Still have the scented laundry, eh? It just blows me away - how creative these guys can be. I just wish I knew something to tell you that would help! It's so hard to get mad at a cat for being a cat too. Almost makes me think it might pay to flip the circuit breaker to the dryer and take off the back and clean off what parts you could get too....or better yet...get a handy friend to do it. I think of all those holes in the drum...places for sneaky pee pee. Just hard to get to.
And yes -- before Phelix's incident...I was in bed...hardly felt that I could get up because I'd been up all night the night before fighting for a good breath with this asthma...probably should have gone to ER. I opened my eyes laying there in bed - and saw Phelix's eye and I might as well have levitated out of that bed! That shot of adrenalin restored any breathing trouble I might have been having! LOL My whole world revolves around those babies -- I think I was still wearing half of my pajamas when we showed up at the vet's. He's much, much better -- and I'm eating prednisone like breath mints so I'm bouncing off the walls and getting a ton of work done. Everybody just got a freeze dried shrimp snack so it's happyville over here. elizabeth On 6/5/07, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Elizabeth, I hope you are feeling better today. Isn't it amazing that no matter how bad we feel, we can gather the energy from somewhere when our loved ones need us? I'm glad to hear that Phelix is okay and that it was just a nasty scare. It's so sweet the way the two of you are taking care of each other. Speaking as someone with a urine entrenched dryer situation, I have to say that the scent-association of lavender sounds a hell of a lot more pleasant! Hugs sweetie, Nina elizabeth trent wrote: > Phelix was taking care of me today because I home and not feeling > well. He's always by my side and took a nap with me. He's the one > with allergies that was born with only one eye. He's been scratching > a lot lately and I woke up and looked at him and he couldn't open his > eye! And there was blood. I nearly panicked. > > I didn't care how bad I felt - I was getting that boy to the doctor. > > By the time we got there - he was looking a lot better and looking > around - no bleeding - but I was so worried and I really need to > protect his one good eye. They examined it and put drops in and > looked to make sure he hadn't scratched his cornea. They also checked > his ears - they look good...and checked for fleas (he doesn't have any). > > The vet thinks that when Phelix was scratching, his dew claw caught > his eye and ripped through the bottom eyelid. They trimmed those for > me and gave him a steroid shot because he's really been itchy lately > (his tummy is bald but his ears have really been itchy). They gave > him some salve for me to use in his eye 2-3 times a day -- it just > says 'BNP-HC ophth. ointment'. It has an antibiotic and a steroid in > it. Since Phelix's ears are so itchy, we're going to do the tresoderm > a few days too just to be extra sure. > > I feel bad because I'm not very good about keeping toenails > trimmed....but I sure will from now on! Thank goodness I was home > when that happened. It looks much, much better now and Phelix keeps > telling me it was no big deal. > > Just thought I'd pass that along in case it would help someone else. > > Phelix thinks it is his god-given right to go outside everyday when I > get home and roll in the lavender. He'll let me know if I'm not fast > enough letting him out. Today when I took him in the girls kept > saying --- Phelix smells like lavender!! :0) He's such a ladies man. > > All good thoughts to you and your fur babies. > > elizabeth
