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ow are you guys? Briony and I would love to catch up with you at some point, if you need a break or two from NaNo (we humbly submit that we would love to see the new HP movie with a huge group of You), or if you are very determined, and would like a write in with caffeine and company. <3 I am not doing NaNo, but I am frantically editing The Disappearance and would love a write in.
It is also an apology for not being around as much as I have. Sofie has been ill---and it's been a mad couple of weeks. Not just dosing her, but frantically trying to pin point what might be setting off her attacks or aggravating her illness---dust, a cage that was cleaned only the other day but isn't clean enough, our laundry detergent, something lacking from her diet.
(Well, you get the idea. It's hard not to be paranoid when everything and anything might be making your pet sick)
Sofie was prescribed doxy from the vet, and since then, she's better, and then not-better, and at the end of the two week round of her meds, when it was clear that it wasn't going away, we switched to the Kensington vet, highly recommended by lovely and sensible friends, and took Alice, who'd been sneezing a little.
The good news was that Sofie and Alice were both gorgeous and healthy. The bad news was, the vet was freaked that the meds hadn't taken care of Sofie's respiratory problems. They worked out that it might be the SDA virus, not mycoplasma, that might be the cause. She ordered in the appropriate meds, for both Alice AND Sofie, since in all liklihood, Alice had it too.
The long and short of it: Sofie looks like she is on the mend. :) She's seen the vet yesterday, her chest sounds clear and her condition quote, is excellent. Our little girl, so much source of exasperation, hilarity, affection and distress, is currently wrecking mischief with her sister.
It is also an apology for not being around as much as I have. Sofie has been ill---and it's been a mad couple of weeks. Not just dosing her, but frantically trying to pin point what might be setting off her attacks or aggravating her illness---dust, a cage that was cleaned only the other day but isn't clean enough, our laundry detergent, something lacking from her diet.
(Well, you get the idea. It's hard not to be paranoid when everything and anything might be making your pet sick)
Sofie was prescribed doxy from the vet, and since then, she's better, and then not-better, and at the end of the two week round of her meds, when it was clear that it wasn't going away, we switched to the Kensington vet, highly recommended by lovely and sensible friends, and took Alice, who'd been sneezing a little.
The good news was that Sofie and Alice were both gorgeous and healthy. The bad news was, the vet was freaked that the meds hadn't taken care of Sofie's respiratory problems. They worked out that it might be the SDA virus, not mycoplasma, that might be the cause. She ordered in the appropriate meds, for both Alice AND Sofie, since in all liklihood, Alice had it too.
The long and short of it: Sofie looks like she is on the mend. :) She's seen the vet yesterday, her chest sounds clear and her condition quote, is excellent. Our little girl, so much source of exasperation, hilarity, affection and distress, is currently wrecking mischief with her sister.
