I visited Stretch at lunch and then on the way home from work tonight.  Stretch is making progress. His BUN (blood urea nitrogen) was down from 70 to 55, but it needs to be 32 or lower, so we are leaving him at the kitty hospital for one more day to see if the fluids and medications will get him closer to normal by tomorrow night.

Stretch was much perkier today. He was exploring the exam room and trying to get into things this evening. He didn’t have anything to rub against on the exam table except for me and my camera, so he got me to put him on the floor. He looked around, then jumped up on the instrument cart and rubbed on the machine, which allowed me to back off enough to get a photo of him.

The tech told me everyone loves Stretch. She said he was really cranky the first night and on Sunday morning. He didn’t want to have anything to do with anyone, but after I went to visit him yesterday, she said he totally changed and became much more social.

We are planning to bring him home tomorrow night if his BUN is low enough.

The power went out last night before I could post the blog. The wind I guess!

I went to visit Stretch during kitty visiting hours at the hospital.  He was so happy to see  me. He purred, rubbed on me and then he started eating and drinking. The vet tech was really surprised how he perked up and responded to me. The vet called late in the afternoon. His BUN and creatinine were better but still very high, so we left him in the kitty hospital for another day.

Poor Stretch is in the kitty hospital tonight. After the smoke rolled in three weeks ago, we noticed Stretch started to go downhill. He has kidney problems, but he had been doing really well for the last three years. I took him to vet this afternoon and his BUN and creatinine levels were really high. Stretch was drinking lots of water so he wasn’t dehydrated, but his kidneys still are not functioning very well.  The vet is giving him extra fluids and meds to try and get his kidneys functioning well again.

Laurie wanted a photo of the moon, so I included what I saw snapped through my latest lens recently. It’s amazing what you can see on the moon with a good lens!

The lady bag larvae caught my eye because there are two that are still in full larvae stage and one turning into a lady bug.

One of our Mermaids bloomed, and the speaker at the Men’s breakfast this morning holds out the first American Flag. He was interesting, but we have issues with some of his takes on the history of the American revolution.

 

 

 

 

 

Guildenstern gets this look about him that reminds me of Godzilla. He was rolling around in the mulch tonight then he gave me his Guildzilla look when I pointed my camera at him. The other kitties were doing the same thing.

More roses are blooming, but as normal with our first blooms, some of them are beat up and thrippy; however, there are a few rose bushes that are putting out nice blooms, such as Betty Boop and Falstaff.

This spider waits at the entrance of its web tunnel for insects to get it its web and then it pounces on the victim with lightning speed. It also retreated into its tunnel at lightning speed when I stuck my camera in its face. I made several attempts before it decided I was not a threat and held its ground.

The smoke from the fires in Arizona has blown into the Albuquerque area; it’s thick around our house. My sinuses were getting better — so much for that!

I finally found a lady bug that was holding still enough to get a clear shot of, and a tiny bee was working it’s way through the Ballerina rose.

In a galaxy of roses with Canada in the name, the morning sun highlights its buds. A backlit hibiscus takes in some rays early in the morning as the sun peeks through the clouds.

I had my PET scan this morning. I’ll see my doctor next Tuesday to get the results. The PET scan was routine — I got the radioactive sugar shot, was put in isolation for 45 minutes while the radiation got distributed through my system, then in the scanner for 30 minutes.

It was 34º F on the deck at 7:00 am which means it got down to around 30º F in the garden (the garden thermometer quit working so I couldn’t check the temp im the garden). More roses are blooming, although timidly. Pillow Fight had some of the best blooms we’ve gotten so far. Pink Cascade has the most interesting center of all our roses.

While walking around the garden looking for photo ops, I came across the dreaded rose viper lying on the wall, hiding behind a rose bush ready to attack anything that got within its reach.