Thank You

Thank you to my repeat readers, and especially to those who've recently begun to comment. I am serious in the sidebar that anonymous comments or questions are welcome, too.

I hope that this new template is appealing. I liked the green vitality of the other, but I am chilled all the time these days, not cold - just chilled all the time, and I decided to save that template for summertime. Seasons matter to me, as marks of survival.

And I finally spent the money to repair my camera today, and this template seemed more conducive to photos I would take. This one is of Sophia playing gargoyle.

My "cat-sitter" - It's the best description of him, although it sounds diminutive - besides helping me take care of Sophia, takes me on errands difficult without a car (like buying her heavy cat litter, and taking us to the vet for her check-ups, which he did yesterday) in exchange for my work for him. He lives in Santa Rosa, but works in town Fridays and some weekends.

There are several little markets nearby, and the cat clinic isn't far, but I live on the steepest of San Francisco hills, and most walking anywhere is an effort if I'm not feeling well. (And although - thankfully - mostly stable now with my medications, I often feel sedated into lethargy recently.) I live right in the cable car lines, but they are five dollars without even a transfer (for tourists, locals have fast passes, and it would be free for me if I would just be together and humble enough to get my disability pass stamped once a month at the transit booth I walk by every time I go to AIDS Health Project (psychiatrist and therapist). I couldn't take Sophia on it anyway. My Cat-sitter's car is traumatizing enough.

[For more on how big a problem not getting your disability pass stamped see "Wanted in San Francisco." I absolutely have to remember my court date January 4 at 3:00. I will not be able to talk myself out of the $300 additional assessment fine twice for failing to comply with my "Recognizance Agreement to Appear in Lieu of Posting Bail." ? or my drivers license (I don't drive) will be suspended (for a non-traffic violation - public transportation passenger violation),"or this court may issue a warrant for my arrest." The, unpredictedly kind woman who let me off the first time told me to take it seriously. KD, my almost daily phone support is the one in my life who keeps track of these things, and he is gone fout of reach for three months in India. SO I HAVE TO SOMEHOW REMEMBER TO GO TO COURT JANUARY 4, with my disability pass. So if anyone out there feels like reminding me... just writing it down isn't enough for this brain. Sticking my ticket on the door I'll just get used to, and stop seeing. I need KD.]

Sophia's doctor called and said that her kidney values were looking good (for her), one even a little higher than last time, but that she was concerned about her recent weight loss, and to try tempting her with wet food (which she prefers, but almost always vomits) and that if she was vomiting to bring her in again for some other tests. Otherwise continue the infusions the same way and bring her back in in a month if it doesn't look like she's gained weight. It's hard because the small part of her kidney's that is functional can't process protein, and protein-free food is apparently not appealing. When they thought she was not going to make it (two whole years ago!), I had to syringe feed her Gerber baby food, protein or not. Calories take precedence when you weigh four pounds. She's six something now I can't remember.

So anyway, thank you Polar Bear. Thank you Merelyme. Thank you to my cat-sitter (whose blog I'll link once I'm happy enough with my portion of the work on it). Thank you my cat doctor at Nob Hill Cat Clinic, and thank you to Sophia for not throwing up yet today.