Could we share the Slimfast? I’m having trouble with a wisdom tooth I was too cheap to have pulled out when I should have. Second day in a row, now. If my brother wasn’t coming for a visit i a few days for a couple of weeks, I’d go have it yanked. Ouch!
I want Bob!!!!
miu and Great Dane, yes I do have the Demerol and this IS the result of a wisdom tooth I should have had pulled out years ago.
All 4 are impacted (well actually 3, one actually came in about 3 years ago - I got my first wisdom tooth at 44 - LOL). I have to have them surgically removed, but I’m going to go into the rest room with some peroxide and hot water and see if I can fix it myself (which is what I usually do).
I’m gargling with lukewarm salt water - yum!
I need all 4 of my wisdom teeth out, the sooner the better. NOT lookink forward to that!
Thanks for bringing Bob and morphine to work, Miu! Just no codeine - makes me sick as a dog!
HM and GD: I’m sure you’ve heard lots of horror stories about getting your wisdom teeth pulled–but just an anecdotal story here–I had all 4 of my impacted wisdom teeth removed at the same time in my early 20’s without any pain whatsoever–I was eating solid foods that night–dentists say that not everyone has pain upon removal–so maybe you could be pain-free, too!
What is it with teeth this week? I’ve been having some pain, too. Although I think the one is due to possibly a popcorn hull, the other one is a cap, and I don’t know what to do about it. Have been using Wal-Mart equivalent of Anbesol and hoping for the best.
Here’s hoping you all are feeling better real soon.
Scrappy is the cutest little puffball-does he have on a little blue ribbon?
I know I usually lurk around here watching everyone abscond with cute little kitties. I just want to give my two cents worth on the wisdom teeth. Get all four of them done at once, take lots of pain meds for a couple of days, and you will be fine.
As a former Dental Assit. the teeth cannot be pulled while you have an abcess. Novocaine will not take effect with the abcess. You have to take antibiotics until the sweeling is gone usual time for script is ten days. Even with sodium penathol or gas a dentist does not like to do it as the poisons will drain into your body.
I remember that waiting for the antibiotics to do their thing was the most painful week or so I ever spent. Compared to that, there was almost no pain after the dental surgery.
Huddy’s Mama and Great Dane :
I agree with everyone here. I would just go for it when the abcess is gone. I had 2 wisdom teeth pulled and 2 that needed to be surgically removed. I had more pain with the teeth that were pulled. I was also eating solid foods the same night both times. I was eating carrot sticks the next day both times, too. (I popped out my stitches, but had no pain at all.)
Do you remember when Ann Margaret fell from a high platform in Vegas? She had her jaws wired shut and had to have facial reconstruction. Her hubby, Roger Smith from the TV show 77 Sunset Strip (late 50’s) put EVERYTHING in the blender meat potatoes, pizza the works. It probably looked disgusting but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
I get the funny feeling that this site ruins many people’s diets. Like I once read that watching “The Golden Girls” caused a few people to gain weight due to the midnight cheesecake binges they had on the show putting ideas into their heads. Sometimes the temptation is too great.
I brought the non-fat yogurt smoothies! with your choice of cream liquors, of course.
I have to disagree with this. It’s important for everybody to remember that nobody is holding a gun to your head and making you eat that cheesecake. The world would be a better place if we all stopped blaming other people for our problems and failures and started looking for the answers within.
I’m not blaming anyone. I was making a light-hearted joke. I always found it funny that “The Golden Girls” was called one of the most fattening tv shows.
Andi, you really need to lighten up. This is a kitten blog, and people goof around all the time. if we needed a site monitor, oh, wait…yes, we already have one. Kittenmaster. You don’t want to make him post that sad kitty picture, do you?
Andi is an american contraction of a female’s name, so Andi is posting as a female. Andy would be the american spelling of the male contraction. As for lighten up, it’s an American expression, meaning ‘don’t get your panties in a bunch’, or ‘relax’. There’s no malice in the phrase. It’s like saying ‘cheer up’, or ‘there’s no offence meant”. Hope this helps your vocab in American slang.
I totally got your joke, Jennifer and I agree! I used to love that show! My, but I love those midnight snacks now… and the temptation is ALWAYS too great!
AMEN to that! Scrappy is an adorable kitten and looks like a million bucks!
A friend of mine also had a kitten named Scrappy that grew to become a beautiful cat. My friend, Sadie, named her that, because she didn’t take nothing off of nobody!
