Cuckoo

 Just got back from a steamy morning woods walk.

This has been a good spring for me seeing bird species for the first time.

When we went to Robbers Cave for my birthday, I saw my first summer tanager, and my first painted bunting.

This morning, I saw my first yellow billed cuckoo!

It was getting too hot to stay out for long, though, so we cut the walk short.  Everything is very green and lush, after the wettest spring in years.

Also very buggy!

There is standing water everywhere, so the mosquitoes are thick.

Not much to report from this past week.  

Pete started throwing up again on Wednesday, so Dave took him to the vet yesterday for another injection,

This is so frustrating, because he had been doing SO WELL for SO LONG.  

The last injection wore off a long time ago, and we were doing the daily low dose steroid for a while, and stopped that, and he was FINE!!  He was gaining his weight back, and playing fetch, and chasing the other cats.

We thought we had solved the problem with switching the cats to grain-free food, but I guess not.

Poor kitty.... poor us.... it's such a mystery.  

This latest injection should last a month, and then I guess we will have to spend the big money on an ultrasound.

Fortunately, Pete's quality of life is GREAT for a while, when he has one of those injections.

Hopefully, when this one wears off, it will take a while, like it did this last time, for him to start throwing up again.

Ugh.

I have my next doctor visit, labs, and treatment this coming week.

I'll go to the office on Wednesday for 6 hours, and leave early for the oncologist.

They're predicting extremely dangerous weather later today, with winds of 80-100 mph, and hail up to 5 inches in diameter.

We are SO SICK of this storm season.  There is such a thing as storm fatigue.  

Please keep a good thought for us, because this one sounds really scary.  

Have a good week.