Ry & Scooter
Member Since 2011
Been a while since I made a thread about Scooter. Think my last one was after he went back on insulin after being OTJ for all of a month last condo
I've been an awful fur momma lately. Really struggling to maintain a decent shot schedule. Dealing with some really crippling depression right now, lost my sister in July, my job in August, got rejected for income assistance, my child support will end at the end of December and I cannot find a job so I have no money and nowhere to turn. I am also heavily considering splitting from my fiancee of 2yrs and moving in with my mom (out of necessity more than anything) but she is asking $600 a month for rent and I don't even have that much right now. I will be making that decision sometime in the next ~2 weeks. I do not know if I will be able to keep Scooter and Charli if I have to move in with my mom.
So it's been really tough. I am scared to death that something is going to happen to Scooter (like another pancreatitis attack) and I'm not going to be able to afford it. Scooter STILL has an awful mouth full of inflammation and tartar and I don't have the funds for a $400+ dental.
Financial and personal struggle aside Scooter and civvie Charli have been all right. They still hate each other and will chase each other up and down the hallway all night. Scooter will not come on the bed any more because Charli will chase him off so he sleeps on some clothes in my closet. He has never been an affectionate cat but lately it's like he's not even around. I can't help but feel I brought this on by bringing in Charli... but he still seems happy for the most part. His numbers haven't been so great because I am having a really hard time getting up to test in the middle of the night - today I slept until 5 PM. I am going to try and reduce his dose a bit to see if I don't have to shoot into low 100's at night. His weight and condition has been kind of going up and down - for a while he was getting skinny again but he has been looking good lately. Still always hungry, even when his numbers are good. Still puking on the carpet routinely. He puked on my beautiful antique wool rug the other day. Bleh.
Oh yeah and my drain is plugged solid right now and I'm NOT looking forward to having to spend $150+ to have a plumber come snake it out. I've tried baking soda and vinegar, Drano, plunging it, using a coat hanger, it's still plugged solid. I can't run my dishwasher or washing machine and when I did dishes last night the nasty water sat in my laundry sink for like 6 hrs, slowly trickling down. I am SO frustrated.
They got pretty close to each other last night - I played with them for a good 30 mins and then sat down to watch some TV and and they were pooped out. This is one of few moments where they don't make me want to pull my hair out and throw things. :lol:
I've been an awful fur momma lately. Really struggling to maintain a decent shot schedule. Dealing with some really crippling depression right now, lost my sister in July, my job in August, got rejected for income assistance, my child support will end at the end of December and I cannot find a job so I have no money and nowhere to turn. I am also heavily considering splitting from my fiancee of 2yrs and moving in with my mom (out of necessity more than anything) but she is asking $600 a month for rent and I don't even have that much right now. I will be making that decision sometime in the next ~2 weeks. I do not know if I will be able to keep Scooter and Charli if I have to move in with my mom.
So it's been really tough. I am scared to death that something is going to happen to Scooter (like another pancreatitis attack) and I'm not going to be able to afford it. Scooter STILL has an awful mouth full of inflammation and tartar and I don't have the funds for a $400+ dental.
Financial and personal struggle aside Scooter and civvie Charli have been all right. They still hate each other and will chase each other up and down the hallway all night. Scooter will not come on the bed any more because Charli will chase him off so he sleeps on some clothes in my closet. He has never been an affectionate cat but lately it's like he's not even around. I can't help but feel I brought this on by bringing in Charli... but he still seems happy for the most part. His numbers haven't been so great because I am having a really hard time getting up to test in the middle of the night - today I slept until 5 PM. I am going to try and reduce his dose a bit to see if I don't have to shoot into low 100's at night. His weight and condition has been kind of going up and down - for a while he was getting skinny again but he has been looking good lately. Still always hungry, even when his numbers are good. Still puking on the carpet routinely. He puked on my beautiful antique wool rug the other day. Bleh.
Oh yeah and my drain is plugged solid right now and I'm NOT looking forward to having to spend $150+ to have a plumber come snake it out. I've tried baking soda and vinegar, Drano, plunging it, using a coat hanger, it's still plugged solid. I can't run my dishwasher or washing machine and when I did dishes last night the nasty water sat in my laundry sink for like 6 hrs, slowly trickling down. I am SO frustrated.
They got pretty close to each other last night - I played with them for a good 30 mins and then sat down to watch some TV and and they were pooped out. This is one of few moments where they don't make me want to pull my hair out and throw things. :lol:
