Christie & Willie (GA)
Member Since 2010
Yesterday's Condo
good morning, Lantus Land! All is well in Willie's World... early shot today, 5:45 am :shock: . Working our way back to 5am as we get the opportunity, but there is no major rush. First breffis eaten with gusto, dug the bean out from under the covers for btb pets, then commenced 4 hours of btb cuddles. 2nd breffis mostly eaten now... Willie is deciding whether or not he would like to play. Using the LB as we speak, and now we are out batting around the catnip carrot, tossing it in the air and wrestling it. Warms my heart to think how far he has come.
I'd like to take a moment to discuss my decision to leave yesterday. First, it was a judgment call, it was mine to make, and while I understand and appreciate the perspective of others, and normally I would not leave under those circumstances, I know Willie's sensitivities to high carbs, I evaluated the amount of food he ate (which was quite substantial), and in my best judgment, I believed he would be safe.
Right now, my life revolves around work and Willie. There are exactly 90 minutes in the week that I set aside for myself... my (expensive, prepaid) tennis class on Saturday afternoons from 1:30 to 2:30 (with 20-30 minutes driving time to/from the gym). Right now, it is pretty much my only interaction with people outside of work. I will not apologize for making that a priority, even if others feel like I should not. At this point, had that cycle been a weekday or an evening, Willie would have had no intervention and the 36 would have been missed altogether. The same would have been true if I had left 2 hours earlier as planned to go to the store and get some time in at the gym before my class. Instead, I happened to stay home to catch up on condos.
It also raises some questions and doubts for me regarding where we are at in the protocol. People have expressed concern that Willie doesn't have a discernable nadir at the moment. This concerns me too. I am over the moon for the numbers Willie has been having, but it is just me in all of this, and I work a minimum 40 hour week. And I am not physically able to go days without a decent amount of sleep. This week, lack of sleep has made my usual monthly migraines much more difficult to control, which has affected work and my ability to care for Willie. While I am trying to set up a work at home day, it will be a set day of the week (most likely, Wednesdays). That still leaves 4 days where I am out the door by +2... +3 at the latest, and am lucky to be walking in at +11.5, if not right at PM shot time. My case load has made it more difficult for me to come home over lunch (as have gas prices). I am worried that if he continues the same numbers at 1.25u as he did at 1.5u, I am leaving him vulnerable both weekdays and nights.
Please know that I greatly appreciate the perspectives of everyone on this board. Even if I may, in a given situation, not choose to follow recommendations of the folks here (which is an exceedingly rare event), please know that I deeply value and respect those opinions. I am doing my best to balance the needs of a cat whose improving health has given him an amazing opportunity to heal with my own health and wellbeing needs. We're getting there, one imperfect step at a time.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. As always, thoughts and prayers going out to our kitties and beans in need.
good morning, Lantus Land! All is well in Willie's World... early shot today, 5:45 am :shock: . Working our way back to 5am as we get the opportunity, but there is no major rush. First breffis eaten with gusto, dug the bean out from under the covers for btb pets, then commenced 4 hours of btb cuddles. 2nd breffis mostly eaten now... Willie is deciding whether or not he would like to play. Using the LB as we speak, and now we are out batting around the catnip carrot, tossing it in the air and wrestling it. Warms my heart to think how far he has come.
I'd like to take a moment to discuss my decision to leave yesterday. First, it was a judgment call, it was mine to make, and while I understand and appreciate the perspective of others, and normally I would not leave under those circumstances, I know Willie's sensitivities to high carbs, I evaluated the amount of food he ate (which was quite substantial), and in my best judgment, I believed he would be safe.
Right now, my life revolves around work and Willie. There are exactly 90 minutes in the week that I set aside for myself... my (expensive, prepaid) tennis class on Saturday afternoons from 1:30 to 2:30 (with 20-30 minutes driving time to/from the gym). Right now, it is pretty much my only interaction with people outside of work. I will not apologize for making that a priority, even if others feel like I should not. At this point, had that cycle been a weekday or an evening, Willie would have had no intervention and the 36 would have been missed altogether. The same would have been true if I had left 2 hours earlier as planned to go to the store and get some time in at the gym before my class. Instead, I happened to stay home to catch up on condos.
It also raises some questions and doubts for me regarding where we are at in the protocol. People have expressed concern that Willie doesn't have a discernable nadir at the moment. This concerns me too. I am over the moon for the numbers Willie has been having, but it is just me in all of this, and I work a minimum 40 hour week. And I am not physically able to go days without a decent amount of sleep. This week, lack of sleep has made my usual monthly migraines much more difficult to control, which has affected work and my ability to care for Willie. While I am trying to set up a work at home day, it will be a set day of the week (most likely, Wednesdays). That still leaves 4 days where I am out the door by +2... +3 at the latest, and am lucky to be walking in at +11.5, if not right at PM shot time. My case load has made it more difficult for me to come home over lunch (as have gas prices). I am worried that if he continues the same numbers at 1.25u as he did at 1.5u, I am leaving him vulnerable both weekdays and nights.
Please know that I greatly appreciate the perspectives of everyone on this board. Even if I may, in a given situation, not choose to follow recommendations of the folks here (which is an exceedingly rare event), please know that I deeply value and respect those opinions. I am doing my best to balance the needs of a cat whose improving health has given him an amazing opportunity to heal with my own health and wellbeing needs. We're getting there, one imperfect step at a time.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. As always, thoughts and prayers going out to our kitties and beans in need.
