adulthood is so boring
Apr. 14th, 2023 12:52 pmThe past 3 weekends have been filled with medical appointments for myself & my cat. I just finished the last of my appointments today (and now just wait for the results to come in) so that is a weight off my shoulders.
My cat, Jeffrey, has an appointment at the dental clinic this coming Monday to get all of his teeth removed. :( My poor little guy has stomatitis and the treatment we tried didn't work. So now all his teeth need to come out. He is only 3 years old.
I feel insanely guilty over making such a dramatically body-altering surgery on him which will fundamentally alter the rest of his life. EVEN THOUGH I know it's saving his life. Left unchecked, stomatitis can cause extensive painful sores and swelling, the gums will resorb the teeth down and expose the nerves, which is painful as well. Often a cat will stop eating. It's a really bad disease, we see advanced cases of it on cats at work all the time and the outcome for them is always euthanasia. Once it goes too far, there's no treatment that can work. Fortunately it's been caught plenty early for my kiddo so the doctor is confident he'll make a full and happy recovery, and that he'll be more comfortable once the teeth are gone.
I know it's just my human perceptions and emotions getting in the way, and Jeffrey won't be bothered, but I still feel really sad about doing this surgery to him. He will absolutely love the wet food diet he'll be going on, though. So there's an upside, hah.
Good things lately:
- While Jeffrey's surgery is going to cost me $1800 (and that was a good deal!), my own appointments, lab tests, and x rays cost me nothing. A completely genuine Thanks, Obama for instituting all those insurance regulations so that all of these things are covered.
- I got a new car! I got a 2023 Nissan Kicks. I am completely in love with it, and it's so nice to be out from under the burden of my dying old car (even if I'm sentimental and I miss it and I almost cried a little when I walked away from her for the last time).
- My student loans processed my PSLF paperwork and I'm up to 103 qualifying payments out of 120 needed. Leaving me with 17 payments to go. This is all as of last October, and I've already hit 6 more qualifying payments since then (just not approved yet as I need to file more paperwork to do that). Leaving me with only 11 payments to go. So, 11 months. Theoretically, this time next year, I will have my student loans forgiven. Eeee.
- We are taking care of a stray cat that was living in our backyard and gave birth.
Mom is a little skittish but sometimes she's okay with being pet. She had 3 kittens and they're all stupid adorable. They're about 2 weeks old now. I love having kittens in the house. We're going to take care of them until they are old enough and big enough for surgery, then I'll bring them into work and find everyone forever homes. <3 No street living for these babies.
My cat, Jeffrey, has an appointment at the dental clinic this coming Monday to get all of his teeth removed. :( My poor little guy has stomatitis and the treatment we tried didn't work. So now all his teeth need to come out. He is only 3 years old.
I feel insanely guilty over making such a dramatically body-altering surgery on him which will fundamentally alter the rest of his life. EVEN THOUGH I know it's saving his life. Left unchecked, stomatitis can cause extensive painful sores and swelling, the gums will resorb the teeth down and expose the nerves, which is painful as well. Often a cat will stop eating. It's a really bad disease, we see advanced cases of it on cats at work all the time and the outcome for them is always euthanasia. Once it goes too far, there's no treatment that can work. Fortunately it's been caught plenty early for my kiddo so the doctor is confident he'll make a full and happy recovery, and that he'll be more comfortable once the teeth are gone.
I know it's just my human perceptions and emotions getting in the way, and Jeffrey won't be bothered, but I still feel really sad about doing this surgery to him. He will absolutely love the wet food diet he'll be going on, though. So there's an upside, hah.
Good things lately:
- While Jeffrey's surgery is going to cost me $1800 (and that was a good deal!), my own appointments, lab tests, and x rays cost me nothing. A completely genuine Thanks, Obama for instituting all those insurance regulations so that all of these things are covered.
- I got a new car! I got a 2023 Nissan Kicks. I am completely in love with it, and it's so nice to be out from under the burden of my dying old car (even if I'm sentimental and I miss it and I almost cried a little when I walked away from her for the last time).
- My student loans processed my PSLF paperwork and I'm up to 103 qualifying payments out of 120 needed. Leaving me with 17 payments to go. This is all as of last October, and I've already hit 6 more qualifying payments since then (just not approved yet as I need to file more paperwork to do that). Leaving me with only 11 payments to go. So, 11 months. Theoretically, this time next year, I will have my student loans forgiven. Eeee.
- We are taking care of a stray cat that was living in our backyard and gave birth.
Mom is a little skittish but sometimes she's okay with being pet. She had 3 kittens and they're all stupid adorable. They're about 2 weeks old now. I love having kittens in the house. We're going to take care of them until they are old enough and big enough for surgery, then I'll bring them into work and find everyone forever homes. <3 No street living for these babies.
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