A brief note before beginning the day...

[seanan_mcguire]

I try to answer all comments on this journal, because it just seems polite. But after spending the night worrying about my sick cat, and spending the morning medicating her (which she hates), I honestly can't bring myself to answer individual comments on my post about her illness. It's just going to make me start crying again. So...

Thank you all, so very much, for your kind wishes and concern. Alice is still sick, but seems to be on the mend—she felt well enough to glare at me this morning when I hauled her out from under the couch and pumped her full of sticky pink antibiotic goo. Thomas and Lilly are confused and clingy, since they don't understand what's going on, and everyone is thrilled by the sudden wide availability of tuna.

Medicating Alice is easier than it could be, because she is seriously one of the world's most civilized cats; she mostly just squirms and scowls at me, like her infection is my fault, and not the fault of rapidly-replicating bacteria. I cannot explain epidemiology to my cat. I know. I've tried.

I'll keep you posted, and thank you again. I really appreciate it.

Comments

[calico-reaction.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear she seems to be doing better. And don't worry, I'm pretty sure we all understand when you can't respond to all of our comments. ;)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I know, I just always worry about coming off as an asshole when I didn't mean to be.

[calico-reaction.livejournal.com]

That's why you're cool. Because you let us know, whether you need to or not, that you're not being an asshole! :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

See, this way, when I mean to be an asshole, it really stands out!