ACF and the Butt Ugly Mushroom

I called the vet hospital, and Clueless wonder is refusing to eat. Not good. It is dangerous for cats (and ponies) to go too long without eating, as it can cause liver damage. They said I was welcome to stop in this afternoon and try to encourage him to eat if I wanted to. I’m…

Yesterday did not turn into anything I expected it to be. My first doctor’s appointment was for 8:15. This one was with Dr. Cancer. And for once it was filled with nothing but unequivocal good news. My bone marrow biopsy is now declared officially “OK”. It is “hyperactive”, but they are now theorizing that this…

Today would have been my father’s 83rd birthday. He’s been dead for twelve years now, but I haven’t yet forgotten his birthday when it comes by. He hated birthdays, or any fuss being made. He hated anything that departed from routine. He didn’t even like taking vacations away from the house. He was a tough…

No, Alaina, it wasn’t that bad. I had a lumpectemy. The lesion was abnormal, but pre-cancerous. I just have to be really careful in the future, since these things can recur. The scar is big enough that I have to be a little careful about tank-tops and sleeveless shirts, but if that’s the worst I…

I do believe that my little grey cat-from-hell has forgiven me for abandoning her for two whole weeks. She has deigned to again regard my lap as a kitty-bed, and is even now taking her mid-morning siesta in the comfort of my discomforted legs. No matter. I’m sure feeling will return to them sometime later…

We lost power about an hour and a half ago during a rather nasty electrical storm. After about 45 minutes worth of waiting, I was starting to think about where I could go to keep myself amused when it occurred to me that my poor foster cat was down in her room in the cellar…