our vet was having a sale last month on vaccines. dave nudged me to get ours in. which meant that we had to spread out 5 vet appts over 3 weeks so that we could still afford food. everyone is healthy; our littlest cat jaxi had an issue with her vaccines. she was very lethargic and wouldn't eat/move/poo/pee/drink for a good 24 hours after. but then she returned to normal. kelty's vaccines were on hold until the parasite in her tummy was treated. that's over. we have one more vaccine now, and then she can run like a wild woman in the grass throughout the neighborhood.
as far as project baby, last month i had a cyst on the right side. had to sit out a month because the meds they give will just make cysts grow. that was a blow, but i looked at it as just not meant to be. i went back last week (one month later). yeah. now i'm growing one on the other side. even bigger this time. another setback.
since early september my asthma has been going crazy. i've not worked out in a few weeks now because i can't go outside or i end up with chest pain. i found a wonderful pulmonologist out here. she believes i have valley fever. which can get pretty nasty. she added 2 meds to my regimen about 3 weeks ago. my labwork was a bit confusing - the screener for VF said i had it, but the actual test said no. she believes that i have it, but i just don't have the antibody level to detect it yet. so i have to have blood drawn every 2 weeks until it either comes back positive or my symptoms die down. she added another 2 meds to my regimen on tuesday. i'm up to 6 meds per day so far. the problem is this: the treatment for vf is an anti fungal that's teratogenic. it causes massive birth defects and i believe can even cause a miscarriage. what's worse, i believe you have to abstain from trying for 3-6 months after treatment to ensure it's cleared your system. which means if i do have it, i'll be happy that i can finally get back out there and resume my life, but the other side of our lives will be put on hold yet again, this time for MONTHS. i have no idea what to wish for...
dave is training for IMAZ, but it's not going as well as we'd hoped. his heart rate zones for his ride are really low. long story short, it's to conserve his legs and energy for the run. which he's done a great job of the last few races, but for training rides he's miserable. that's been hard to watch, especially when i can't even ride myself. have to keep getting him to refocus on the bigger picture, not just this one little frame.
the november horror show is about to commence. i've got house cleaners lined up for 2 fridays so far, a cleaning service to come do my couches, and someone else to come clean my floors (nasty tile and grout). trying to get everything ready for the mass of people we'll be having in our house. that's not fun, and it can get to be quite stressful, but i'm dealing.
my replacement at my old job is completely massacring my job. i hear from a few sources that she's totally ignoring all the duties and is sitting on her ass everyday, thinking up ways to not do shit. that just hurts me on so many levels. it's one thing to leave a job that was perfect for you, and against your will really. it's another to have a replacement whom you knew from a previous job (and was a shitty nurse even then) come in and just trash everything you built. she's sent word to me asking me to call her at work one day. this is after she's been there for 5 months and has already been instructed by the one i replaced (for a day and a half, mind you - i spent a whole 2 hours with the same lady and managed just fine).
on a happier note, lucca was the devil and kelty was a lady bug for halloween last night! both hated it. lucca had visions of murder streaming across his eyes. kelty just tried to eat the tulle on her costume. whatevs. here's pics:
