Friday, March 27, 2009

Just when you think winter is gone…

… The snow returns.

Yes, we’re hovering right above freezing point and the snow is coming down again. The city crews are back sanding the roads.

We did, in fact, have a few days of almost spring-like weather this week – both fair skies, and the typical, Petersburg rain. We’ve also had days where we’ve had everything – from bright sun, to rain, to heavy, wet snow.

Stripey went to the vet yesterday afternoon to have blood drawn to send away for follow-up testing. Because of the bandage all around his neck protecting the feeding tube, the vet couldn’t get a draw from the neck, even after two attempts and quite a bit of digging around for the vein. Stripey did not enjoy this experience. On the third attempt the vet went for a vein in the leg, which was immediately successful. The reason for preferring the neck is that usually, the draw is much easier and faster.

Although Stripey’s appearance seems to be less yellow to our eyes, the vet could see from the ears and eyes that the billirubin levels are still high. Stripey seems to be more active, is eating, and was even caught snitching some yogurt from an open container that was left unattended for just a minute.

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