Since the operation, I have been doomed to sleep on my back. This is not a good thing. I never sleep on my back, but always on one side or the other. While the staples are in though this is simply not possible. Unfortunately, being stuck between a rock and a hard place ususally means the soft, squishy thing in the middle has to give, and in my case it has given with a vengence. I threw something out in my back in bed last night that not only precluded any chance of getting sleep, but which eventually drove me to get up hours before I was ready to. I'm basically sleep-typing at my terminal at the moment, hoping the spasms will pass enough that I can try to snooze on the sofa downstairs.
Cattitude has just left for the veterinarian's office. She'll be having a little lump removed from her shoulder. It's probably nothing, but there's a chance it's something called a sarcoma, which some cats developed in reaction to older style vaccines. Young cats don't seem to have a problem, but cats that were vaccinated in the early to mid-nineties sometimes develop this, and it should be removed as soon as possible if it does turn out to be a vaccination induced sarcoma. The vet will have her under general anasthesia for this, and will clean her teeth while she's out for the count. I suspect when Cattitude returns home tonight she is not going to be a happy camper.
Kitten discovered television last night. She'd noticed it before, for specific things, but would quickly lose interest and wander away when whatever moving object disappeared from the screen. Last night, though, they played a Purina Cat Chow commercial, and she became *very* attentive. Then, after the commercial was over, another commercial came on with more movement. She was entranced. She spent two hours with me, her eyes never leaving the set. I suspect she'd have stayed longer, but a thunderstorm moved in, spooking all three cats, and she darted off to some place of safety.
Working hard at not feeling down, don't know if I'm making any headway. I do know one thing, though. I need sleep.