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B-cat got an antibiotic from the vet yesterday. I swear, after only two pills, he's doing better already. Hopefully, he just had a bit of an infection he couldn't fight by himself. HIs eye isn't watering as much today and he's not sneezing either. I had the vet run some blood tests on him to rule out any nasty stuff (TM).

All B-cat's blood work came back normal except his lymphocytes were slightly elevated. (They were 10,000 and the reference range is 400-7,000.) I was worried about it more until I read this page. (The vet had indicated that it was most likely because of an epinephrine response, but the vet seemed to find it hard to believe that was the case. We'll re-check him later this summer. We should note that the vet had to try several times to find a good vein from which to take the blood. I am sure it was a traumatic experience!)

If this blog had been around when Beloved Kitty was around, you all would be treated to lots of Feline Chronic Renal Failure information. I contemplated going back to school and becoming a nephrologist when Beloved Kitty was sick. I read a great deal about the kidney and the feline and put together what I felt was the best care I could for Beloved Kitty. (I decided I probably didn't want to go become a vet/specialist at this point in my life.)

Did I mention I miss my boy? B-cat reminds me some of Beloved Kitty. Both B-cat and Beloved Kitty are very "puppy" like. A puppy-like kitty is one who loves to be around people, loves to be petted, aren't afraid of noise, and want to PLAY! B-cat isn't as soft as Beloved Kitty was. B-cat is more angular, Beloved Kitty was round, but they are both beautiful black cats. B-cat is N's kitty. Beloved Kitty was my boy.

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Oh.... K (4) took some seashells from Preschool today. At first, she said her teacher gave them to her, but it seemed unlikely because the seashells had come home in her pocket and not in a bag. I took them from her, put them in a plastic bag and told her I was calling her teacher to find out if she was supposed to have them. I tried to call the school, but since it's a holiday weekend, everyone had gone quickly!

A few minutes after I did that, K told me that she thought maybe she had taken them and hat maybe she wasn't supposed to have taken them. I thanked her for telling me that and told her what she had done was very wrong, that it was stealing, and that we'd take the seashells back to school and apologize to her teacher. Argh.

I hope from this that K learns it is wrong to take stuff that isn't hers. I don't want to over react, but am I doing enough? Where's that instruction manual?! I plan to speak with K again this weekend about how it was wrong to take the seashells, and have MWH speak with her... What would you do? Have you had to deal with this? Suggestions?