[Mad Hatter]

3 hours ago, sarakingdom said:

On plate A, there is a piece of bacon and a piece of candied bacon. Which do you eat?

 

On plate B, there is a piece of caramel and a piece of candied bacon. Which do you eat?

Yes.

[Scaly Freak]

9 hours ago, sarakingdom said:

On plate A, there is a piece of bacon and a piece of candied bacon. Which do you eat?

 

On plate B, there is a piece of caramel and a piece of candied bacon. Which do you eat?

 

6 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Yes.

 

Indeed.

 

This is like that thought experiment with the cat and the toxin inside a box. It only works as a thought experiment, because the moment you put it into reality it falls apart. For one, the cat will know if it's alive or dead. For another, good luck forcing the cat into the box.

 

Similarly in this experiment - if you put bacon and candy in front of me, I will eat all of it.  That said, as a thought experiment the logic is sound and goes a long way towards proving the relative worth of bacon over candy.

[Scaly Freak]

6 hours ago, Mistr said:

I hope Happy Sidekick is getting better and you are getting some rest.

 

She is much better. She has her fondness for food back, though not her full appetite yet - she eats with enthusiasm, but very quickly becomes full and loses interest in the food. We solve this by serving small meals 3-4 times per day, since not eating for four days has led to weight loss that needs to be addressed. (She was in for her routine checkup about a month before this happened... she lost 6 lbs during her illness, which is a substantial loss in a short amount of time for a dog her size and age.)

 

And yes, sleep is slowly returning as well.  

[Scaly Freak]

Recover HP (physical health)

Completed Day 22 of Square One.

 

Restore Mana (Mental Health)

Meditated to Breathe out the B.S

 

Regenerate Stamina (emotional bandwidth)

Spent a disproportionate amount of time on skin care, hair care, on sleeping in, and on fantasy football. Also went for a spontaneous evening walk with Husband and talked about things that had nothing to do with Happy Sidekick's health = a nice change of pace. After the walk, I went to catch up with my YouTube subs while doing my workout. As I was doing this, Happy Sidekick approached, carrying her favorite toy, and headbutted me with it. This means "play with me!" and this is the first time this has happened since she started being ill, so it made me very happy. and yes, I paused in my workout to play with her, because obviously.  

[Harriet]

On 9/28/2022 at 1:48 AM, Scaly Freak said:

 

She is much better. She has her fondness for food back, though not her full appetite yet - she eats with enthusiasm, but very quickly becomes full and loses interest in the food. We solve this by serving small meals 3-4 times per day, since not eating for four days has led to weight loss that needs to be addressed. (She was in for her routine checkup about a month before this happened... she lost 6 lbs during her illness, which is a substantial loss in a short amount of time for a dog her size and age.)

 

And yes, sleep is slowly returning as well.  

 

I'm glad she's on the mend.

 

14 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

As I was doing this, Happy Sidekick approached, carrying her favorite toy, and headbutted me with it. This means "play with me!" and this is the first time this has happened since she started being ill, so it made me very happy. and yes, I paused in my workout to play with her, because obviously.  

I faced the same dilemma but answered differently. Orange Chonkolate tried to tempt me from my anatomy studies today with tiny chirruping, and I was indeed tempted, but remembered my purpose and ignored her. But does it really matter if she is petted for hours per day, or hours minus a few seconds? Maybe...

"The Gods gave you two hands, and you use them both for petting your cat. I can respect that. " -- Windhelm City Cat Handler.

[Scaly Freak]

10 hours ago, Harriet said:

I faced the same dilemma but answered differently. Orange Chonkolate tried to tempt me from my anatomy studies today with tiny chirruping, and I was indeed tempted, but remembered my purpose and ignored her. But does it really matter if she is petted for hours per day, or hours minus a few seconds? Maybe...

 

If you ask me, no, a few seconds don't matter. If you were to ask our Mellow Sidekick though.... the answer would be very different.  

