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Yeah, Pax, sorry to hear, Melanoma is really scary.
All my luck is not good. My car (Which apparently feels neglected) went to the shop Wednesday for an alternator, yesterday for a battery, and today it's getting a new oil pan gasket. OUCH OUCH OUCH.
that's 3 ouchs, 3 bills, 3 days and boy sometimes things happen in 3's PLEASE I HOPE WE'RE DONE NOW!!!!
My grandmother believed in 3's, especially bad news coming in 3's. You should be out'a the woods until the next set of 3 comes along. She also survived melanoma (I hereby send some of her left-over butterflies for Pax's friend Linda), living to be 15 weeks shy of either 100 or 101, depending on what story or documents you believed in. (Note to those seeking the fountain of youth: Try becoming a refugee, be sure not to carry ID, then find a good forger to make new ID for you while pulling a year or two off your age. Oh, and keep exercizing so you can live to enjoy the extra time.)
Despite using a name brand of flea treatment for two months, Herald the cat - who is allergic to flea saliva - has some bad sores. I was out doing field work for part of the week, and came home to a very unhappy kitty, who had licked most of his fur off a patch on his side. But using a flea comb came up with nothing most of the time. Anyway, got him in to his Vet this afternoon, where he got lots of sympathy. I found out that that particular brand of flea treatment (F******ne) has been known to fail, but there is better out there - the chief competitor I presume (Ad*******). Anyway, he got a cortisone shot, is on antibiotics, has some spray for his sores (which apparently he won't like the smell of), and new flea treatment. Now that the fleas have been killed off, he's resting confortablly for the first time in days.
And I feel like a heel. Something completely preventable, I was even TRYING to prevent - got completely out of control and my poor baby was miserable. :(
Naturally getting flea treatment for 3 cats + a dog, his other medications, and the office visit... the bill :eek::eek:
Unfortunately all the furry beasts in the house have to be treated.
If there's any good out of this.... his frantic itching has gotten him some extra exercise and he's lost a bit of weight. He's down to 17 pounds. He even has a waist. :o Poor fella.
Beth- Give up on Frontline. I've had to switch to advantage (after the people at Frontline's customer un-service line were really rude to me). Seems fleas *have* developed a resistance to it. We're going all Advantage (or something else) here.
I switched to advantage as well. Both dogs got lymes while on the other stuff so I'm hoping this works better.
Healing thoughts to Linda as well.
Today's my son's 7th bday - where does the time go?
I switched to Advantage, too! Still no fleas. We fought them and fought them with Frontline. The only problem is we have ticks down here, and Advantage doesn't work on ticks (as I found out the hard way). I have been buying enough of the extra large size to do all the dogs and cats with the same stuff, but I'll have to figure out another way for the dogs to have K9 Advantage or whatever it is that kills ticks, too.
I'm never going back to Frontline. I can't believe they still haven't altered their product or figured out that the fleas are resistant. I wonder if they'll become resistant to Advantage, too.
I hope your kitty heals up fast!
Karen
I'll start the good news train...WE'RE ENGAGED! :D
Unfortunately I'm up at 3 AM because my hips hurt so much. I've taken meds, rubbed in Tiger Balm, and am waiting to get sleepy and go back to bed. Here's a picture of the gorgeous ring, and I'll post more details later.
Congrats Lise!!! May you & your dear have many more happy times together :D
Congratulations! I love hearing news like this.
Congrats Lise!
congratulations, Lise!
I was expecting a daschund paw.. :D:D
fleas, fleas, the bane of my existence. I sleep with my cats and the way I learn we have fleas again is by getting bitten. Then I treat all the cats. Maybe I'll use up what I have now.
I use Advantage/Frontline (thanks for the info) and combine with Program.
if fleas are around, they don't reproduce. I also usually only treat 2 of my cats. the 3rd doesn't go out, and as long as I treat the others, she doesn't get fleas either.
Have to go get ready for a big long ride today.
Congratas Lise!
I'm jealous of the ride Mimi. It's 44 here with winds in the 30+ mph. Not a chance I'm gonna go biking today:D Heck, I'm pyching myself up to take the dogs for a walk, lol. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow though.
At the rate this weather's been going I won't be able to plant my flowers and veggies until June. That's common for northern WI but not here. Brrrrr.
It's already 81 degrees here at 10 AM. Today is suppose to go to 97 and tomorrow to 100.
We started our yard work at 6:30 this morning.
Veronica
What a great age. Happy birthday, little boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtbdarby
(in seven more years he'll be 14 :eek:)
I should have stayed home. Zeus got his head into something stinky. I washed his hair/head with shampoo and it still reaks. Kind of like skunk but not quite as strong. I have no idea what it is.....guess he gets round two of a shampoo!