Monday, November 28, 2005

Chico’s home, Chico’s home!


Picked him up from the vet’s at 10am. His lab results were fine, no kidney or liver problems. Epilepsy wasn’t completely discarded; however, there are other variables that could have caused the problem. I’ve been using an anti-flea product to which Chico may be allergic. It is the Hertz anti-flea capsule for cats up to 10 lbs (lime green little bottles). In the back it described some symptoms that some cats may have if they have some sort of allergy to the chemicals in that product and those were exactly what happened to him. Also I had just sprayed some cleaner on Tushi’s mattress (she peed on it ~_~ ), but I checked that and it said it was safe on pets and children, but Chico may be one of those very sensitive kitties, so it could have also had something to do. Finally, as it was mentioned earlier, he had been sleeping under sunlight for quite some time.

I just have to keep an eye on him and will change his anti-flea to one called Revolution, which is alcohol-based and seeps faster into the coat/skin (as opposed to the other which is more oily and may drip, making it easier for him to lick it off).

Boyyy Chico was happy to see us. As soon as he was brought out he purred and would push his head into our hands. We carried him and he clutched to us and kept pressing his paws happily on our arms. When we put him into his box he mewed and I had to keep my fingers through the gate so he’d keep rubbing his head against them. Then we got home... and he left to immediately get some food and then a trip to the kitty litter. He ignored Tushi and when we tried to carry him he simply pushed us and jumped away... ~_~

That little ingrate!

Hahaha.

I guess the earlier actions were a “Mom, Dad! Take me home, I love you guys so much! Puuhhhh-lease!!!!” and then once at home “Phe! You guys are bad... leaving me there all alone... Don’t talk to me!”

Ahhhh oh wells. I am still very happy he’s home even though cleaning has tripled again.

posted by Kitty @ 9:10:00 PM 2 comments

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Worried


I've ha da lot of stuff going on... Thanksgiving, cooking, etc, etc... I will post about that later.

Right now I am just so worried about my Chico.

I was preparing food at about 2pm, baking some stuff for the Hubby while he watched tv. Tushi was playing and Chico was just sleeping on the arm of the sofa, letting the sun warm him. Suddenly I hear all this ruckus coming from the living room. I thought Tushi had come to bug him or he simply was having those typical mad-dashes that cat's have. But it sounded very rough, so I left the kitchen to go calm him down when I look to the sofa and I see him on the floor twirling and shaking.

I went running and saw his eyes were very wide open, the black of his eyes covering completely. He was foaming, drooling, and having what seemed to be a seizure. At first I thought he was choking on something but so I tried holding him in place and began screaming for Husband to come. He came immediately and we both had to hold him from his front and back paws because as his body was arching and stiffening, he took his front paws to his face and was clawing at his eyes. It was so difficult to try to keep him steady and it was a horrible feeling to know we simply didn’t know what to do! We just... felt so hopeless and small...

Hubby kept talking calmly to Chico, trying to ease him but Chico wasn’t listening, or simply couldn’t control himself. We didn’t know if he was in pain or what was happening to him. I rushed to call his vet and we got the emergency circuit since the offices close after a certain time on the weekends. We had to take him to a different clinic, which was the one taking emergency calls for the city this weekend (seems like the clinics rotate weekends to take care of emergencies). By this time Chico was no longer having the seizure but he still wasn’t recognizing us and kept mewing horribly as if he was in a lot of pain and his eyes were still completely odd.

Very carefully I put him in his travel cage and we rushed out of the house. After some driving around and going from office-to-office: the operator didn’t immediately call the vet on call to go so when we got to one office everything was locked, then we kept making calls until finally the doc phoned us and we met him at the clinic. Chico’s temp and pressure was back to normal kitty numbers, but the doc said it was best to keep him there overnight. He also had his head checked for a concussion, thinking maybe he had fallen and hit his head which could have caused the seizure, but pupils dilated fine and there were no signs of that. A nurse would stay to check up on him and then in the morning they will make blood tests to check his liver and kidneys. Once those things are taken care of and ruled out then they will test him for epilepsy...

He had attacks like this when we first got him as a baby. When he arrived home he was very tiny, had many fleas, and worms, which caused him to have an episode like this, but it was brief. After he got a deworming and all his shots, he never had it again. It has been 15 months since Chico came home the first time and suddenly he gets this again... The whole thing lasted probably like a minute and it was very scary.

I am so very glad that my Husband was home. I simply wouldn’t have known what to do. I was a wreck and when I called the operator I was in tears trying to explain everything. I felt completely stupid and frightened at not knowing what to do. I would have of course rushed him to the vet as we did, but I don’t know... I probably would have had an accident driving or something... I mean, my husband was extremely cool-headed and as I was making my hysterical phone call he grabbed the emergency money, turned off the oven (I would have come to a burnt house if I had been by myself), put Tushi in the bathroom and closed her in so she wouldn’t be alone near the stove, set the alarm and got the car running and placed Chico in. I am really glad he was home.

