"quiet, alert, reactive and VERY crabby"

this was wafflehouse's original demeanor upon her entrance into animal emergency care, according to doctor michele forbes, dvm. let me tell you, i was very crabby too after sitting for four hours in their waiting room watching various other animals come and go; including mac. who barfed extreme amounts of water all over the waiting room floor. at my feet. after waiting for an eternity with my silent and sick kitty, waffle decided that she needed to be bumped up in the triage roster. so she started howling. and then puking. and pooping. all over her carrier. well that got us moved into an exam room quite quickly. after seeing THIS GUY scurrying around the exam room, i almost lost it. IT IS CALLED A HOUSE CENTIPEDE. NOT AN EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINIC CENTIPEDE. wtf was it doing in my exam room, climbing all over the kleenex?! ANYWAYS. after being in the exam room by ourselves for about 45 minutes, waffle decided to have a repeat episode of her earlier behavior in the carrier. (i think as a result of seeing the aforementioned centipede) and i decided to get a nurse.
sooo long story short: three days, two nights in animal hospital, an iv drip, a multitude of xrays, an ultrasound, and $1600 later...and the animal authorities still have no clue why waffle was feeling so crummy. she is back home now, albeit a but worse for the wear...


but at least she is home in my loving care. and she certainly looks a bit better than she did the first time i visited her:



as you can see, she has an entire "lap band" shaved around her waist. i can only hope she manages to grow this fur back... if not i shall knit her a sweater, or coozy of sorts. she'll love it.

here are some more of the doctors' notes and comments that were sent home with wafflehouse:
11/11/09
*"diffuse alopecia due to previously diagnosed and treated skin issues"
*"alert and friendly, a little overweight"
*"both kidneys appear small"
11/12/09
*"quiet, alert, reactive and very friendly tonight"
*"offered her food which she seemed eager to eat, but then started licking her lips and backed away"
11/13/09
*"wafflehouse is eagerly eating her kibble!"
*"unable to hear the heart and lungs due to her incessant purring"

i now prove myself to be the crazy cat lady with further cat/pet related incidents this past week....

i accompanied a dear friend and her sick kitty to the humane society on friday. there in the waiting i spied:
*one gangsta/thug wannabe with his "pitbull in his hand, he goes cruising round the land" or something of that nature.
*one MORBIDLY OBESE beagle (?) that must have weighed over 70 lbs.
*a woman who requested to take home a vial containing some of the assorted kidney stones that were removed from her dog. i can only hope she is going to make a necklace out of them.

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more updates to come on waffle. right now she is "quiet, unreactive, and not alert" but that is because she is sleeping.