No news, but good news....

 Well, the vet didn't call all week, so Dave called yesterday (Saturday), only to be told that Pete's blood sample had only just arrived at the lab.

In the meantime, Pete hasn't thrown up in two weeks, and he is increasingly acting more and more like himself.

He's eating those tubes of semi-liquid, smelly, hair ball remedy formula cat treats with great gusto!  He gets one every day, and it seems to have helped him a LOT.

He's always been VERY finicky about eating ANYTHING BUT HIS FOOD, so this is new trend is a Very Good Thing.

He's also getting special (more expensive) food for a mid day meal every day, to try to  get his weight back up.

He's bright eyed, and playful, and affectionate again... he is clearly feeling better, so we will keep doing what we're doing, and hopefully, the blood test results will be in next week.

My hope is that it was just a really bad case of pancreatitis, which is caused by hair not being properly expelled from the stomach, and that the extra hair ball remedy has cleared it.

Had my treatment on Thursday, and all went as usual.

They keep changing the method of giving me the steroid, due to the ongoing shortage of saline, after Hurricane Helene.  

This time, it was given as a slightly diluted "push" into the IV tube.

You may recall that the pill form from a couple of treatments ago resulted in THE WORST cold sweats to date.... Well, this push method resulted in much milder cold sweats!

I only woke up twice, and the sweats were over with by 1:30 am.  I never had to change my pajamas (they weren't soaking wet... just damp around the collar and chest area), and the sheets and quilt weren't all wet.

There was the usual middle of the night insomnia. I eventually went back to sleep, though, and did okay through the work day on Friday, because I hadn't been up most of the night shivering and sweating!

One of the nurses from the clinic called me on Wednesday, though, to let me know that one of my blood values was slightly elevated.

She said it wasn't anything to worry about yet, but that I should increase my hydration over the next three weeks, before my next blood draw. 

This is a three day weekend for us, and the deep cold has come back to Oklahoma. 

I am making a big pot of bone broth (cooking it for two days on the stove this time), made chicken soup yesterday, and will be making steel cut oatmeal for breakfast, and New Mexican pork for dinner!

YUM!

My intention for this batch of broth is to drink it, as part of my hydration increase.  

Also, because of the Monday holiday, I brought up the question to my supervisor... why do I have to be the ONLY team member at work who is required to be in the office twice a week?

EVERYONE ELSE only works in the building on Thursdays. 

So, she "granted me permission" to only work in the office on Thursdays, starting this coming week.

Well, thank you, your highness.

Of course, I am immuno-compromised, so I will have to wear a mask if we are in meetings, etc., but that's no big deal.

Anyway, I am off to start my day. Have a good week!