Tuesday Sitrep

I have things I need to do (upload this month's Westward Bound post to Book View Cafe, answer emails, write many many words, start reading the new massive reference book I picked up yesterday), but first I have to pick up the rental car, then put the cat into the rental car, then take the cat to their new vet and leave them there for a day's worth of glucose curve testing.

During which I will probably be checking out the local-to-the-vet cafe that seems to have Real Proper NY Bagels. Report to come.

We have been to see the new vet, and the vet has seen us

Although we'd been scheduled to do a full glucose curve today (and by 'we' I mean Boomer), after the initial exam, and a close study of the records the old vet sent over, it was determined that we should try changing his eating habits/food for a few weeks, and then see if that fixes things.

So we've made an appointment for three weeks from today, and I have a new set of prescription foods to try him on, with instructions to let him eat pretty much as much as he wants, rather than restricting his access. The new vet's feeling is that he'd rather Boomer be slightly overweight than hungry, with a risk of sugar drops.

Since this might also solve the "mommy it's 4am and I'm HUUUUUNGRY" issue that's recently become a problem, I am 100% behind this idea.

Also, the vet seemed to think that 18.5 pound was perfectly fine on the Boomerster, so if he does put on a little more weight, it's not a huge concern (heh. huge).  It wasn't a very thorough exam, but the vet did seem to be paying attention and he had, as I siad, read the full fille, including his most recent checkup only a few months ago.

Overall, the new vet's office - which specializes in felines - is getting high marks for cleanliness, promptness, and generally nice forward-facing staff.  So that's good.


And, in closing, tonight's sunset, courtesy of fog and sun.