Cobweb. And Rugs.

[shannon_a]

While we were watching The Walking Dead this evening, Cobweb suddenly got up and started pacing around the room. Several times she went over to the catnip towel and sniffed it. Once she even clawed at the edge, presumably trying to look for catnip under the towel. This is all much more active behavior than she's shown in a few days.

After the show, I nuked a bit of the boiled chicken breast for her, and she wolfed it down. It wasn't a lot, but she did spend several minutes eating it, and even stole some from Munchkin when I tried to give Munchkin the rest (thinking Cobweb was done).

We're far, far from back to normal, but this is the most (the only) encouraging thing we've seen in a week. The most eating we've seen in days.

And I have to guess the cause is either the 24-hour anti-nausea she got at the vet yesterday or the Pepsid AC she's been getting for 3 days now. I'm hoping the latter, as that's the easier answer, and one that will keep her on a curve back upward.

Fingers crossed.

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Saw family today too. My brother Jason's birthday is in a couple of days, so we celebrated it with Jason, Rob, Lisa, my Mom, and Bob, at a BBQ place in North Berkeley.

Good food. Good company.

Recently learned that my folks are moving south a bit, so they're packing up stuff from the house. As a result I somewhat unexpectedly came home with baby blankets, afghans, and rugs from my childhood nursery. To a certain extent, it's stuff I don't want. But it's also deeply meaningful as it was handcrafted by my Aunt Judy, my Great Grandmother, and others. I'm trying out the silly rugs in my office. (They were the only things I remembered: one shows a raccoon in bright yellow, orange, and brown; the other shows animals going to Noah's Ark.) The afghans have gone straight to the love seat in the sunroom, which the cats (particularly Lucy) use sometimes.

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Really hoping things are heading upwards. I've had enough stress for the year.

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More rain. Yay.