Scrappy looks like a Siamese/Tabby mix, with the most beautiful blue eyes you ever saw!
When Hurricane Rita struck the Lake Charles area back in 2005, Sadie evacuated to her ex-husband’s home in Arkansas. To make a very long story short, they remarried after 21 years.
Neat, except for the fact that her husband was allergic to cats. Sadie asked me if I could take in Scrappy, and two other cats, Goto and Sweety, too.
I said, “Yes!” of course. Hey — what are friends for?
Scrappy still lives up to her name. She can be lovable to me, then turn her head and immediately HISS at another cat, then turn back around and be lovable to me once again.
What a lucky little kitten! Roadside kittens have a nearly vertical learning curve, when it comes to learning about roadways. The lesson has a pretty much pass/fail grade, with failure being fatal.
Rescue updates:
Injured feral showed up this morning, but showed little interest in the dry food or water I presented to him. He’s putting minimal weight on his left front leg, and has scabs crisscrossing his head. He obviously got into a fight, his first since having one canine extracted, and it’s possible he found himself at some disadvantage in the dustup.
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t. His tooth was broken, with an exposed nerve. It had to have been painful; extracting it was the right thing to do. But now he’s more beat up than ever. Sigh. As soon as the amoxicillin arrives, I’ll be dosing the water for the outdoor cats, and seeing if he’ll eat medicated wet food (when he decides to show up).
No new kitten pictures yet, but they’re becoming less and less wary of me. I’m able to stroke each of them repeatedly while they’re eating; they’re all licking food from my fingertips, and taking food from my open palm or pinched fingertips. The black kitten is getting accustomed to being picked up and set down, as in transferring him from the chair to the floor; he’s no longer struggling as long as the transfer is brief. They’re all playing within a foot or so of my head, when I’m sitting down right in front of the easy chair, and they all ate within 18 inches of my face last night.
Tonight, I’ll bring them different toys and slightly different food, and I’ll spend some extra time in there with the laptop and camera. My challenge this weekend? To get them more accustomed to being handled, and to be unafraid of human hands (while not playing directly with my hands).
Thanks! I never quite know how much info people want, in terms of progress reports. I apologize to everyone here, if I err in providing too many details.
Gardening, masonry work, and training animals all teach me patience. I apparently need repeat lessons in it.
I love the updates! This is all new information for me. As for those who are not interested… they can skip over your post to the next. Please… keep the updates coming !
I agree with what One Popoli said, I love the updates! Please keep us informed. I love the details too. It is so wonderful, Anncetera that you are taking the time to help these kitties. Thank you. The angels are smiling at you. Hugs and purrs.
keep up the good work! and in response to needing patience, I did too - I finally found a prayer that seemed appropriate: God grant me patience, and I want it RIGHT NOW!
Today, the improvisation for the hot weather is a folded, damp towel lying on top of a Rubbermaid tote lid, on the floor of the room. Windows are open, fans are going gangbusters, too; their room has not been uncomfortably hot yet. The grey tabby kitten laid down on the towel when I laid it down.
Awe poor baby in the heat.
The AC in my office died this morning. It’s already 81 outside. They did remove my water feature while i was gone on vacation, so at least it won’t be so tropical in here. Although I could use a beverage with an umbrella
Sending cute cabanna boy with nice beverage with umbrella to MeezerMama so that she stays nice and cool. We have fog this morning here in SF area. I will try to send you some cool breezes too.
If I had a drink with an umbrella, I’d give it to you!
The heat isn’t so bad here yet, and I live in an old masonry farmhouse, well-designed to shrug off all but the very worst of summer heat. (I’ve found ranches and split levels are not designed in this manner.) Fans help a lot. I don’t turn on the A/C until it’s 90-95 degrees, depending on the humidity.
I usually stay away from the AC for a while too, but with all the rain we have had, the humidity has been oppressive. Currently the weather man says it is still 81 outside and my desk thermometer says it is 80.5 in here. And I am the one who is usually cold in the office.
Hey Karin, thanks for the beverage and cute cabana boy
One Popoki, heat is bearable if evaporation works, like it does in Arizona. Anytime you want to sprout gills and come on up for a humid, hot Missouri summer, I’ll be happy to host you.
Late today-couldn’t load TDK on either computer until now.
