juliet's day

The prednisone that has been reducing the swelling has been working for decreasing lengths of time. Wednesday's shot didn't completely reduce the swelling, and 24 hours after the shot, her eye was looking bad again. This morning, it looks perhaps worse than it did on Wednesday morning.

Last night, one of Juliet's human friends came for a visit and had a nice talk with Robert in my absence. My very thoughtful four-and-a-half year old niece sent email (assisted by her parents) to ask after Juliet.

Last night, we got up twice in the middle of the night, about average for the last few nights. The second time, Juliet didn't come back to bed. When I finally woke up this morning, she was on the heated bathroom floor, in a somewhat comfortable position, snoozing away. I gave her the most important drugs (the ones that I think make her more comfortable), hydrated her, and brought her back to the bathroom, where she actually ate a little.

Then I went through my morning rituals, and when the sun was finally shining on the bed, brought her over to lie in full sunlight on the down comforter, one of her favorite places. I brushed her and kissed her and wept until she went to sleep.

We'll leave in a few minutes for the vet's.