My wife had to take one of our cats to the vet on Monday because he was limping unaccountably, ie I couldn't see anything obvious wrong with the limb in question. Sylvia, our very good Polish vet wasn't sure either, but gave him the inevitable injection of anti-inflammatory and antibiotic (do they ever do anything else?)
On Tuesday he seemed over it; walking and behaving normally, but this morning he was favouring his left paw again. Hence I had to take him once again, a highly traumatic experience for us both. Fortunately, the vet did not think an X ray necessary (they have to be sedated for that), but did recommend a course of oral ABs and anti-inflammatory agents. I absolutely hate trying to give a cat any sort of medication as they seem to have an inbuilt radar for them and put up (at least with me) determined resistance to taking anything they don't like the look of. Damn!
Another day dawns fine and bright, with a heavy frost after a clear night. My barograph is reading 30.6", corresponding with "very dry". We should consider ourselves lucky. Often in the winter, anticyclonic conditions like this leave us with uniformly grey, overcast skies. It's still bloody cold though.
SPECIAL NOTE
This blog is my 365th* Thus, slightly late, I have completed a full year's entries covering my last year of full time work and a little beyond. I had intended for this blog to be my last, but I find myself more than a little attached to the idea of sharing my life on the world wide web. So, with your indulgence I propose to continue, though now I am retired I shall post blogs on a less frequent basis than hitherto. I will, however, continue to post 2 blogs each week, probably on Tuesdays and Saturdays, though more often if anything notable occurs in my somewhat contracted life. Now read on!
* actually not. 2 or 3 were duplicated, putting my figures out.
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