When I feed Steve, he eats on an elevated platform in the bathroom off the kitchen with the door closed, since if he does not, Thurston will come in, interrupt him, and eat his food. This morning, he started his shit at like 5:30 am, and I completely forgot about him so he was locked in the bathroom until about 11 am this morning. This is how I found him:
I’m down in Morgantown for the night since I have my ultrasound procedure tomorrow morning, and even though I could have it done closer to me, but I would rather do it in network blah blah blah this is not going to become a David Anderson post because I don’t know wtf I am talking about. At any rate, I am not allowed to eat, drink, or so much as chew gum before the procedure, so I decided to stay at Tammy and Brian’s so I don’t have to drive while miserable and uncaffeinated in the morning.
We’re making a bid dinner (chicken cutlets with a jaeger sauce, cauliflower and mushroom risotto, and while it doesn’t really go with it, I was craving it, so a heart of palm salad with avocado, feta, tomaotes, etc.
I hope we remember to take pictures this time.
Cermet
Sorry – haven’t been following all the med posts: ultra-sound for what?
Amir Khalid
That cat has vengeance on his mind. Hide.
John Cole
@Cermet: I’m dying. So are you. Some of us just faster than others.
JPL
@John Cole: WTF
Roger Moore
@Amir Khalid:
That cat looks as if the only vengeance he has in mind is for having his nap disturbed.
Redshift
From the title, I was guessing this was going to be a Trump post.
hilts
ProPublica and WNYC have teamed up for an investigative podcast to get to the bottom of one important question: How exactly does Donald Trump’s family business work?
Check out past episodes of Trump, Inc. at this link
https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/trumpinc/episodes
SiubhanDuinne
Wine-spit.
Thoroughly Pizzled
That’s quite an expression on that cat’s face. It was nice knowing you, Cole.
Ohio Mom
@hilts: Don’t we already know the answer to that question: poorly and illegally.
@John Cole: I’m betting the doctors have lots of stuff up their sleeves for you. Drawing out deaths is how they make their living.
Roger Moore
@hilts:
It launders money for Russian mobsters/oligarchs. That’s the capsule summary.
Steeplejack
Steve: “The Man put me in lockdown.”
All he’s missing is a harmonica to play some sad blues.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
If I were a singer-songwriter, this would be the title of my debut album. My songs would be wry, yet poignant.
Ohio Mom
@Cermet: I hope I’m not breaking any HIPPA rules here. Unidentified transient upper abdominal pain.
Eljai
It’s a good thing you’re staying with friends tonight, because Steve looks like he is pondering ways to murder you in your sleep.
delk
My dog Gav had an ultrasound performed yesterday. Some lingering issues from when he ingested rat poison two December’s ago. They had to shave his stomach. It’s almost a perfect rectangle except for one squiggly side. I’m tempted to use my beard trimmer to even it out but then I remember why I go to a barber to have my beard trimmed.
Starfish
@Cermet: Pregnancy.
Cermet
@John Cole: Tell me about it. Bet you out last me – assuming you stop using power tools.
schrodingers_cat
For this you shall die in your sleep.
Cermet
@Ohio Mom: If it is a one time, really not too worried for John. If it has been on going, then a lot more to worry – seriously. Hope the ultra-sound goes well.
raven
@delk: Lil Bit goes for ultrasound every 6 months and, with the onset of Lar Par to go along with her sick sinus syndrome, I’m worried about what we’ll find. On the positive side Dr Barker’s dad was career military and she gives me a discount!
Ohio Mom
@Cermet: I’m sure our host enjoyed reading that he needs to worry. Hopefully he’s left us for twitter.
Mnemosyne
@Cermet:
IIRC, they think his pancreas is giving him the elbow again, but they have to do an ultrasound to be sure.
Gin & Tonic
The cultivation of “heart of palm” contributes to the deforestation of the Amazon.
Ohio Mom
Dinner is ready to eat. See you all later.
Heidi Mom
We have a similar problem, John. Both cats eat on elevated platforms, one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom, because Heidi, the dog, would otherwise scarf up their food, and the bathroom door is closed to contain the younger cat, Suzi, because she eats quickly and would drive the older cat, Elizabeth, away from her food. Suzi has been forgotten any number of times, although only for a half hour or so, and she’s always so excited to get out and see if Elizabeth left anything for her that she doesn’t have time to be angry.
