1. First thing this morning, I loaded Copper into his crate and headed over to the vet for blood work a month after he'd started taking thyroid medicine. Good news: no troubling effects of the medicine. Copper's liver and kidney numbers are good. One mystery result, but not in the blood. Commonly, a cat that has been dropping weight will start gaining it back once on this medication. Copper, however, lost a pound. Dr. Cook cut his medication dosage in half. I'll go back in another month or month and a half. We'll do blood work again, but only to screen his thyroid numbers and we'll see if he's regained weight.
I'll make a record of Copper's food intake. That might help.
To me, the really good news is that Copper is content, happy, loved, and doing the usual things Copper does.
And he's getting old.
I've seen more signs of his aging over the last several months and I accept that he could be moving into the beginnings of his last stage of life. One never really knows, but it's undeniable that Copper is getting up there in years and I will do my best to make his days comfortable and easy.
2. I trudged back to the dentist's office today for a cleaning.
It went beautifully and I had a good conversation with Kathy and with the doc about caring for the area where the doc did work on Tuesday.
I understand what to do, plan to be diligent, and will check back in next week, on Tuesday, for a post-procedure check up.
3. For many years now, Debbie and I have enjoyed dinners of ground beef and vegetables cooked in the electric frying pan. Monday, Debbie bought some ground venison, so tonight we had one of these potpourris with the venison and we were both very happy with the result.
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