[Scaly Freak]

Recover HP (physical health)

Monday: Forgot to do Square One, but I did take a walk in the evening.

Tuesday: Day 23 done

 

Restore Mana (Mental Health)

Monday: Morning meditation

Tuesday: Morning meditation

 

Regenerate Stamina (emotional bandwidth)

Monday: Octoberfest event in the MMO

Tuesday: Cobra Kai season finale

[Scaly Freak]

Recover HP (physical health)

Day 24. !orking my way back to consistency...!

 

Restore Mana (Mental Health)

Meditated over morning coffee.

 

Regenerate Stamina (emotional bandwidth)

Tested out a new dinner recipe - beef ribs in pressure cooker. Surprisingly good.  

[Harriet]

On 10/6/2022 at 6:11 AM, Scaly Freak said:

Tested out a new dinner recipe - beef ribs in pressure cooker. Surprisingly good.  

Wet? Dry? Spices? Details please.

[Scaly Freak]

On 10/7/2022 at 10:31 AM, Harriet said:

Wet? Dry? Spices? Details please.

 

Of course. My apologies.

 

I followed this recipe: https://mamaneedscake.com/instant-pot-beef-back-ribs/#mv-creation-140-jtr

[Harriet]

13 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

Of course. My apologies.

 

I followed this recipe: https://mamaneedscake.com/instant-pot-beef-back-ribs/#mv-creation-140-jtr

lovely!

[KB Girl]

Sidekick still doing well? 

[Scaly Freak]

So these last few days went off the rails. 

 

Happy Sidekick had a significant relapse on Sunday, including the part where she refused to drink water for, as far as we could tell, over 24 hours. So on Monday morning we were on the phone with the vet again, and they squeezed her in as a priority urgent appointment the same day. Another round subcutaneous fluids and anti-nausea injections later, we picked her back up along with a prescription for medication, and one for a specific type of "biome" food that will help her gastric system regrow its bacteria eco system.

 

While that was happen there was also a communication breakdown between Happy Sidekick's two humans, which is another way of saying that some of those relationship struggles that we all have but that I typically never talk about here, were also happening in tandem with the dog thing, so we are working on that as well.

 

Can we pause the adulting train please? I'd like to get off at the next station.

[KB Girl]

Ugh that sucks! So sorry to hear  

periods like these do put a bit of strain on even the best relationships, both tired and emotional does not the best communication make 🤷‍♀️ Hopefully happy sidekick feels better soon and stays well this time 🙏🏻 

[Harriet]

7 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

So these last few days went off the rails. 

 

Happy Sidekick had a significant relapse on Sunday, including the part where she refused to drink water for, as far as we could tell, over 24 hours. So on Monday morning we were on the phone with the vet again, and they squeezed her in as a priority urgent appointment the same day. Another round subcutaneous fluids and anti-nausea injections later, we picked her back up along with a prescription for medication, and one for a specific type of "biome" food that will help her gastric system regrow its bacteria eco system.

 

While that was happen there was also a communication breakdown between Happy Sidekick's two humans, which is another way of saying that some of those relationship struggles that we all have but that I typically never talk about here, were also happening in tandem with the dog thing, so we are working on that as well.

 

Can we pause the adulting train please? I'd like to get off at the next station.

I'm so sorry about sidekick. Injections and fluids... it sounds incredibly stressful. And it's a really bad moment for the (I guess normal but unpleasant) sticky patches with the other human.

[Loveable_Bouncer]

8 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

Can we pause the adulting train please? I'd like to get off at the next station.

Seriously sending something good for you. Having a bunch of things trigger all at once is just a mess. Hope you can get some rest and the treatments work quickly!

[Mistr]

I'm so sorry that all the hard things are happening at once. Adulting sucks.

 

I hope everything is starting to get better now.

[sarakingdom]

[Kishi]

[Scaly Freak]

Thank you, all of you. Every post you made helped.  

