Snickle is home. He came home on Friday. He is eating and seems much better. So, that is over for now.
We are also home after the long New Years weekend in LBI. Pretty sure we will be returning to that house for the fall. Really nice place.
Finally got a team together for the Club Playdowns. Registered this morning and we are set.
Olympic trials start this week and we will be heading to Ardsley to support the locals.
Now just trying to get back into the swing of work and such.
Later,
JH
Monday, January 5, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
At the vet clinic again
So, Snickle (or Poodle as we call him) is not himself today. Didn't eat breakfast and wasn't interested in dinner. Not looking well, not perky or really wandering around much. Off to the 24 clinic again.
Spend an hour there while they do the blood work. Liver problems but they are not sure what. He will be spending at least two nights with an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow. On intravenious right now.
We are not as worried about him as the kitten. He went through this about 3 years ago and it was just an infection. Some antibiotics, some pills and then he was fine. We will wait to hear the results tomorrow and see where we are.
And we are still going to LBI. Can't do anything by staying home except worry more.
Of course, the old lady Bonspiel is as healthy as a horse. We think she is pushing 20 but Mrs. is not sure exactly. She rules the roost and has already let the kitten know who is boss of this house.
Things will turn out fine, just like before and it WILL be a Happy New Year.
As we say at least once a day "damn cats" but we love'em.
Later,
JH
PS and no this has not turned into a cat blog.
Spend an hour there while they do the blood work. Liver problems but they are not sure what. He will be spending at least two nights with an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow. On intravenious right now.
We are not as worried about him as the kitten. He went through this about 3 years ago and it was just an infection. Some antibiotics, some pills and then he was fine. We will wait to hear the results tomorrow and see where we are.
And we are still going to LBI. Can't do anything by staying home except worry more.
Of course, the old lady Bonspiel is as healthy as a horse. We think she is pushing 20 but Mrs. is not sure exactly. She rules the roost and has already let the kitten know who is boss of this house.
Things will turn out fine, just like before and it WILL be a Happy New Year.
As we say at least once a day "damn cats" but we love'em.
Later,
JH
PS and no this has not turned into a cat blog.
This and that
The kitten is fine at this point, thanks for asking. In fact, he got a new place to nap thanks to Santa who brought Mrs. this nice new purse cat bed.
Otherwise, just taking down the Christmas stuff, putting away presents and getting ready for the special meeting of the LBI CC for New Years.
Also spent a couple of hours putting together a new stand for the HD TV. Then had to disconnect all the electronics, take out the old stand and hook everything back up. That went pretty well except for the missing parts and the lack of pre-drilled holes. Good thing I am a bit handy in figuring out that stuff.
Also have been following the Junior playdowns up at Broomstones. The Plainfield team for the boys is in the playoff and a win will get them to Nationals. Bob and Rachel must be pretty excited about that.
On the local curling front not much is happening. Still trying to get a team together for the club playdowns. Made a quick stop at the club on Saturday for a little maintenance and the local Trials teams of Derek and Charrissa were both there practicing.
Check out the LBI blog over here as we have internet access at the place we are staying and there may be some late night blogging.
Later,
JH
Friday, December 26, 2008
Funny paws
So, he is still cute but now we have to wait for the fur to grow back. The expression says it all "Great now all the world will see me on the intarwebz".Later,
JH
Thursday, December 25, 2008
He is home
Thanks to everyone who was emailing us. The kitten is home, we just went and got him. He is fine at this point although very ratty. I guess a couple of days in a cage with a cone on your head you wouldn't look good either. He is exploring the house and cleaning himself.
He has two shaved front paws from the IVs that he had for fluids. Will be on oral antibiotics for about a week.
So a merry Christmas after all. Mrs JH is much happier now that she has the baby home.
Hopefully DC will post his kitty story, not sure how you get a black eye from your cat.
Later,
JH
He has two shaved front paws from the IVs that he had for fluids. Will be on oral antibiotics for about a week.
So a merry Christmas after all. Mrs JH is much happier now that she has the baby home.