I love reading your updates–if someone doesn’t like them they can just scroll to the next comment.
Sounds great for the kittens. I bet they are soon totally adoptable. But that injured feral worries me. Poor thing. I hope the amoxicillin arrives soon and works on him/her. *deep sigh* Sometimes I wish all the stories would have happy endings.
This is a kitten that was found at the side of a road, about three weeks old.
Pounce
heh, heh I’m first. Thats a first. What an adorable kitten–I’ll share. Good morning everyone and have a good day.
awww its so cute, only two fists high
Stripey kitty
pretty girl. Good morning, all.
Looks like a little lion!
Also looks like she is saying, “Why is this thing in my way?”
Yes, she does ^^
To me the poor thing is trying to find somewhere to hide. I hope she starts feeling safe with her human family and gives and gets lots of love.
Pounce?
What a beauty!! *swipes Scrappy*
Ahem!?!
Ahem? Do you need a cough drop. Pouncing and absconding are not quite the same.
Distracting Huddy’s Mama with her favorite drink and chocolate sprinkled pastries.
*Makes a grab for the cute little kitten*
AHEM! That whack bonk stick is here again and it’s craving for action!
*misses grab for kitten while ducking as Miu runs by with stick in one hand and steaks in the other*
Sarcastic, eh?
All the steaks you can eat for the first cuddling session with Scrappy.
I work in sarcasm the way Old Man Parker works in profanity. Like a sculptor.
No steaks for me today. No nothing. I have an earache that has run itself to my tooth in the form of a HUGE abcess.
The diet is ALL LIQUID today.
*throws away her empty can of Slim Fast*
Ouch! Sorry to hear that.
Did you get an appointment at Doc’s today? - Hope you at least have that Demerol with you.
Could we share the Slimfast? I’m having trouble with a wisdom tooth I was too cheap to have pulled out when I should have. Second day in a row, now. If my brother wasn’t coming for a visit i a few days for a couple of weeks, I’d go have it yanked. Ouch!
I want Bob!!!!
*brings Bob and morphine to the office*
miu and Great Dane, yes I do have the Demerol and this IS the result of a wisdom tooth I should have had pulled out years ago.
All 4 are impacted (well actually 3, one actually came in about 3 years ago - I got my first wisdom tooth at 44 - LOL). I have to have them surgically removed, but I’m going to go into the rest room with some peroxide and hot water and see if I can fix it myself (which is what I usually do).
I’m gargling with lukewarm salt water - yum!
I need all 4 of my wisdom teeth out, the sooner the better. NOT lookink forward to that!
Thanks for bringing Bob and morphine to work, Miu! Just no codeine - makes me sick as a dog!
HM and GD: I’m sure you’ve heard lots of horror stories about getting your wisdom teeth pulled–but just an anecdotal story here–I had all 4 of my impacted wisdom teeth removed at the same time in my early 20’s without any pain whatsoever–I was eating solid foods that night–dentists say that not everyone has pain upon removal–so maybe you could be pain-free, too!
What is it with teeth this week? I’ve been having some pain, too. Although I think the one is due to possibly a popcorn hull, the other one is a cap, and I don’t know what to do about it. Have been using Wal-Mart equivalent of Anbesol and hoping for the best.
Here’s hoping you all are feeling better real soon.
Scrappy is the cutest little puffball-does he have on a little blue ribbon?
I know I usually lurk around here watching everyone abscond with cute little kitties. I just want to give my two cents worth on the wisdom teeth. Get all four of them done at once, take lots of pain meds for a couple of days, and you will be fine.
I’ve had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out too, the only problem i had was dry sockets Ouch!! But its not to bad, i’d do it all at once though
As a former Dental Assit. the teeth cannot be pulled while you have an abcess. Novocaine will not take effect with the abcess. You have to take antibiotics until the sweeling is gone usual time for script is ten days. Even with sodium penathol or gas a dentist does not like to do it as the poisons will drain into your body.
I remember that waiting for the antibiotics to do their thing was the most painful week or so I ever spent. Compared to that, there was almost no pain after the dental surgery.
I waited too long to get all of mine done, and the pain of the impactions far outstripped the pain of the surgery. I say go for it.
Huddy’s Mama and Great Dane :
I agree with everyone here. I would just go for it when the abcess is gone. I had 2 wisdom teeth pulled and 2 that needed to be surgically removed. I had more pain with the teeth that were pulled. I was also eating solid foods the same night both times. I was eating carrot sticks the next day both times, too. (I popped out my stitches, but had no pain at all.)
stop stop you’re killing me!
