 buffet lunch and resisted Primarni so I'm calling that a win for the minute.

crazy_cat_lady

facethemusic said:

Nothing very useful to say that will help just now, but can you set up a standing order to the vets so you build up credit which can be used if there is a big bill? I know it's another payment every month but £30 or £40 each month might be easier than finding £500 in one go? 
To use up the chicken- egg fried rice? 

Thanks for this suggestion (as well as the rice) - I may speak to the vet tomorrow about starting to build up a credit on my account. Not that it'll happen any time soon after this little luxury break the pair of them are having.