Whereever he goes, I go!
Like I said, time to catch up what’s been up.
About a month ago, I had a break in my traveling. For a change, I didn’t need to go out of town for whatever reason. There was a time I was on the road every weekend and never saw home.
Skyprincess had to go to Cabo for the weekend for her friend’s wedding. We had initially planned for both of us to go, but I couldn’t due to my work schedule. So I had a weekend to myself, which was rare. This was the first weekend we had not seen each other since we started dating.
Untypical for me, I went to bed early. Early for me is anytime before 1am. This time, it was 7pm. I knew it was a mistake, I knew I’d be up at 2am if that happened. But it was Saturday, so I wasn’t worried. I would just take a mid Sunday afternoon nap. I love naps :D
I got up and started roaming the house. I was heading to the kitchen when I noticed Andrew (our cat) laying in the floor in the guest bathroom. This was odd, he usually doesn’t hang around that bathroom. If anything, he likes sleeping in the room over the garage.
I just said my normal “hey andrew” and continued into the kitchen. He didn’t follow, which was odd. Andrew follows me around like a lost puppy. Its really funny. But he didn’t come into the kitchen. I looked down the hall and he was in the same spot. So I went in and started talking to him, and he didn’t move. Just sat with this glazed look in his eyes. I picked him up and tried to get him to stand. He wobbled back and forth and just sat back down.
Okay, that’s not right. I tried it again, thinking he was asleep and he did the same thing. Now I’m getting concerned. The last thing I need is for one of Skyprincess’s cats to die on my watch. Besides, he’s my buddy. I go around singing the “My Buddy” song all the time!
I look at the clock and it’s 2am on a Sunday. I rush to find the phone book, and can’t find it. I then go upstairs and start calling Vet offices. Of course all are closed, but one gives a number to a pet emergency clinic. I call and they give me terrible directions.
It takes me 30 minutes to get to where they said they are. I spend the next 15 panic filled minutes driving back and forth trying to find this place. Finally I find it. They had turned off their outside lights and the address they gave me, and was in the phone book, were wrong.
After waiting forever for the vet to come out, he checks Andrew’s vitals and they are bad. They then give me the diagnoses and tell me he had a very severe urinary tract infection that will require immediate treatment. They give me a treatment schedule and demand 50% up front. The 50% being $600.
So I hand over my credit card, and they take Andrew to the back with instructions to pick him up 7am on Monday morning and bring the rest of the payment.
I arrive on Monday and pack Andrew up for the regular Vet’s office. He had a bacterial infection that caused crystals to form in his urinary tract. They had to roto-rooter his pee-pee to clear the blockage. Plus place him on heavy antibiotics to treat the infection. If I would have waiting a couple more hours, he wouldn’t have made it.
If I did not go to sleep earlier the night before and wasn’t up at 2am, he wouldn’t have made it to the morning. Luckily he also didn’t decide to find a dark corner to crawl into. I would not have found him until it was too late.
Mizike
About a month ago, I had a break in my traveling. For a change, I didn’t need to go out of town for whatever reason. There was a time I was on the road every weekend and never saw home.
Skyprincess had to go to Cabo for the weekend for her friend’s wedding. We had initially planned for both of us to go, but I couldn’t due to my work schedule. So I had a weekend to myself, which was rare. This was the first weekend we had not seen each other since we started dating.
Untypical for me, I went to bed early. Early for me is anytime before 1am. This time, it was 7pm. I knew it was a mistake, I knew I’d be up at 2am if that happened. But it was Saturday, so I wasn’t worried. I would just take a mid Sunday afternoon nap. I love naps :D
I got up and started roaming the house. I was heading to the kitchen when I noticed Andrew (our cat) laying in the floor in the guest bathroom. This was odd, he usually doesn’t hang around that bathroom. If anything, he likes sleeping in the room over the garage.
I just said my normal “hey andrew” and continued into the kitchen. He didn’t follow, which was odd. Andrew follows me around like a lost puppy. Its really funny. But he didn’t come into the kitchen. I looked down the hall and he was in the same spot. So I went in and started talking to him, and he didn’t move. Just sat with this glazed look in his eyes. I picked him up and tried to get him to stand. He wobbled back and forth and just sat back down.
Okay, that’s not right. I tried it again, thinking he was asleep and he did the same thing. Now I’m getting concerned. The last thing I need is for one of Skyprincess’s cats to die on my watch. Besides, he’s my buddy. I go around singing the “My Buddy” song all the time!
I look at the clock and it’s 2am on a Sunday. I rush to find the phone book, and can’t find it. I then go upstairs and start calling Vet offices. Of course all are closed, but one gives a number to a pet emergency clinic. I call and they give me terrible directions.
It takes me 30 minutes to get to where they said they are. I spend the next 15 panic filled minutes driving back and forth trying to find this place. Finally I find it. They had turned off their outside lights and the address they gave me, and was in the phone book, were wrong.
After waiting forever for the vet to come out, he checks Andrew’s vitals and they are bad. They then give me the diagnoses and tell me he had a very severe urinary tract infection that will require immediate treatment. They give me a treatment schedule and demand 50% up front. The 50% being $600.
So I hand over my credit card, and they take Andrew to the back with instructions to pick him up 7am on Monday morning and bring the rest of the payment.
I arrive on Monday and pack Andrew up for the regular Vet’s office. He had a bacterial infection that caused crystals to form in his urinary tract. They had to roto-rooter his pee-pee to clear the blockage. Plus place him on heavy antibiotics to treat the infection. If I would have waiting a couple more hours, he wouldn’t have made it.
If I did not go to sleep earlier the night before and wasn’t up at 2am, he wouldn’t have made it to the morning. Luckily he also didn’t decide to find a dark corner to crawl into. I would not have found him until it was too late.
Mizike
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