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The Fur Was Flying
Mar. 31st, 2011 11:45 pmSo we've learned that Cobweb has a kidney infection. Which isn't good, but isn't as terrible as it could be. We took her into the vet yesterday for a super antibiotic shot, and the vet tech also showed us how to administer subcutaneous fluid. Which basically involves hooking a needle up to an IV like tube and then feeding fluids to under her skin.
We did that today. Oh boy. Kimberly tried to hold Cobweb down while I administered the fluid, and as my subject says, the fur was flying. Cobweb was doing backflips to get away from Kimberly and great gouts of the poor kit's were coming out as a result.
We came to the conclusion that Kimberly was scruff-impaired. So I held Cobweb down and was able to largely paralyze her by holding the scruff of her neck. And Kimberly had no problem at all stabbing her with the needle.
I'm hoping as we continue this tomorrow it won't be quite as traumatic. Because I found it pretty traumatic today, the first time around at least. The idea is that we give her these subcutaneous fluids for a short time to help flush out her kidney. Hopefully it'll work like that and all will be well.
Tonight was also my regular Thursday gaming night and we had Doug O. visiting from Massachusetts. Which was really nice, as I hadn't seen Doug in many, many years. I went to Cal with him and he briefly played in some of our roleplaying games. Ars Magica, I'm pretty sure.
Another person that I wish were around for games.
Ironically, he now games with Aaron from Endgame, as Aaron also moved to the Boston area. (Another another person that I wish were around for games.)
We did that today. Oh boy. Kimberly tried to hold Cobweb down while I administered the fluid, and as my subject says, the fur was flying. Cobweb was doing backflips to get away from Kimberly and great gouts of the poor kit's were coming out as a result.
We came to the conclusion that Kimberly was scruff-impaired. So I held Cobweb down and was able to largely paralyze her by holding the scruff of her neck. And Kimberly had no problem at all stabbing her with the needle.
I'm hoping as we continue this tomorrow it won't be quite as traumatic. Because I found it pretty traumatic today, the first time around at least. The idea is that we give her these subcutaneous fluids for a short time to help flush out her kidney. Hopefully it'll work like that and all will be well.
Tonight was also my regular Thursday gaming night and we had Doug O. visiting from Massachusetts. Which was really nice, as I hadn't seen Doug in many, many years. I went to Cal with him and he briefly played in some of our roleplaying games. Ars Magica, I'm pretty sure.
Another person that I wish were around for games.
Ironically, he now games with Aaron from Endgame, as Aaron also moved to the Boston area. (Another another person that I wish were around for games.)