I guess it's been about 2 weeks since I wrote about how things are going, but that's because by and large nothing has changed. I haven't put much effort into my app or anything, really - I'm just maintaining the necessities at this point.
I haven't written about this yet, but Scar (my kitty cat) isn't doing well. He's 14, so he's getting up there in age. He was previously diagnosed with IBD and we'd had that under control for quite a while, until the food that worked for him was suddenly discontinued a few months back. We've been on the struggle bus ever since.
For a while, he was having pretty constant diarrhea in the floor, which I know sounds disgusting, but it's even worse when he uses the litter box and gets poop and litter all over himself. I'd honestly rather him use the floor for this purpose because it's easier to clean and he doesn't get in my bed covered in poop. Either way, it's unpleasant to wake up to, but less gross to clean up a mess from the linoleum than to have a poop-covered cat come to snuggle.
His accidents are becoming fewer, but he's lost a good bit of weight and I'm feeding him wet food every few hours, even through the night. He actually looks like he's gained a bit back, so that is nice.
I know it all sounds terrible, but otherwise he seems to feel fine. He's been worse in the past. I actually took him to the vet for euthanasia once before, and they said he was doing too well, which I was grateful for, though I felt horrible for his condition.
Anyway, his labs look pretty good. He has an appointment the Monday after next for a scan to see if it looks like inflammation or something more nefarious. I hope it's nothing too bad. He really doesn't seem like he's done with life yet; he's still sassy and bratty and himself, so I'm going to support him the best I can until we find out what's going on or he decides he's done - whichever comes first.
It has been a bit draining trying to recover from burnout while also babying him and that's probably why I'm doing only the bare minimum in all other aspects, but I know that whether he has IBD or something else, I only have so much time with him. I'm going to treasure our time together.
I hope you all are doing well. Sometimes I sort of get antsy or beat myself up for my lack of "accomplishing" things, but it's easier to talk myself out of that now, thank goodness.
