shadow19's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make up Written Monday 5/22/06, posted Friday 5/26/06: Not the kind you wear, but a make up entry. The kind where I write about everything and nothing. The kind where I tell it like it is. The kind where I just damn write something. Woke at 4:40 am with a knot in my guts…something I haven’t done in awhile. The clenching must’ve been caused by a bad combination of a Wendy’s lunch, the rare prime rib from last night’s post-commencement picnic, topped off with a helping of Dove’s Butter Pecan Pleasure ice cream. My guts rebelled for about an hour, and now I am feeling purged and lighter (and in less pain)…ready to start my week off. The knots are loosening, in more ways than one. Last week kicked my ass. For most of it, we were trying to solve the medical mystery of little Boo’s suddenly increased thirst and increased peeing (while still pretending to be concentrating at work). Early in the week, his routine blood work came back fine, which was a relief, but in a way, just added to the puzzle. Later in the week, the vet tested him for Addison’s disease and x-rayed his tiny chest and abdomen to look for tumors. Thursday afternoon, the office called and said that the vet wanted to talk to us. We both nearly had stress strokes on the drive to their office fully figuring that something was seen in his x-rays. We walked in the place with “funeral home” faces, and seeing this, one of the receptionists quickly said, “I don’t think they saw anything in his x-rays,” and then handed me a box of Amoxicillin. Wow…I think I truly exhaled for the first time that week. After a bit, we met with the vet and she laid out her strategy…put him on the antibiotic for a spell to see if he improves, and if not, pursue more testing (liquid deprivation test, etc.). Thankfully, he is seeming better/happier/less thirsty, and we’re taking a more relaxed wait and see attitude. Crisis averted, it seems. Phew. Then I got into sort of a “thing” with a Physics professor, and you know how I hate getting into “things.” More stomach knots and middle of the night insomnia. Yeesh. As a friend of mine just emailed, “Must there always be something to disturb our peace so that we can’t relax and stay in the moment?” Ummm…lately, yes. But for now, there is a week off to look forward to. Time to regain some perspective and loosen my grip on everything. A time to unclench. 7:24 p.m. - 2006-05-26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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