Please share! I’ll bring coffee, pancakes and lots of chocolate to the sharing circle. I’d love to cuddle with such a softy.
Gotta have bacon to tempt HM
Scappy is a cute one. I love the tough face
Yea, crispy bacon, lots of crispy crispy bacon for HM
No can do. I’m a vegetarian. Never learned how to make bacon, even over cyberspace.
I bring lemonade and ice cream assortment today. (And a portable grill + meat for HM.)
You guys are sweet (and terribly sneaky) but I can’t eat any way.
*Brings Scrappy to the sharing circle*
since you can’t chew anything, how bout a meat shake
*tosses steak and bacon in blender and puts the spurs to it*
“Puts the spurs to it?”
I thought my dad was the only person who said that. LOL
Thanks for the bacon-in-the-blender.
Do you remember when Ann Margaret fell from a high platform in Vegas? She had her jaws wired shut and had to have facial reconstruction. Her hubby, Roger Smith from the TV show 77 Sunset Strip (late 50’s) put EVERYTHING in the blender meat potatoes, pizza the works. It probably looked disgusting but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
I get the funny feeling that this site ruins many people’s diets. Like I once read that watching “The Golden Girls” caused a few people to gain weight due to the midnight cheesecake binges they had on the show putting ideas into their heads. Sometimes the temptation is too great.
I brought the non-fat yogurt smoothies! with your choice of cream liquors, of course.
I have to disagree with this. It’s important for everybody to remember that nobody is holding a gun to your head and making you eat that cheesecake. The world would be a better place if we all stopped blaming other people for our problems and failures and started looking for the answers within.
But then how would the lawyers make a living ?
I’m not blaming anyone. I was making a light-hearted joke. I always found it funny that “The Golden Girls” was called one of the most fattening tv shows.
Andi, you really need to lighten up. This is a kitten blog, and people goof around all the time. if we needed a site monitor, oh, wait…yes, we already have one. Kittenmaster. You don’t want to make him post that sad kitty picture, do you?
But Tiga’s Mom… whatever you think of Andi’s comment, I’m not sure you should be telling him to lighten up
I don’t want to post that picture either.
Andi is an american contraction of a female’s name, so Andi is posting as a female. Andy would be the american spelling of the male contraction. As for lighten up, it’s an American expression, meaning ‘don’t get your panties in a bunch’, or ‘relax’. There’s no malice in the phrase. It’s like saying ‘cheer up’, or ‘there’s no offence meant”. Hope this helps your vocab in American slang.
I totally got your joke, Jennifer and I agree! I used to love that show! My, but I love those midnight snacks now… and the temptation is ALWAYS too great!
Aargh!!!!! One lousy second! :sniff:
What a lovely and lucky kitten to have found a home with you.
I hope he is happy now that he has a home
What a cutie. I’m so glad that it wasn’t run over by a car and you found her/him in time.
JCL
AMEN to that! Scrappy is an adorable kitten and looks like a million bucks!
A friend of mine also had a kitten named Scrappy that grew to become a beautiful cat. My friend, Sadie, named her that, because she didn’t take nothing off of nobody!
Scrappy looks like a Siamese/Tabby mix, with the most beautiful blue eyes you ever saw!
When Hurricane Rita struck the Lake Charles area back in 2005, Sadie evacuated to her ex-husband’s home in Arkansas. To make a very long story short, they remarried after 21 years.
Neat, except for the fact that her husband was allergic to cats. Sadie asked me if I could take in Scrappy, and two other cats, Goto and Sweety, too.
I said, “Yes!” of course. Hey — what are friends for?
Scrappy still lives up to her name. She can be lovable to me, then turn her head and immediately HISS at another cat, then turn back around and be lovable to me once again.
She’s wacky like that!
What a lucky little kitten! Roadside kittens have a nearly vertical learning curve, when it comes to learning about roadways. The lesson has a pretty much pass/fail grade, with failure being fatal.
Rescue updates:
Injured feral showed up this morning, but showed little interest in the dry food or water I presented to him. He’s putting minimal weight on his left front leg, and has scabs crisscrossing his head. He obviously got into a fight, his first since having one canine extracted, and it’s possible he found himself at some disadvantage in the dustup.
