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Guess who is 16 years old today? 🥳🎂 Maggie had a lazy birthday, lots of snoozing... she's getting older, you know. Overall, she's doing great for her age. She's gotten a little deaf and her vision is not so great anymore (her peripheral vision is going), but she still gets the zoomies and...

Yes - we call them pill pockets or tricky treats. (y)

Sammy Update Sammy is doing fine. He gave us a bit of a scare last night. He is very good about waking me up when something is wrong, and he woke me up whining and crying at 3:30. He did not look well - panting and restless and drinking lots of water. I took him outside and he made a wee and...

Nope, Sammy is alive and well! Unlike our bank account...

In humans, Eltroxin has no max dose recommendation because it depends on different factors like age, body weight, heart health, diet... usually you start with a low dose and increase until you get the smallest dose that has the desired effect. Normally, you start with 50 mcg and work up.

Keep your pets away from stuff that looks like this:

Yes, they do get diabetes. So do cats. I had a diabetic cat years ago, Heidi, and she was a nightmare to manage with insulin. Cats get human insulin. Dogs get special doggie insulin and are overall easier to manage. They are treated just like humans - blood glucose readings before meals and...

1. Zog Jr arrives on Monday 🥳 2. No you read that right. $3000. Bless the vet - we paid what we could and can pay the rest as we are able. So. We reconstructed the events leading up to this. Because it struck us all as really weird that Sammy suddenly out of nowhere became diabetic. Not...

Home And wait until you hear THIS story... 😖🤦‍♀️ $3000 later... not diabetic. All self-inflicted. I'll explain later. Too exhausted. Get a dog, they said... It'll lower your blood pressure, they said...

The AHA production editor sent me some materials to look at and information about the job, and if I'm interested (ha!) she wants to set up a zoom meeting and go from there.

I'm far behind with work so just a really short note to say we are getting positive news from the vet. Not sure when he is coming home yet. Will update you later. P.S. The vet sent a short video of him, and he's looking much better and walking around outside. She also said, "he's not enjoying...

We are in the great position that we have a fantastic vet we consider a friend and who treats Maggie and Sammy truly like they are her own. We are able to text her personal phone day or night with concerns and questions. She lets us do treatments at home (like Sammy's arthritis injections...

On the bright side, I followed up with the American Heart Association this morning. I asked the HR person if I'm still being considered for the position because it's been 2 weeks and I still haven't heard from the production editor like I was supposed to. The HR lady said yes, I am most...

Thank you everyone. Mr. Zog just arrived home from work to take Sammy back to the hospital for a couple of days. He was not doing well this morning and did not improve, so after a talk with the vet, we decided that he needs to be admitted so he can get the care he needs. We'll keep you posted.

The patient...

Book 37 of 2024: Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI - Yuval Noah Harari (audiobook) I really enjoyed his other book - Sapiens - so decided to listen to this one. He digresses widely to provide background, and it's interesting and relevant. Well worth a...

Book 36 of 2024: Blood & Beauty: The Borgias - Sarah Dunant Backstabbing and intrigue in Renaissance Italy. I like Sarah Dunant's books, she is very historically accurate. She researches the history as much as possible and then fills in the gaps/historical unknowns to make it historical...

Thanks! I'm making a ham/gammon with... something. Not sure what else, I haven't gotten that far yet. The ham was a last-minute decision because they supermarket had them on sale cheap on Saturday so I bought two. One for Thanksgiving and one in the freezer for a rainy day.

Thank you everyone! Looks like I'm going to get the American Heart Association job. Part time at first, and then transitioning to full time eventually. :)

How totally weird... Today is my day it seems. I just had a call from a friend who has recommended me for a position with another publisher. A US publisher doing journals for the American Heart Association. I said I'm definitely interested, and I've done work for them before. They are looking...