 

Happy Sidekick is doing much better. The second round of anti-diarrhea medications combined with the prescription probiotic food into a powerful two-hit combo against her illness, and both her general behavior and her stool indicates she is healing. We have orders from the vet to keep her on this new diet for two weeks, to really give her gastric system every opportunity to heal, before making any changes. We are fine with this, and relieved to see her begin to be herself again.

 

The communication breakdown has been addressed and relocated to The Past. Adjustments are being made by both sides, in close coordination with the Other Human in both cases. All shall be well. We will make it so.

 

And that is i-... No, wait. It's not.  We adopted a kitten. 🐈‍⬛

 

Bouncy Sidekick is adorable and sweet and has enough energy to power the Enterprise holodeck all by himself.  He's currently living alone in a spare room, so we can introduce him to the other pets slowly and gradually, when they're all ready for it. We take turns spending time with him, occasionally go in there together, and he's always happy to see us. We've been meaning to do this for a while, and were just waiting for the right kitten to come along. The timing is not entirely optimal, but we can and will make this work. Because Bouncy Sidekick is adorable and family now, and that's all there is to it.  

[Harriet]

5 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

Thank you, all of you. Every post you made helped.  

 

Happy Sidekick is doing much better. The second round of anti-diarrhea medications combined with the prescription probiotic food into a powerful two-hit combo against her illness, and both her general behavior and her stool indicates she is healing. We have orders from the vet to keep her on this new diet for two weeks, to really give her gastric system every opportunity to heal, before making any changes. We are fine with this, and relieved to see her begin to be herself again.

 

The communication breakdown has been addressed and relocated to The Past. Adjustments are being made by both sides, in close coordination with the Other Human in both cases. All shall be well. We will make it so.

 

I'm glad you're through the worst bit.

 

5 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

And that is i-... No, wait. It's not.  We adopted a kitten. 🐈‍⬛

 

Bouncy Sidekick is adorable and sweet and has enough energy to power the Enterprise holodeck all by himself.  He's currently living alone in a spare room, so we can introduce him to the other pets slowly and gradually, when they're all ready for it. We take turns spending time with him, occasionally go in there together, and he's always happy to see us. We've been meaning to do this for a while, and were just waiting for the right kitten to come along. The timing is not entirely optimal, but we can and will make this work. Because Bouncy Sidekick is adorable and family now, and that's all there is to it.  

Squeeeeee! Is bouncy black, like the emoticat?

[Loveable_Bouncer]

10 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

And that is i-... No, wait. It's not.  We adopted a kitten. 🐈‍⬛

 

Bouncy Sidekick is adorable and sweet and has enough energy to power the Enterprise holodeck all by himself.  He's currently living alone in a spare room, so we can introduce him to the other pets slowly and gradually, when they're all ready for it. We take turns spending time with him, occasionally go in there together, and he's always happy to see us. We've been meaning to do this for a while, and were just waiting for the right kitten to come along. The timing is not entirely optimal, but we can and will make this work. Because Bouncy Sidekick is adorable and family now, and that's all there is to it.  

I feel rather strange that this last week I ended up having full blown "fur baby fever". My brain had setup a plan on what I would need to  do to make it possible  (a year long plan). 

Now I know I wasn't the only one.... lol. 

 

Glad happy sidekick is doing great, and hope he does amazing. May the introduction of the lovely kitten go well!!

 

[Mistr]

I am glad to hear that you and Happy Sidekick are both feeling better.

 

Kitten!  Pictures? pleeeease?

[Scaly Freak]

On 10/13/2022 at 4:33 AM, Harriet said:

Squeeeeee! Is bouncy black, like the emoticat?

 

Yes, and he is cute and feisty, and so full of energy he could power a Tesla. He's adorable.

 

On 10/13/2022 at 3:22 PM, Mistr said:

Kitten!  Pictures? pleeeease?

 

The high energy kitten is really not willing to hold still and post for pictures, but I'll see what I can do.  

[KB Girl]

My mom also has a black kitten, it's terribly adorable

Glad things are looking better! May all creatures in the house get along splendidly.