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t. His tooth was broken, with an exposed nerve. It had to have been painful; extracting it was the right thing to do. But now he’s more beat up than ever. Sigh. As soon as the amoxicillin arrives, I’ll be dosing the water for the outdoor cats, and seeing if he’ll eat medicated wet food (when he decides to show up).
No new kitten pictures yet, but they’re becoming less and less wary of me. I’m able to stroke each of them repeatedly while they’re eating; they’re all licking food from my fingertips, and taking food from my open palm or pinched fingertips. The black kitten is getting accustomed to being picked up and set down, as in transferring him from the chair to the floor; he’s no longer struggling as long as the transfer is brief. They’re all playing within a foot or so of my head, when I’m sitting down right in front of the easy chair, and they all ate within 18 inches of my face last night.
Tonight, I’ll bring them different toys and slightly different food, and I’ll spend some extra time in there with the laptop and camera. My challenge this weekend? To get them more accustomed to being handled, and to be unafraid of human hands (while not playing directly with my hands).
it’s a pleasure to read the day-by-day diary of the taming of the feral kittens..what patience you must have, as well as a lot of love…
Thanks! I never quite know how much info people want, in terms of progress reports. I apologize to everyone here, if I err in providing too many details.
Gardening, masonry work, and training animals all teach me patience. I apparently need repeat lessons in it.
I love the updates! This is all new information for me. As for those who are not interested… they can skip over your post to the next. Please… keep the updates coming !
Will do. Thanks!
I agree with what One Popoli said, I love the updates! Please keep us informed. I love the details too. It is so wonderful, Anncetera that you are taking the time to help these kitties. Thank you. The angels are smiling at you. Hugs and purrs.
sorry that was One Popoki (the fingers are not working yet..need mochas!).
keep up the good work! and in response to needing patience, I did too - I finally found a prayer that seemed appropriate: God grant me patience, and I want it RIGHT NOW!
Heh. I’m notoriously bad at pacing myself; I’m usually either all in on a project, full steam ahead, or I choose not to take on the project.
Maybe my house is trying to teach me patience, too. Hmm.
I think my house is doing the same
Keep the updates coming. Makes me feel like I’m part of it.
No, no, we want details, Details!!!!!!
Today, the improvisation for the hot weather is a folded, damp towel lying on top of a Rubbermaid tote lid, on the floor of the room. Windows are open, fans are going gangbusters, too; their room has not been uncomfortably hot yet. The grey tabby kitten laid down on the towel when I laid it down.
Awe poor baby in the heat.
The AC in my office died this morning. It’s already 81 outside. They did remove my water feature while i was gone on vacation, so at least it won’t be so tropical in here. Although I could use a beverage with an umbrella
Sending cute cabanna boy with nice beverage with umbrella to MeezerMama so that she stays nice and cool. We have fog this morning here in SF area. I will try to send you some cool breezes too.
If I had a drink with an umbrella, I’d give it to you!
The heat isn’t so bad here yet, and I live in an old masonry farmhouse, well-designed to shrug off all but the very worst of summer heat. (I’ve found ranches and split levels are not designed in this manner.) Fans help a lot. I don’t turn on the A/C until it’s 90-95 degrees, depending on the humidity.
I usually stay away from the AC for a while too, but with all the rain we have had, the humidity has been oppressive. Currently the weather man says it is still 81 outside and my desk thermometer says it is 80.5 in here. And I am the one who is usually cold in the office.
Hey Karin, thanks for the beverage and cute cabana boy
Wimps… the lot of you ! It was 95 at 7 a.m. this morning, heading for 110
SSh! If I admit that the heat really isn’t a big deal, they take the cabana boy away. Then who would fan me?
One Popoki, heat is bearable if evaporation works, like it does in Arizona. Anytime you want to sprout gills and come on up for a humid, hot Missouri summer, I’ll be happy to host you.
Late today-couldn’t load TDK on either computer until now.
I love reading your updates–if someone doesn’t like them they can just scroll to the next comment.
Sounds great for the kittens. I bet they are soon totally adoptable. But that injured feral worries me. Poor thing. I hope the amoxicillin arrives soon and works on him/her. *deep sigh* Sometimes I wish all the stories would have happy endings.
They do. In the end we all go home.
A toughie, eh?
PS. I love that ‘eh’. Prolly the most versatile word in English language.