Today has been another cruddy day. It’s not been a good week. Penny, the kitty in my profile picture, has been acting off, and since that has resulted in WWIII in our house, I took him to the vet yesterday to make sure he wasn’t sick. Dr. Fear, the awesome vet, called to tell me that he is indeed sick, but we don’t know with what. His white blood cell count is through the roof, but all the rest of his number are fine. We get to go back and do an xray tomorrow because he does have a known lung abnormality that has never been identified. Anyway, that was just part of my great day. Work has also been awfully awful. I have a terrible stress headache, possibly from pounding my head against my desk in frustration. (Okay, I didn’t really do that, but I wanted to.)
So I needed some comfort tea. This was the tea I chose as jasmine is one of my greatest comforts.
Brenden, I love this tea. It’s a really good jasmine. Not too jasmine, but just perfect. Comforting. Peaceful.
But now I am out of it, as this was just a random sample thrown in with my last order, and it’s out of stock. (Yes, I really, truly thought about breaking tea buying hiatus for this one. It’s that good and I need it in my cupboard. I didn’t realize it until now, but I do.)
edited to fix the fact that hearts seem to break my tasting notes….
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Marking back in stock right now. Desperate times call for soothing teas :)
Sorry to hear about your kitty, sending good wishes your way! I would be beside myself if anything happened to my cat :(
Wow, you are amazing, Brenden.
Thanks so much, MissLena. Penny has been my problem kitty since the day we got him with all sorts of weird health problems but I love him dearly. He is a joy, as are all of my kitties.
I have a chronic health problem kitty too, so I can relate. He has chronic upper respiratory, it never goes away for long. To add to the problem he likes to lick kitty butt. As in not his own. Unless I keep him forever separated from other cats, it’s impossible to stop him. Just finished a second round of antibiotics for butt licking and not sure he is past it yet.
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I did. Penny has hyperthyroidism, which we tried to treat with radioactive iodine. He’s in the very tiny percentage of cats that don’t respond to the normal treatment. It’s better than it was before, but he’s still on daily pills to help with it, and we’re out $1500 for the treatment. He’s got a funny spot on one of his lungs that has never been identified, so he gets xrays on a regular basis to make sure it’s not growing or changing. (Primary lung cancer in cats is very, very incredibly rare, so they don’t think cancer, but it’s a possibility.) He’s got a weird high white count all the time, but now it’s more than double what it normally is, so we know he’s getting sick. We’ve never found a cause of this, but he seems to respond to antibiotics. Hopefully that’s what we do this time and he gets better again. We’ll see. He is an older cat — 14 now. (All of my kids are “old” between 12 and 15.)
Aww, I’m sorry to hear about your kitty.
Hope kitty gets well soon, that’s always rough to deal with. We had a hyperthyroid cat too. :(
I hope the kitty gets well soon!
Marking back in stock right now. Desperate times call for soothing teas :)
Sorry to hear about your kitty, sending good wishes your way! I would be beside myself if anything happened to my cat :(
Wow, you are amazing, Brenden.
Thanks so much, MissLena. Penny has been my problem kitty since the day we got him with all sorts of weird health problems but I love him dearly. He is a joy, as are all of my kitties.
I have a chronic health problem kitty too, so I can relate. He has chronic upper respiratory, it never goes away for long. To add to the problem he likes to lick kitty butt. As in not his own. Unless I keep him forever separated from other cats, it’s impossible to stop him. Just finished a second round of antibiotics for butt licking and not sure he is past it yet.
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I did. Penny has hyperthyroidism, which we tried to treat with radioactive iodine. He’s in the very tiny percentage of cats that don’t respond to the normal treatment. It’s better than it was before, but he’s still on daily pills to help with it, and we’re out $1500 for the treatment. He’s got a funny spot on one of his lungs that has never been identified, so he gets xrays on a regular basis to make sure it’s not growing or changing. (Primary lung cancer in cats is very, very incredibly rare, so they don’t think cancer, but it’s a possibility.) He’s got a weird high white count all the time, but now it’s more than double what it normally is, so we know he’s getting sick. We’ve never found a cause of this, but he seems to respond to antibiotics. Hopefully that’s what we do this time and he gets better again. We’ll see. He is an older cat — 14 now. (All of my kids are “old” between 12 and 15.)
Aww, I’m sorry to hear about your kitty.
Hope kitty gets well soon, that’s always rough to deal with. We had a hyperthyroid cat too. :(
I hope the kitty gets well soon!