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I felt off Wednesday and by afternoon my throat hurt. Slowly got worse from there and by Saturday I had lost my voice. It has moved into my lungs and I now have a painful wet cought that will often bring up yellow or bloody mucus. It may have become Bronchitis now and hoping it does not progress to phenomia. No fever so far, but it really hurts coughing and once I do it sets off a cough chain reaction for a while.

What pisses me off is I take care to not go out in public if I feel sick. I missed mass and shopping, but others obvious don't care. THere were some ill people in line with me at the store early last week. My guess is it was them.

Angel, of course, does not understand that I am sick and keeps wanting to play, but I just don't feel up to it. Oh well.

 

David and the CoolCyberCats

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Cats Nap. Only Humans Put Them "To Sleep": Sterilize, Don't Euthanize!

 

Hi David sorry you are not feeling well and hope it doesnt progress to something worse. My and my cats are all good Tucson has his neuter appointment scheduled for November 4 I am nervous ever since I lost Shailene when she went to be spayed.Hi Peggy and John hope you all are doing well How are Cheri and Karly is Karly still staying with you John?

Whoa David, you really got slammed.  If you're coughing up blood you've at least got bronchitis.  I mentioned a little while ago that the change of seasons is great for getting sick.  It got pretty chilly here for a while, then the last couple of days it's been hot!  Tomorrow, chilly again.  Good weather to get sick in and of course, I have to work extra this week.  So far I've been very fortunate.  I meet so many people, a lot of whom want hugs and a lot more who want to shake hands.  How I missed Covid I'll never know.  At least I think I missed it.  Are you seeing a doctor about that cough?

Tim, I well remember Shailene and that awful pain of loss.  When I was feeding my colony, I took so many in for spay and neuter, that the clinic actually gave me a discount.  Thankfully, I never lost one but I was a nervous wreck every time.  All the cats I took in were older, and I don't know whether that made it more dangerous, or less.  Van Gogh has never been spayed.  I've heard that spaying can be healthier but I also have the fear and dread of putting her through that.  Since she's the only cat in the house, kittens are not a concern.

Cheri had her scan a few days ago and everything looks great.  She has another scan in 3 months.  It'll be 5 years before we can be sure it's not coming back.  Karly has opted to move back with her Dad, which means she's going to another school now.  Apparently she was generally happier here, but where she goes to school now doesn't have school on Mondays, and that just sounded too good to pass up.  I'm hoping she's safer there.  It's a tiny town and there are only 15 students in her class, which is unimagineable to me.  We miss her but she's still here for her 3 day weekends and whenever school is out.  We've already got this Christmas covered, and I'm sure there'll be more.  I love being Santa Claus.  John

I can understand the concern over the vet appt. I always found it upsetting having to put my cats under for any reason. :/

 

David and the CoolCyberCats

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Cats Nap. Only Humans Put Them "To Sleep": Sterilize, Don't Euthanize!

 

As far as I know I had not gotten covid either. This illness does not feel different from past ones so I'll assume it is a standard illness. I stopped hacking up bloodly mucus and am not coughing all the time now. A little yellow sometimes when I do, but not often. Mostly congested now. My illnesses usually last 10 to 14 days, so I have just under a week to go I assume.

a 15 person class is a nice personalized learning size I think.

 

David and the CoolCyberCats

Forever in my heart





Cats Nap. Only Humans Put Them "To Sleep": Sterilize, Don't Euthanize!

 

When I got sick in January it was really unusual, so it makes me wonder.  I had no energy, absolutely no appetite, and my skin looked dehydrated, but it didn't last all that long. Karly had a stomach ache, (nothing that unusual) but it was bad enough to call in from school.  Doctor said she had Covid but in a few days it was all over.  There must be different strains that give you all kinds of symptoms, from trivial to serious.

Cheri's grandson worked as a manager at McDonald's but they told him the other night that everybody was getting a pay cut.  As the expression goes, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys so, he quit.  The way things are now, in 2 days he had another, higher paying job, and next week he has an interview for an even better one.  Ah, youth.  

We got our first rain in a month tonight.  The trees are finally turning.  Of course around here, 90% of all the trees are oak, so they mostly just turn brown.  Cooler weather tomorrow and I'll be playing down by the Lake.  (Indoors)  John