Bujold

Serendipity is weird. And yes, this ties back to that “What tree are you this morning?” question that I’ve been playing with for four days now. Or is it five? I’ve lost track. I hit upon the answer this morning. Out of the blue, I knew what the right answer was, and why. But then…

The advance of ringworm has slowed, but not stopped. Today the Little Grey Shit got her first of what promises to be many bi-weekly Malaseb baths. Bathing with Malaseb is a little different than a conventional cat bath. After thoroughly soaking your kitty, you lather in the Malaseb shampoo and let it sit for ten…

Rough night. Rough days ahead. The diary is mine, but sometimes the story is not mine to tell. As often as not, I’m on the outside, a spectator to things that I play only a peripheral role in. I may be writing from my point of view, but that doesn’t necessarily make me the central…

So I took my cat to a veterinary dermatologist because it had bald spots and was shedding hair all over the place. I asked the vet if the cat would would get better, but she said she didn’t want to make any rash promises. Satan’s Little Fart Cloud has yet to figure out that she…

We’re going to be upping the ante on this disease. Beginning Wednesday, I begin something called PUVA therapy. Consider it a somewhat benign cross between radiation and chemo therapy. I take a drug, methoxasalen two-and-a-half hours or so before being put into a UVA light box for 15 minutes. The period of time will never…

At the risk of sharing too much, that new diuretic that Dr. Liver prescribed for me is impressive. I’ve been on Lasix and Amileride since last August, and my kidneys had pretty much stopped responding to them. But this third diuretic on board has inspired me to take up a new exercise – the fifty-yard…