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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005 02:58 pm
Tomorrow morning I have no physical therapy appointment and no morning meeting at work. I will show my gratitude for this rare occurrence by standing in line at the DMV. If the three or four scribbled-out mistakes the doctor made on my form aren't a problem, I'll get my temporary parking placard tomorrow. I coulda used it today. I'm glad I'll have it. I hope I don't need a new form.

If I juggle things well, I'll have the same situation next Thursday, and my cats will go to the vet, long overdue. I will ask to have [livejournal.com profile] jackiecat's fur trimmed back a lot so that (tmi here) (don't read the rest of this sentence) (you were warned) SOMEthing she eats will have a chance of reaching her other end.

Another week and I can get my brakes maintained... if they can get the car back to me the same day. I don't (yet) have two days in a row without appointments requiring driving.
Thursday, May 26th, 2005 03:32 pm (UTC)
That is interesting. I am inclined to believe that cats evolved to deal with eating their own hair, with the possible exception of longhaired domestic cats (humans have mucked with domestic cats in various ways over the years -- there aren't wild cats with that kind of hair to body-size ratio). When mine throws up, it's all hair, so I've been figuring she just has too much hair to deal with it. Maybe she DOES have IBD though. How'd you find that out?
Friday, May 27th, 2005 03:18 am (UTC)
If the hairball remedies help, maybe that's all it is. My kitty lost a lot of weight, too. Found out it was IBD through like the sixth invasive diagnostic test. They get suspicious that somethign like that is IBD, but I guess they can't prove it without a mucosal sample.

If a steady diet of hypoallergenic or novel, single protein source food helps, then it might be a food allergy or sensitivity (which is what they think IBD is). Or the OTC hairball remedies and foods help, and maybe it's not IBD...