Rat update
Jun. 19th, 2004 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
womzillaThe bad:
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supergee has already posted the news that Dr. Butch's cancer is inoperable. Right now, he's in no evident pain or even reduced facilities, although it would be nice to know whether progress is being made on the whole breeding endeavor. We have no idea how long he has; I know he'll make the most of it.
The good:
Aimee Semple's foot is doing fine. She has had no post-surgical probelms and had the suture taken out today with a minimum of complaint. The biopsy is back on her growth, and it's definitely not cancer.
Isabella, Aimee's mama-moodle, is also doing great--the swelling from the kidney infection is tremendously reduced, and Dr. Gross is optimistic that the antibiotic shot she received today will be all she needs. (She'll get a followup inspection next week just to be sure.) And their mite problem seems to be on the run at this point; one more treatment at the end of this week and with luck all of the rats will again be mite-free.
This good news almost counterbalances the fact that our hot water heater died yesterday morning, spewing several gallons of water in the file room and necessitating an expensive replacement. Almost, kinda.
Oh, and we have a poltergeist; today two different pictures have fallen off walls in rooms I was not in.
I believe that
supergee has already posted the news that Dr. Butch's cancer is inoperable. Right now, he's in no evident pain or even reduced facilities, although it would be nice to know whether progress is being made on the whole breeding endeavor. We have no idea how long he has; I know he'll make the most of it. The good:
Aimee Semple's foot is doing fine. She has had no post-surgical probelms and had the suture taken out today with a minimum of complaint. The biopsy is back on her growth, and it's definitely not cancer.
Isabella, Aimee's mama-moodle, is also doing great--the swelling from the kidney infection is tremendously reduced, and Dr. Gross is optimistic that the antibiotic shot she received today will be all she needs. (She'll get a followup inspection next week just to be sure.) And their mite problem seems to be on the run at this point; one more treatment at the end of this week and with luck all of the rats will again be mite-free.
This good news almost counterbalances the fact that our hot water heater died yesterday morning, spewing several gallons of water in the file room and necessitating an expensive replacement. Almost, kinda.
Oh, and we have a poltergeist; today two different pictures have fallen off walls in rooms I was not in.
