We have some really sad news to share 

You may or may not know, I turn 39 years old on Thursday. Aside from this being the last year of my third decade life, there's a something that's going to make this day pretty awful.  On Thursday at 2:30 PM, we will be taking our Cleo to the vet again.  It breaks my heart to share that Cleo will not be coming home with us after this visit. Unfortunately, she's going to be put to sleep and that's going to be really tough.  She actually turned thirteen yesterday.  A few weeks back, she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. She'd been having problems for a few months and none of the medications helped. At the beginning of August, we had her back to the vet and we learned that she…

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When our pets get sick

This is way off topic but in the context of our lives, it's relevant. I've shared about our cat Cleo, and how she's not been doing so well. We learned last week that she has Crohn's disease. I didn't even know cats could get that.  She's been having issues with diarrhea for a few months and it turns out to be Crohn's. At least there's a treatment and it's relatively inexpensive.  We have to give her steroids every single day and that helps to take down the inflammation and she does better. It's a really good thing until she starts vomiting all the time because of the steroids.  Now we have to force feed her half of a PepcidAC tablet twice a day. These tablets are fucking huge, even when…

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We have a new diagnosis and you won’t believe what it is

It's been a stressful morning for all of us. We had two appointments this morning before having to get our cat Cleo to the vet again. We were worried that she may need to be put down and that wasn't something we were prepared for.  We spoke with the kids and explained that she's most likely going to be fine, but there's a chance that she won't be. That went about as well as you'd expect, but it was necessary.  I was able to get ahold of my Mom, and she took the boys at the last minute, so they wouldn't have to go with us.  Long story short, Cleo has lost one pound since her last appointment aboht two months ago. When the vet was checking her out, he…

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