A Challenging Evening...

So last night was a particularly challenging evening for me. Things started off okay, a busy day at work, then breaking at noon to enjoy our Christmas get together...but then I headed off for my therapy appointment ~ yes that's right I'm in therapy, but I don't think it's anything for which I should be ashamed so I freely let you know, yes, Heather's getting some professional help for her messed up mind ~ ha-ha... but last night was a particularly rough session. I talked about some things I had been avoiding facing and I cried a lot. It was rough.



When I got out to my car and turned my cell back on and listened to the message my mother left me I was filled with a sense of dread. She was mad and she left a message on my cell phone about it!? Did I call her back? No, no I didn't. It had already been a rough evening and I was soon to be facing more troubles so the last thing I needed was for my Mother to yell at me. Of course not calling her back probably pissed her off even more, but it was not something I had the energy to worry about or deal with, so I ignored it. **sigh**



Then it was off to take my coughing cat to the vet. I was really worried that it might be something really bad and I was a bit scared :( Turns out the poor guy has a bronchial allergy, well, they think it's an allergy and not an infection. But as the vet was explaining things to me and telling me what he thought should be done first and what not I started to cry, this was my baby we were talking about. The vet was concerned that if we gave him something for an allergic asthmatic situation without first checking his heart to make sure it's not enlarged (an enlarged heart can also cause coughing), there could be some serious problems. If he did indeed have an enlarged heart and we didn't know it, giving him these drugs could actually kill him. So I started to cry and agreed to having x-rays done. Much to my relief his heart looked good but we could see on the x-rays that he had a bronchial issue (little white flecks -- inflamation-- in the bronchials) ... so the doc put him on Prednisone and an antibiotic just in case it was an infection and not an allergic reaction. He told me to get a humidifier which should really help. So now I have to administer a liquid antibiotic and a pill form anti-inflamitory to my poor cat. Let me just tell you, he DOES NOT like taking his medicine. He clawed the crap out of me this morning when I gave him the liquid antibiotics. The pill form Prednisone he took much easier, but he started running away from me after that and I'm going to have scars from this mornings episode...



Ahh the price you pay when you have "children" ... **sigh** But I love them (I have two) and I'm so grateful it was nothing too serious and that even though he may have to be on meds for the rest of his life, he's feeling better and not coughing as much and that he's going to be okay. Yay. :)