An update and a grievance aired:

An update and a grievance aired:

We started to suspect that Sindar (cat) had a UTI because we found some bloody spots in what we think was her pee.  It's alarming to see, but we went though this with Booka (dearly departed doggie) and know that it is common in older pets so we didn't freak out; we just made her a vet appointment.  Because of her age we wanted to get her in ASAP, so I called Animal Medical Center (the clinic that is usually open on weekends) on Saturday to get her an appointment.  They were already closed, so I called again on Sunday and they said that due to a staff shortage they are only seeing emergencies / urgent patients on the weekend and that they could see her Monday (yesterday) morning.

We took her to the appointment.  Here is the grievance:  Despite us being very clear why we were there, the vet tells us he thinks that she has an ear infection and wants to test for that.  He tells us he thinks the urination and bloody spots are due to anxiety from moving (Sindar was the first cat that Shaun brought over here, so I feel like that is unlikely), and of course wants to test her ears, urine, and blood.  We're like "Ok.  I guess we could have missed signs of an ear infection."  Turns out that she didn't have an ear infection but of course we got to pay for that test.  Then he sent home 3 medications plus a flea medication (she doesn't have fleas and that wasn't even mentioned).

I'm just irritated.  This same doctor did a similar thing when he saw Faith before.  I feel like he makes up shit to get us to pay for tests; he makes us second-guess our pet-parenting and since we want them to be ok we just go with it.  Then when the tests come back negative we've got confirmation that the thing wasn't wrong and he's got our money.  But when we need someone to see a pet fast, Animal Medical Center is our go-to because they are usually open the longest hours and on weekends.

Anyway, Sindar was sent home with anti-anxiety medication, an antibiotic, and something that didn't even look like a legit medication that was supposed to help with inflammation because she pooped and peed while she was there and there was no blood in her urine, but a spot of blood in her poop although a test for worms was negative.  We gave her the medications last night and decided to allow her in our bedroom and bathroom / laundry area since she's the eldest.  I'm not usually fond of sleeping with animals but I'll do it for our old girl.

We woke up this morning and she was drunk as hell.  It would have been funny except that it wasn't.  We decided that since she's in a cat-less area we would not be giving her the anti-anxiety anymore.  We know our cats and she didn't seem anxious before so with her being alone in a quiet area that she likes to be in she is definitely not anxious now.  We'll give her the antibiotic and anti-inflammatory since there was blood in her poop and hopefully that will help.  The doctor was supposed to call us today with the results of her bloodwork but we haven't heard anything.  I will call them tomorrow, I guess.

In other cat news:  I took Tobi and Adrian for their steroid shots today.  It's SUPER FUN driving with two unhappy cats in the car so they can cry in stereo.  😂😂😂  On the bright side Dr. Long's office is running so efficiently that we were in and out in no time.  I was thinking about asking Dr. Long if I could start picking up the shots and injecting the cats myself (I've done this before), but I didn't see him.  But from the new house to his office is a long drive and it's something we'll have to do monthly so it would be a lot easier to do errands and such in town without unhappy cats in tow.

Well, that's all I have right now.  I tried potting some plants and barely got anything done.  One of the cats got into my utility sink and when I was getting him out I knocked a freshly potted plant into the cat fountain.  I had to stop and clean that out because the cats probably shouldn't drink potting soil water.  That was time-consuming.  Then Shaun had dinner finished and I ate it and now I just want to sleep.  I probably shouldn't, but I bet a Sindar kitty could use some cuddles.  🙂

I'm off, friends.  I hope your day was good.