WereBear
@delk: I pictured you constantly trying to make it even until the entire dog is shaved.
Aleta
>even though I could have it done closer to me, but I would rather do it in network blah blah blah this is not going to become a David Anderson post because I don’t know wtf <
I haven't laughed much in days.
so funny
Stay alive, no matter what occurs!
Sending only the best thoughts.
raven
@Gin & Tonic: I sent in my dough for the reunion in August even though I’m not sure I’ll go. We had a guy from the unit die last week and he was 20 years older than me!
Amir Khalid
@Roger Moore:
Reminds me of Jay Gatsby.
Gin & Tonic
@raven: That’s a lot better than if he were your age.
raven
@Gin & Tonic: Yea, all of them are at least 5 years older than me.
SiubhanDuinne
Thomas Hobbes: “Solitary, poor, lonesome, ornery, and mean.”
What?
Aleta
Steve, trusting but forgotten, left alone to starve, no good options. Rethinking misplaced affection.
Mary G
That face. You will pay, human. I will go out and get pine sap all over myself, then roll in some dead animal’s entrails.
Corner Stone
Is Cole really talking about Steve here?
lollipopguild
@Mary G: “Let’s get this party started!”
Roger Moore
@Gin & Tonic:
And beats the hell out of dying as a teenager because Fuck LBJ sent him to Vietnam.
David Anderson
@Aleta:
Made me smile too
JustRuss
We have a Maine-coonesque kitteh. His pouty face looks just like Steve’s.
Josie
@Mary G: Lol. Perfect.
cain
@John Cole:
WTF dude, you just throw the shit out there, and then there is never a fucking conclusion. You were dating someone, and that’s suddenly over. You got an ultrasound probably because someones to check to see if there is a stick up your ass.
Okay, I”m done now. :-)
opiejeanne
@Ohio Mom: Aren’t you a cheery little chipmunk.
Corner Stone
@cain:
I haven’t read anything about him mopping recently?
mai naem mobile
Good luck JC. Hope at the end of it all, the docs tell you that you’re just being a hypochondriac .
mai naem mobile
@Corner Stone: i thought the title of the post was of course referring to Dolt45.
NotMax
Ultrasound?
99% sure we can rule out that you’re pregnant.
opiejeanne
We are in Federal Way* and it’s snowing so traffic ground to a halt, so we had to reschedule an appointment with a lawyer because we would have been an hour late.
*Federal Way is the name of a town in Washington between Seattle and Tacoma. Places have interesting names like White Center, almost like the Ozarks with Nob Noster and Foose.
Gravenstone
@WereBear: Just the middle third of the dog. Right around the midsection.
japa21
@mai naem mobile: So did I. Kind of disappointed, but then not. Any post with a picture of the glorious Steve is worth it.
Corner Stone
@NotMax:
If he ends up having any of Sally Q. Yates’s babies I am going to be sooo pissed.
opiejeanne
@raven: I love that your vet is Dr Barker.
efgoldman
@Ohio Mom:
IOW gall bladder
Mike in DC
@Ohio Mom:
Right or left side? If right side, gall stones are a common cause.
NotMax
@opiejeanne
Also too, Point Roberts, because the ~ 5 square mile tip of a peninsula that is otherwise Canadian, offshore from the mainland coast of Washington, is below the 49th parallel.
opiejeanne
@cain: wait! He and ABC are kaput?
Corner Stone
@opiejeanne: Long time. She couldn’t compete with Lily.
J R in WV
John,
Regarding kitty litter in your bed, I TOLD you to shut the bedroom door at bedtime!
Regarding shutting the door on Steve, DON’T do THAT!
That is all. ;-{)
JR
opiejeanne
@NotMax: golly. I’ve looked at the Canadian border quite a bit but never noticed that.
opiejeanne
@Corner Stone: Aw, man. But face it, no one can compete with Lily
Shana
My cat Kivrin wouldn’t come in last night when I was ready for bed – it was still about 65 outside in February in Virginia – so I left her outside. She was very chatty about it this morning when I went to get the paper and has been hanging about closer than usual today.
Corner Stone
@opiejeanne: Dating as a single parent can be difficult. Add in a distance factor and that’s like the multiplier factor in Olympic diving.
