march
Agfapan APX 400 - expired 01/2003
shot at 100. rodinal 1:50 11 min.
this is a familiar scene that always makes me happy. I thought I was losing him on this day, so I was cherishing it all the more, and have continued to cherish it every day since.
Conor has not been well. on the first day of march, early in the morning, a strange incident happened where he sort of (maybe) collapsed and (maybe) couldn't move his back legs. he did a cat call when I went to pick him up and I went into panic mode, having immediate flashbacks of the day Madeline died (something happened internally and all of a sudden it was her end) and was preparing to rush him to emergency. but then he got up and walked into the other room and laid down on one of his beds like nothing happened.
He had a vet visit the next day (previously scheduled blood work) and my retired vet's replacement (first time seeing her - ugh) said the incident could have been his heart. I hadn't taken him to the cardiologist in a number of years because of the pandemic. he used to go every 2 years for mild heart disease. But this vet was only guessing. And I didn't really like her manner and the entire visit was awful. I got his blood results the next day and they were bad. In the past 6 months he went from a stable stage 2 to the edge of stage 4 kidney disease. She suggested testing urine for infection, which could also cause the levels to spike.
But, first I needed to find a new vet and I went on a serious mission to establish new care. march became the month of Conor. (and still is, as I post this on March 15th). I found a new vet the next week (a mobile vet) who came to the house. I learned how to collect cat urine (pretty sure I could start a comedy show for the adventures conor and I have) and turns out I'm a pro. Yay for being successful at something. :D
Long story short (already long - sorry), there May be a bacterial infection but since I collected the sample, we're not sure if it came from him or outside of him. but he's now on antibiotics and blood pressure meds and all the stuff he was on before and it feels like a hospital around here, except that sometimes he gets to lay in the sun (if we're lucky) and/or escape for a few minutes for a grass run.
he sees the cardiologist next week.
I can tell these antibiotics are making him feel sick and I wish I could make him feel better.
conor the cat needs ALL YOUR LOVE right now. please send. maybe shoot a bit to me as well. <3
oh p.s --- I feel like I captured some of the real him in this image. he's so very expressive and normally gives me a cranky look when I stick the camera in his face...it's so very very hard to get an image of how I actually see him. he's a sweetie you know, even though he used to pounce on my head when I was trying to sleep. :)
march
Agfapan APX 400 - expired 01/2003
shot at 100. rodinal 1:50 11 min.
this is a familiar scene that always makes me happy. I thought I was losing him on this day, so I was cherishing it all the more, and have continued to cherish it every day since.
Conor has not been well. on the first day of march, early in the morning, a strange incident happened where he sort of (maybe) collapsed and (maybe) couldn't move his back legs. he did a cat call when I went to pick him up and I went into panic mode, having immediate flashbacks of the day Madeline died (something happened internally and all of a sudden it was her end) and was preparing to rush him to emergency. but then he got up and walked into the other room and laid down on one of his beds like nothing happened.
He had a vet visit the next day (previously scheduled blood work) and my retired vet's replacement (first time seeing her - ugh) said the incident could have been his heart. I hadn't taken him to the cardiologist in a number of years because of the pandemic. he used to go every 2 years for mild heart disease. But this vet was only guessing. And I didn't really like her manner and the entire visit was awful. I got his blood results the next day and they were bad. In the past 6 months he went from a stable stage 2 to the edge of stage 4 kidney disease. She suggested testing urine for infection, which could also cause the levels to spike.
But, first I needed to find a new vet and I went on a serious mission to establish new care. march became the month of Conor. (and still is, as I post this on March 15th). I found a new vet the next week (a mobile vet) who came to the house. I learned how to collect cat urine (pretty sure I could start a comedy show for the adventures conor and I have) and turns out I'm a pro. Yay for being successful at something. :D
Long story short (already long - sorry), there May be a bacterial infection but since I collected the sample, we're not sure if it came from him or outside of him. but he's now on antibiotics and blood pressure meds and all the stuff he was on before and it feels like a hospital around here, except that sometimes he gets to lay in the sun (if we're lucky) and/or escape for a few minutes for a grass run.
he sees the cardiologist next week.
I can tell these antibiotics are making him feel sick and I wish I could make him feel better.
conor the cat needs ALL YOUR LOVE right now. please send. maybe shoot a bit to me as well. <3
oh p.s --- I feel like I captured some of the real him in this image. he's so very expressive and normally gives me a cranky look when I stick the camera in his face...it's so very very hard to get an image of how I actually see him. he's a sweetie you know, even though he used to pounce on my head when I was trying to sleep. :)