Hopefully DC will post his kitty story, not sure how you get a black eye from your cat.
Later,
JH
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
A sick kitten
The baby, pictured at right, is sick. This morning he was very, very sick with a temperature of 106.4. That is right on the edge my friends. Now, he is somewhat better. It was a really looong day. Here is the brief recap.
8:45 - kitten not good, Mrs. agrees, off to the vet.
10:00 - home from the vet, he is getting good care
11:00 - fever at 105
12:00 - off to pick up pies for Christmas in Pawling, NY
2:00 - fever spikes at 106.4 (we are driving home at this point...tears....)
3:15 - home from pie journey, drop off pies, pick up cat carrier, off to the vet
4:30 - at the vet, kitten doing slightly better (with cone on head), fever coming down
5:15 - at the emergency 24 hour vet center. Why? They can provide the 24 hour monitoring he needs right now. Cost- don't ask.
5:30 - kitten happy to see us and is purring - a good sign - temp down to 104
6:00 - home again, feed the other munchkins, check email, do some work
future at 9:00 - Mrs. will be calling the 24 hour center even though they would prefer we don't. There is no way that call will not happen. And if she wakes up at 2:00am, you bet there will be a call made then as well.
Christmas eve morning - get the blood work results, check the fever, determine if he is coming home or not. Hopefully they will figure out what is going on as sometimes these things have no rhyme or reason.
Christmas day - off to NJ hopefully and maybe home again the same day.
Why do these things always happen with pets at the worst times?
Later,
JH
8:45 - kitten not good, Mrs. agrees, off to the vet.
10:00 - home from the vet, he is getting good care
11:00 - fever at 105
12:00 - off to pick up pies for Christmas in Pawling, NY
2:00 - fever spikes at 106.4 (we are driving home at this point...tears....)
3:15 - home from pie journey, drop off pies, pick up cat carrier, off to the vet
4:30 - at the vet, kitten doing slightly better (with cone on head), fever coming down
5:15 - at the emergency 24 hour vet center. Why? They can provide the 24 hour monitoring he needs right now. Cost- don't ask.
5:30 - kitten happy to see us and is purring - a good sign - temp down to 104
6:00 - home again, feed the other munchkins, check email, do some work
future at 9:00 - Mrs. will be calling the 24 hour center even though they would prefer we don't. There is no way that call will not happen. And if she wakes up at 2:00am, you bet there will be a call made then as well.
Christmas eve morning - get the blood work results, check the fever, determine if he is coming home or not. Hopefully they will figure out what is going on as sometimes these things have no rhyme or reason.
Christmas day - off to NJ hopefully and maybe home again the same day.
Why do these things always happen with pets at the worst times?
Later,
JH
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Christmas letter for 2008
Christmas is here and New Years soon follows. We have been getting Christmas letters in some of our cards. So, let's fire up the wayback machine like Coach Ray and see what happened in 2008.
The year started off by getting very close to attending a National championship. One more made take out in the Club playdowns and it was off to the Club Nationals. Won’t forget that shot for a long time.
This here blog started in February. Mike over at InTheHack was cleaning up the site and decided to not have blogging anymore. I did get to rescue a few of my old ones which are now archived here. It was a pretty painless transition and now it has expanded to four separate blogs. Thank you Google.
The curling season ended at Nutmeg and it was another successful year as we continued to grow our membership. Of course that means that the World Curling Championships were in full swing. Jennifer Jones team won the Women’s Worlds and Mrs. JH was one of the first people to call her buddy Cathy O to offer congratulations. We also took a trip to one of the flattest places on earth, Grand Forks ND. This was for the Men’s Worlds. It was a blast as always and the arena is one of the best in the world.
Spring brings the Kentucky Derby and the beginning of baseball. As usual, I picked the winning horse and then decided not to bet on him because he was the favorite. And of course Curlin then stepped up and shot down Big Brown.
When Mike got rid of blogs at InTheHack, he must have had this in mind. One of the first and best curling chat sites on the internet closes up shop. A big loss for those of us with nothing better to do than argue the merits of playdown formats.
