Life has somehow become a bit of a whirlwind over the last couple of weeks. More so than usual. I don't know why. It just has. Sometimes adding little things in to a day can mean that it goes by in a blur. And then the next day is the same. And so it goes on until you find you've gone through nearly a whole month and have no idea where it's gone! That's how March has been.
After getting home from holiday and collecting the cats it was back to normal with returning to work and the general home routine. No woodturning club on the Monday, so a chance to try and play catch up with house chores. No line dancing on Tuesday as it was cancelled, but I went to the Wednesday line dancing night. Then Thursday home later from work. Then Friday came, and the start of numerous trips to the vets......
I'd noticed that Titch, my youngest cat (and when I say young, he's 12, but still the youngest out of the 3), looked quite unsteady on his legs, and didn't seem himself at all. So, off to the vets we went. He was holding his head on one side, and would fall over at times. After an initial assessment it was thought best to keep him in at the vets overnight and get him on fluids and antibiotics. This was the night that DD had asked if she could stay over at ours and then go for a run on the Saturday. It was quite strange only having two cats in the house, and a little bit strange having DD back in the house too! (but lovely at the same time).
The vets rang Saturday morning to discuss how Titch had been and to ask a few questions about him, including what food he'd been on. I'd remembered that I'd been feeding them a particular make of cat food which had just recently been recalled due to possible health issues with some cats, so the vets started a course of treatment in the hope that if that's what the problem was it could be caught early. More blood tests and injections later and I brought Titch home on the Monday afternoon, not much better, but at least he was home. And so began the daily trips to the vets last week for injections to try and treat whatever he had, while waiting for the blood test result to come through. Finally, last Friday, the result came back, and it wasn't what we were all thinking - it wasn't connected to the food at all. So, no more daily injections. However, during the week it was clear that Titch was improving very slowly, so the advice was to keep him on the antibiotics and see how he gets on. It was a pretty hectic week last week with the daily trips to the vets. With DH working away (as normal) it was a case of charge home from work, collect Titch, get to the vets, wait to be seen, get home, sort Oscar out, feed the cats, etc, etc, until it was time to flop in to bed! I did, however, manage to find time to get Oscar out for a walk by the canal a couple of times.......it's still very muddy there though, so not a good place to go if you haven't got your wellies on!
After getting home from holiday and collecting the cats it was back to normal with returning to work and the general home routine. No woodturning club on the Monday, so a chance to try and play catch up with house chores. No line dancing on Tuesday as it was cancelled, but I went to the Wednesday line dancing night. Then Thursday home later from work. Then Friday came, and the start of numerous trips to the vets......
I'd noticed that Titch, my youngest cat (and when I say young, he's 12, but still the youngest out of the 3), looked quite unsteady on his legs, and didn't seem himself at all. So, off to the vets we went. He was holding his head on one side, and would fall over at times. After an initial assessment it was thought best to keep him in at the vets overnight and get him on fluids and antibiotics. This was the night that DD had asked if she could stay over at ours and then go for a run on the Saturday. It was quite strange only having two cats in the house, and a little bit strange having DD back in the house too! (but lovely at the same time).
The vets rang Saturday morning to discuss how Titch had been and to ask a few questions about him, including what food he'd been on. I'd remembered that I'd been feeding them a particular make of cat food which had just recently been recalled due to possible health issues with some cats, so the vets started a course of treatment in the hope that if that's what the problem was it could be caught early. More blood tests and injections later and I brought Titch home on the Monday afternoon, not much better, but at least he was home. And so began the daily trips to the vets last week for injections to try and treat whatever he had, while waiting for the blood test result to come through. Finally, last Friday, the result came back, and it wasn't what we were all thinking - it wasn't connected to the food at all. So, no more daily injections. However, during the week it was clear that Titch was improving very slowly, so the advice was to keep him on the antibiotics and see how he gets on. It was a pretty hectic week last week with the daily trips to the vets. With DH working away (as normal) it was a case of charge home from work, collect Titch, get to the vets, wait to be seen, get home, sort Oscar out, feed the cats, etc, etc, until it was time to flop in to bed! I did, however, manage to find time to get Oscar out for a walk by the canal a couple of times.......it's still very muddy there though, so not a good place to go if you haven't got your wellies on!
After a fairly quiet craft fair last Saturday, Sunday was Mothers Day, and a visit planned to both our mums, with us meeting up with DD at my mums. No. That wasn't DD's plan at all. Unbeknown to me she had been planning a surprise for me with DH. While I thought she was at her own house suffering after being out on Saturday night, she turned up at our house complete with flowers and a book for me!!! (although she did look very rough and said she didn't feel well......).
I had no idea she was going to turn up, so it was lovely to see her. And it was lovely to spend the day with her, while visiting DH's mums and my mums homes, before finally getting back to our home where I cooked us a meal of roast chicken and roast potatoes.
It's been slightly calmer this week. Thankfully. Sort of back to normality, although DH went away for work on Monday instead of Tuesday. But, I managed to go line dancing Tuesday and Wednesday, and take Titch to the vets today (who has improved considerably since last week). I've also spent some time with DD today as she didn't start work until this afternoon, so we managed to go out for afternoon tea near to where she lives - a lovely little place she found with fabulous food.
Today wasn't planned at all. I had a day off work and suggested to DD that we go for a run before she started work. However, the weather wasn't very nice, and she'd been looking at somewhere to go for lunch, and then it ended up being afternoon tea once we looked at the menu..........
Thankfully Titch appears to be much better, still a bit unsteady at times, but almost back to the 'old' Titch, including wanting lots of cuddles. He's been coming in to bed with us for cuddles at night for a while now for over a week - well and truly spoilt!
.. but he goes back to his girls for the rest of the night......
So that's how the last few weeks have been. Pretty much jam packed with no time to spare at all. I keep looking at my spoons that need finishing, and the wool I've got to make various things...... I think I need to try and plan for some quiet crafting time soon ......
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