This has not been a great summer. First we had weeks of intensely hot weather...DS1 couldn't cope in his room at all and none of us got any sleep. I spent the whole time in a puddle of sweat. Neither of the cats liked it, Millie was particularly unhappy with all the heat.
DD has deteriorated even further and has had a facial migraine that is currently into its 3rd week. It's so bad she has started an elimination diet to see if anything she eats is triggering the migraines. To be fair she desperately needs to loose a bit of weight ...she is well over 20 stone now and its not good for her, so hopefully the elimination diet will help a bit.
We found out today Millie has liver cancer and its already moved onto her lungs as well so there is nothing the vets can do. She possibly has a couple of months left but that's it. The news couldn't be worse and we are all very upset, she is such a sweet snuggly cat and DD will miss her dreadfully. We won't be catless as we do have Grundo who is a total sweetheart, but we will still miss Millie.
Other than that our summer has been very dull, we can't get out because DD is too ill to leave the house and isn't really well enough for us to leave her on her own. DS1 and I are going to redecorate the kitchen the last week in August when DP is off work...our timing has nothing to do with inconveniencing him obviously...a total coincidence! We have sorted replacing the flooring which is elderly and grubby now and we are also getting new blinds. DS1 is also going to resand the table and put fresh varnish on it...DS2 and DP managed to trash the varnish within hours last time it was done. They have been warned not to repeat that!
DM and DF have been notable by their absence which is fine by me...I think DM may have finally noticed she isn't my favourite person, she hands the phone over to DF very quickly which is a very new development. I think they've been over once this summer, I can't get over to them so its been pleasant on that front.
Looking forward to the autumn, cooler weather and hopefully DD finds what is triggering her pain...I hoping its not just another crappy M.E. symptom.
UPDATE: well Millie didn't have any time left at all. Once she got back from the vets she obviously decided as we now knew she had cancer she could stop fighting to hide how ill she was. She was in increasing pain and stopped being able to eat, even though we were feeding her cooked chicken and salmon! We found out on Tuesday and and she went to the vets on Friday to be PTS. It was a heartbreaking decision to make as she had moments where she appeared ok but it was the right choice as she her pain was only going to increase.
DD discovered that her migraines are triggered by wheat/gluten. She is now migraine free which is a plus but she is finding it hard to cope without Millie, having DP at home all week and the disruption of decorating all at the same time without her standard comfort food!
The kitchen is mostly redecorated now and looks so lovely and clean...it won't last but I'm enjoying it while I can.
DM and DF dropped by while DS1 and I were in the middle of decorating, they had been told it was not a convenient time to come....but they are both too stupid and selfish to listen. DF told me we had only just started...the room was about half finished....he is so wrapped up in his own little world he doesn't see anything else as real. As they didn't bother giving any notice they were coming DD was still in the living room, not good for her and she spasmed badly the whole time they were here, not too long fortunately I was very unwelcoming. I escorted DM out so she couldn't wander into the living room, she is nosy bitch, which left DF to poke his nose into the room.
DF phoned this evening and was obviously wanting to talk about DD...I told him he'd been rude and tried to say it was unhelpful to DD but he went into monologue mode and I gave up listening...I put the phone back to my ear every few minutes and he was still talking...in the end I said I was busy and hung up. So incredibly rude, as far as they are concerned my purpose is to be an audience, I am not supposed to speak only listen. If I am so stupid as to try and speak they will both utterly ignore my voice and talk over me. Just so cross, they can be nasty to me but harming my DD is NOT acceptable. They can both f*ck off.
UPDATE 2: Grundo has his annual health check up and he has the beginnings of kidney disease, not a surprise given his age and his hyperthyroid operation but still very unwelcome news. We did think about looking for other cats but he is so obviously enjoying being an only cat and getting all the attention its not a good time to get any other cats. Maybe later.