Summer is here and my Dad gets sick. Less than a month later he passes away. Enough said.
Fall brings some emotional recovery with the start of curling season and reconnecting with a lot of good people. We put in ice a month early and it was very successful and used a ton. It also brought about a wonderful joyful event, another historic collapse by the Mets. Not only do they drop out of first but also miss the playoffs. My beloved Phightin Phils take the division and enter the playoffs.
The GNCC decides to start a curling tour for prize money and somehow I get talked into being the chair. I still blame it on the beer that Derek bought me. We also lose my cat Domino to illness after 18 years. I had him before I ever met Mrs. JH and he was definitely my cat. So, we had to replace him because two cats is not enough. Enter the kitten. We think the spirit of Domino has entered the kitten sometimes as he does some of the same things, like drinking water out of a glass.
October – the fall classic and guess who is playing, why it is the PHILLIES. Anybody want to guess the outcome? PHILS WIN!!!
Finally we return to the scene of our first meeting ten years ago. This coming year will be our 10 year wedding anniversary. That is the paper present right? Guess I will buy her a book or maybe a calendar.
Christmas and the end of the year have arrived. It will be tough without Dad. He would always take his tree and fill in any "holes" that were missing branches by drilling into the trunk and adding an extra branch. His tree was always perfect. We did get a lot of his antique Christmas stuff so that is a nice reminder.
Have a safe, healthy and happy Holiday season everyone.
Later,
JH
The year started off by getting very close to attending a National championship. One more made take out in the Club playdowns and it was off to the Club Nationals. Won’t forget that shot for a long time.
This here blog started in February. Mike over at InTheHack was cleaning up the site and decided to not have blogging anymore. I did get to rescue a few of my old ones which are now archived here. It was a pretty painless transition and now it has expanded to four separate blogs. Thank you Google.
The curling season ended at Nutmeg and it was another successful year as we continued to grow our membership. Of course that means that the World Curling Championships were in full swing. Jennifer Jones team won the Women’s Worlds and Mrs. JH was one of the first people to call her buddy Cathy O to offer congratulations. We also took a trip to one of the flattest places on earth, Grand Forks ND. This was for the Men’s Worlds. It was a blast as always and the arena is one of the best in the world.
Spring brings the Kentucky Derby and the beginning of baseball. As usual, I picked the winning horse and then decided not to bet on him because he was the favorite. And of course Curlin then stepped up and shot down Big Brown.
When Mike got rid of blogs at InTheHack, he must have had this in mind. One of the first and best curling chat sites on the internet closes up shop. A big loss for those of us with nothing better to do than argue the merits of playdown formats.
Summer is here and my Dad gets sick. Less than a month later he passes away. Enough said.
Fall brings some emotional recovery with the start of curling season and reconnecting with a lot of good people. We put in ice a month early and it was very successful and used a ton. It also brought about a wonderful joyful event, another historic collapse by the Mets. Not only do they drop out of first but also miss the playoffs. My beloved Phightin Phils take the division and enter the playoffs.
The GNCC decides to start a curling tour for prize money and somehow I get talked into being the chair. I still blame it on the beer that Derek bought me. We also lose my cat Domino to illness after 18 years. I had him before I ever met Mrs. JH and he was definitely my cat. So, we had to replace him because two cats is not enough. Enter the kitten. We think the spirit of Domino has entered the kitten sometimes as he does some of the same things, like drinking water out of a glass.
October – the fall classic and guess who is playing, why it is the PHILLIES. Anybody want to guess the outcome? PHILS WIN!!!
Finally we return to the scene of our first meeting ten years ago. This coming year will be our 10 year wedding anniversary. That is the paper present right? Guess I will buy her a book or maybe a calendar.
Christmas and the end of the year have arrived. It will be tough without Dad. He would always take his tree and fill in any "holes" that were missing branches by drilling into the trunk and adding an extra branch. His tree was always perfect. We did get a lot of his antique Christmas stuff so that is a nice reminder.
Have a safe, healthy and happy Holiday season everyone.
Later,
JH
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