Plus, we’re talking about a man that calls a perfect day one where he takes a shower, lubes up his feet and then puts on thick socks on the way to a recliner. Romance! He haz it!
raven
@opiejeanne: And Ft Lewis
raven
@opiejeanne: Heart vet, she also has an ophthalmologist and a GP.
opiejeanne
@Corner Stone: I see that now that you explain it so well. I forgot about how hard it would be for her, being focused very selfishly on Cole’s transformation during that time.
I never had to deal with that so it’s easy to forget.
Ohio Mom
@opiejeanne: It was sarcasm. How else to respond to “I’m dying?”
opiejeanne
@raven: That’s more doctors than I have at age 67, but there’s a neurologist who really wants to add me to his collection for my droopy eyelid. Ptosis.
opiejeanne
@Ohio Mom: I got it. I thought my comment was funny but I guess not.
satby
I’ve now been sick an entire two weeks, since before I left Cambodia. Asthma, then asthmatic bronchitis, now apparently a sinus infection. I got a new health plan on January, I may break down and go see whoever my doctor is. I’m sick of being sick.
Ohio Mom
@opiejeanne: Sorry. That is the main trouble with communicating with pixels, isn’t it, missing the tone in the voice and the twinkle in the eye? It’s amazing we all grok each other as well as we do.
raven
@opiejeanne: Yep this little girl is, and has been, a mess. She’s been through so much and I don’t want to hang on if she’s suffering. Right now here biggest problem is that she gets breathing issues when she gets hot or excited and FOOD gives does both. She on the floor and her breathing is really noisy but she still has a great spark.
satby
@raven: I am in a similar quandary with my oldest girl, Rosie. But I figure as long as she still wants food and to keep her toy away from me she’s not suffering. When the playfulness ends, I think the time will be close.
It’s a tough call, no matter when you make it.
WaterGirl
@raven: You’ve had multiple dogs so I know you know this – you are so close to your pups that when it’s time, there won’t even be a decision to make. All that will be left to do is that final act of love where we break our own hearts because it’s best for them.
My motto is, if they’re in it, I’m in it. When they’re done, we’re done. Love and pats to your pups.
raven
@satby: Yea, we’ve been through this before and our stance is the same, we won’t keep them going for US. Letting them go is the second best thing you can do for them even if it kills you.
Origuy
@satby: I have two friends, one who went to India, and one who went to Thailand, who came back with respiratory infections that were mysterious and chronic. Get to a doctor soon and emphasize the timeline. American doctors often don’t consider tropical diseases.
Cain
@opiejeanne:
Who knows? But all news have stopped and it would be just like him to not say anything cuz he doesn’t want the reactions.
Cain
.@Corner Stone:
LOL.
satby
@Origuy: in spite of mosquito nets and repellent, we all got bit a few times. So one of the things I have to ask for is a malaria test, even though the risk was supposed to be low.
Edited, though I don’t have any symptoms
Ohio Mom
@Cain: Cole is our blog host, not our best friend. We are not entitled to know everything about him. Hell, he doesn’t even know most of our real names. The relationship is already lopsided.
Ohio Mom
@satby: The RA medicine I take was originally a malaria drug and is still prescribed for it. The patient info printout has separate parts for if you are taking it for RA or for malaria.
One of the side effects is vivid dreams. It’s interesting.
opiejeanne
@Ohio Mom: RA. Reactive Airway Disease?
I had a doctor suggest that I have that and that’s why my cough was hanging on for so long after having the flu or a cold or whatever it was. He gave me a prescription for a Q-VAR inhaler, something that I had about ten years ago but rarely needed because I bounced back so quickly from respiratory ailments.
J R in WV
One thing about dry dust. In Arizona and Nevada you can get a fungal infection from the dust. It lives in the soil, and when the soil becomes airborne, and you breathe it into your lungs, a dark moist environment, sometimes it likes that and sets in to stay
I’ve had a fungal infection, mostly in my toes, off and on for a long time. Not too long ago I took an oral antibiotic specific to the fungus I tested positive for. It was weird – 7 days on and 21 days off for several months. It worked, it’s gone from under the toenails.
I think I got it in the Navy 40 years ago… probably from guys who served in the Brown Water Navy and then were stationed on my ship…
Anyway, that might come up if you tell them where you were. Worth mentioning anyhoo.
Juju
I’m late to this, but when I read about Steve’s ordeal and then saw the picture, I laughed until I cried. I guess I’m a terrible person.