I am not a person you want to have near in emergencies... definitely not.

posted by Kitty @ 7:36:00 PM 3 comments

Sunday, November 20, 2005

3rd Meeting


We had our 3rd meeting of our small jewelers’ group. I am not sure if I had mentioned it before, but by chance I got to meet one lady that is a local beader and as we talked via e-mail she introduced me to another lady from my same town. When we all met for the first time we decided to hold meetings about every 2-3 weeks at someone’s house and in those meetings we would help each other with designs, techniques, or just completely teach something new for everyone.

In our 2nd meeting (Mel and Gary’s house at Donna) we basically showed some of the things we had been doing and got pointers from her in seed-bead related projects. I met another rookie like me (Mary) and got to teach the MOK technique for a simple choker like the ones I have shown before in here and the ladies caught on right away.

So today we met at Claudia’s home and met a new beader (Millie) who also specializes in seed beads. Claudia gave us a crash course on wire-working (that’s her specialty!) and explained the uses of different hammers and the such. Boy... I need to get real jeweler’s hammers. Hehehe. We then each started on our own projects while we chatted. I started a seed-bead project that involves making a needle case with peyote stitch. It is tough work, fortunately Mel gave me the necessary tips that made my life easier! She taught me tubular peyote stitch and the trick to get it to work the first time. :D She said it took her months before she figured out the easier way to make that particular technique work... ^_^ I just saved me a tons of days!

Well, next time we’ll be meeting at Millie’s and hopefully I’ll have my needle case all pretty by then.

posted by Kitty @ 8:27:00 PM 2 comments

Saturday, November 19, 2005

5K


My first 5K in an actual race and I am proud to say I did not come in last place. I beat my Hubby. hehehe. I did not run, though, I walked. My Mom, however, finished 1st in her division, which is no surprise as she usually gets that place in these races. She has a bookcase full with medals and trophies. ^_^ We're so proud of her and I can safely say that she's the city champ - she has finished first in all of the Brownsville races so far (she does 5k, 10, and half marathons).

This was quite exciting and while I doubt i'll ever actually 'run' the 5K, I think I can manage speed walking it in less time with a bit more practice.

:D

Anyway, we got home, took showers, and crashed 'til about 2:30pm. Then we went to Donna (city about 45 mins away from home) because we got an invitation from our friends there to eat Mediterranean food. Yummy! I had some babakukasha... erm or something like that which is an eggplant dish. Hubby had that plus kofta which looked similar to meatloaf but without the tomato sauce (olive oil and mediterranean spices). Our friends introduced us to another very nice couple - she's a local from the Valley and he is from New Zealand... and the catch that my friend Mel said when she invited me and Hubby for dinner was, "And I know all our husbands will get along great 'cause they are all nerds." Hehehe. All in the Computer Science field so yeap they had a lot to talk about. ^_^

It was a nice Saturday.

posted by Kitty @ 9:57:00 PM 1 comments

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Illustration: Pretty In Pink


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Tee-hee!!! *skips off happily*

posted by Kitty @ 4:18:00 PM 6 comments

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Eid Mubarak


I like Eid.

Husband came home early today and surprised me with an iPod Shuffle ^_^ Cute little thing that can hold an average of 240 songs. I don’t think I’ll ever fill it up ‘cause I am the type of person that listens to a select few songs over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-so-on. Just last week I was working on a photo edit and my husband walked into my room and said, “You’ve been listening to that song for 3 hours... you don’t wanna listen to something else?” I just lowered the volume and kept repeating it. Hehehe. I’m weird like that.

I gave him a present too. I bought him a Panasonic 26-inch High Def TV. ^_^ He was very happy and has been watching it since he hooked it up to the receiver. He has been wanting a new TV for a while but I kept saying no. The time was right today. I think I got a fair deal with it: 26 months no interest at Circuit City. I can pay it with the left overs from my grocery money!

It was a good day.

posted by Kitty @ 8:00:00 PM 1 comments

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

3D - Naja



Naja


I can’t do cool shadows like Lore yet, but close enough!

I’ve been playing around quite a bit with this lady. The name is HER by Sixus1 Media (sixus1.com) and she also happens to be free at PoserFreebies.com!!! I really like this model, she is not realistic like the many other Poser models out there and fits well in Sci-Fi (and probably gothic) renders because of her strong cut features. She doesn’t come with too many morphs (mostly expressions) which can be both a plus and a minus depending how one sees it. Can’t change the appearance much... but the clothes will not get the poke-through syndrome because they fit her like a glove (always a plus because that means less Photoshop work).

I’ve been working on different views of this image and haven’t quite gotten what I want yet. Hopefully I will soon because I am really thinking on making her into a real print.

posted by Kitty @ 8:42:00 PM 5 comments