Tag: mirrors

Mirrors helps me wash the rest of those collards that have been lurking in the fridge for a while! He is very helpful, given half a chance 😹

(No worries about drinking nasty water in this case, thankfully. That’s the final rinse. Greens may be a lot less likely to be grown in sandy soil here, without a bunch of grit to soak off them. But, I still feel like they need a good soak and then a couple of fresh rinses to be clean enough, because training 🙄)

This little guy is still a bit off balance after his long stressful day, but he was really glad to get home and seems to be settling in.

I didn’t even notice for a while, with all that fluff and it being right under one arm, but they apparently did have to shave a patch to do the ultrasound. We’ve seen how much he loves clippers 🙀

Update: Good news!

Poor Mirrors may have gotten to spend the whole day at the vet’s, but he did come home with Mr. C as soon as he could get back from work. After the scan, they don’t want him back until the next annual checkup/vaccinations 😸

They’re not sure why he has the heart murmur now, but the ultrasound apparently didn’t show anything worrying, and they’re not suspecting any serious problems. As long as he seems to be feeling and eating fine (like he has been), no need for much concern.

They apparently weren’t suspecting hyperthyroidism either, since he hasn’t been showing symptoms. And after dealing with SNC, I feel more confident in knowing some things to look for there.

I actually trust those vets’ judgment way better than any MD I have seen in the past 15 years. (About as long as we’ve been with that vet practice, actually, and I really wish they could treat humans too.) No reason to think they’re prone to dismissing potentially serious issues, so I do feel much better about the situation if they’re not that concerned now.

Still kinda wish I had been able to go and hear exactly what they did have to say about it, but it’s still a relief.

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Mr. C just got back from the vet’s with both cats a little while ago.

Apparently, Mirrors was lying down totally behind the monitor for a while, but he was too occupied with Feist to get any photos 🙀

(Mirrors probably also wanted well away from his niece, by that point. Not just the overwhelming humans.

As usual, they shared a carrier. I would have thought Feist was running on empty after peeing all over Mr. C when we were trying to get her in there, but apparently not. The towel in the bottom was soaked enough that the vet swapped it out for another one before they left 🙄 With both cats stranded in the Cat Piss Sea for a while.

Not too surprised that they have a need for a rolling supply of pet carrier towels, like the box of spare dry pants in my kindergarten class. But, that’s the first time we’ve needed to make use of it so far.)

At the vet’s office, when they initially heard the heart murmur. That did seem possibly stressful enough to explain it, but yeah :/

Mirrors gets to go back to the vet’s in the morning, and I’m trying not to get too caught up worrying when there’s nothing I can do.

When he and Feist went in for their annual checkup and shots a few weeks ago, they heard a heart murmur. He’s been acting totally normal for him, and I was hoping it was just a temporary stress-related thing. (Maybe especially after being stuck in the carrier with his niece peeing all over the place on the way there…)

But, they were still hearing it when he went back for followup. So, they want to do an ultrasound to hopefully get a better idea of what’s going on. Guessing they might also want to test for thyroid problems (common in older cats), etc., but Mr. C didn’t mention that.

On one hand, he’s been acting like he feels fine, and hasn’t been showing any worrying symptoms so far. And there are so many things that can cause a heart murmur, not all of them serious.

On the other, he is 14 now and they hadn’t noticed anything of the sort before. And the vets opted for pretty quick investigation, rather than “let’s wait a few months and see”. He is also a cat, with that special talent to act fine up until they just can’t anymore. Hard not to get a tad concerned about the little booger.

Apprehensive as I may be, it will be a relief to have some testing done and, with any luck, a better idea of what we’re dealing with.

I had to think almost immediately that, if it turns out to be something that requires regular medication? At least it is Mirrors this time. He’s way easier to deal with. Feist acts like you’re trying to kill her whenever you try to pick her up, and we have enough trouble getting the monthly flea stuff on her regularly. Because she’ll just hole up and hide whenever she decides you’re planning something 😩