The Weeks Just Get Stranger and Stranger...

Jacob's well into his baseball season. Well, baseball practice season. His coach said he and another boy have the most natural talent on the team. Nice. Jacob has reclaimed his love of baseball and all seems to be well. Hannah started soccer and even had her first game last Saturday. Her team lost but her team won as well. Clarification...they split the team into two so the one team becomes two and they play on 1/4 of the field. It gives each girl a ton of playing time. Hannah's told me that she never wants to quit soccer. Finally, a sport I can actually help with! I know the rules, I know how to help. Yay!

After Hannah's game on Saturday, Mike took Jacob to baseball practice while Daniel, Hannah and I headed to the grocery store. While we were there, I noticed they had a sale on these really pretty spring flower bouquets, so I picked one up. We also ran into an old TKD friend while we were there and it was nice to catch up in person instead of the occasional Facebook post.

Anyway...

We get home and put everything away. I put the flowers in a vase on the kitchen table and we all eat lunch. As I was cleaning up, I see Bella munching on some of the flowers. I shoo her off the table but a red flag raises in my head. Hmmm. I decided to Google lily plants and find that they are the number one most toxic thing to cats. Like, 100% of cats that eat them and are left untreated die kind of poisonous. Awesome. I call the vet immediately and they ask me how fast I can get her in there.

30 minutes from when she ate the three ends off the lily plant, we're at the vet and Bella's whisked away as soon as we walk in the door. The vet comes out to tell me that she's hopeful that they've acted in time. They've pumped her stomach, given charcoal and started fluid diuresis. They also did some baseline bloodwork so they know where she's starting. She can't guarantee anything but they're doing what they can to protect the kidneys. Oh, and if she pulls through, she could be looking at a lifetime of dialysis. Also, they close at 4 (it's 2pm) so she'll need to be transferred to the Emergency Vet to continue IV fluids for the next 24 hours. Ummm, okay.

So, I go home and wait for 4pm to come. At about 3, Hannah comes in, crying. She has a massive bruise, already, on her right cheek. Apparently, Jacob's knee and Hannah's face met on the trampoline. Really? Are you kidding me? Fortunately, she was fixed up with an ice pack and some Motrin.

Mike volunteers Hannah to go with me to transfer Bella from our vet to the ER vet, which I wasn't happy about because I had no idea how long it was going to take, but whatever.

Poor baby Bella, she looked so confused when I picked her up. They'd left the catheter in and the vet said that they'd given her a sedative. I'm seriously hating this. At the ER vet, they whisk her away and the new vet explains that it's not 24 hours of fluids, it's, ideally, 72, so we can't pick her up until Monday but we have to do it before 8am. Now, did I want to sign a DNR for Bella? (How stupid is this...I said no. That I wanted them to do kitty CPR. I've become THAT lady)

I was able to talk to the vet several times on Sunday. Each time, he told me that she was doing well but wasn't eating but not to be worried. And don't forget that she needs to be out of there by 8am Monday morning.

I arrived at the ER vet at 6:10 Monday morning. The tech told me that she was more than ornery that morning and that she was requiring the attention of everyone at all times or she'd scream. When the tech brought her out, she was doing crocodile death rolls in the carrier. Bella also decided to rip the catheter out while they were unhooking her. Fantastic.

We get home and she won't stop screaming. Jacob did what he could to console her but it wasn't good enough. She wanted out of that carrier. I didn't want to because I knew I'd never get her back in. *sigh*

So Bella goes back the the regular vet. I tell them what the tech told me and she's still screaming. They take her back and tell me that they probably won't put in another catheter unless her bloodwork comes back wonky. They'll give me a call when they know more.

Two hours pass...

The vet calls and says her bloodwork looks good and I can come get her. I'm out the door before I can even hang up the phone. At the vet, she shows me her results and says the ones that are high and low are completely normal for a kitty that's been stressed and on IV fluids. She told me that Bella's not completely out of the woods and won't say she's completely recovered for a week, but she feels that Bella's well on her way. I'm given a list of things to look for and told that this is the best possible outcome. She also makes sure that I know that had I waited another hour, things might have been very different so, kudos to me for recognizing it when I did.

Bella was completely back to her normal self this morning, tripping me on the stairs and following me from room to room as I woke the kids up for school. Let's hope this is completely over.

On a side note, I went to our school board meeting on Monday night...the one where they're looking to cut $6.2 million from the budget next year. I was concerned because 4th and 5th grade band and strings was on the chopping block. Fortunately, that program is staying (for now) but our fees are increasing 100%. Freaking awesome. Because we don't already pay through the nose.

I wasn't anticipating the TV crews that were there...NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox...I wish I'd thought to do my hair and makeup because two of the channels, Fox and CBS, decided to do long up-close shots of me. Multiple times. ABC tried to get me to do an interview after the meeting (she actually grabbed my hand and pulled me over) but I declined. I lose too many IQ points when you stick a mic in front of my face.

I can't tell you how many texts from friends I got today saying they saw me on TV. LOL!

Premiere Week

I was actually excited for this year's TV Premiere Week. It helps a lot that I have the Tivo and can watch shows that I would have otherwise missed. Actually, I don't know if it's necessarily a good thing, but it's been fun to have new stuff to watch. The only problem with new stuff is getting through the first few episodes. The pilots and the few episodes that follow are usually annoying in the way they try to get you to know the characters. It's also hard because you don't know which ones are going to be cancelled mid season. However...

Last night was the big night for me. I had Private Practice, Life and Dirty Sexy Money recorded. After the kids went to bed, I holed myself up in the basement and hit "play."

Private Practice was up first. I just don't know about this one. Because of the way they began this show last season on Grey's, I already knew the characters. I just don't know if I like them. I've never been a huge Addison fan and that may be my hang up with it. I was happy to see that they got rid of the talking elevator lady.

Life. I will fully admit that the only reason I watched this show is because of Damian Lewis (love him!). I liked this one but they made his character very strange. Of course, it's understandable but he's a little crazy. I have a feeling that he'll get less crazy as the season goes on but I don't know. I did laugh every time they showed him in his car saying, "I am not attached to this car. I am not attached to this car." It was also funny to see him trying to deal with technology that wasn't around 12 years ago. I hope they don't play on that for too long, though. It could get really old, really fast. I have a feeling I'm going to get all into this show and it'll be cancelled.

Dirty Sexy Money. I recorded this one on a whim. It turned out to be my favorite of the night. I love Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin. And, you know I'm going to be partial to any show with a former cast member (okay, guest star) of Grey's. If you watched it last night, you would have seen Dr. Hahn playing the mother of Brian Darling's illegitimate son. It took me a minute to place her without the scrub cap. LOL! Of the three, I really think that this one may be the only one left standing come May. I may have just jinxed it by writing it, but it was absolutely the most fun show of the night...even though it's a drama.

Tonight...

Of course it's the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy. Episode 401 A Change Is Gonna Come. I will admit that I'm really nervous since there was so much change at the end of the season. I'm also not very happy about Lexi Grey becoming a permanent cast member. Anyway, I'm going to wait until the kids are good and asleep before attempting to watch. Thank goodness for Tivo!

I Could Watch This All Day

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on Saturday Night Live. I love Peyton Manning. This is great even if you don't like football.