two of a kind

This will be short, since not only am I hitting the midpoint of this cold, but Zen has diarrhea. She’s still eating and drinking, so I’m not too worried, but still it breaks my heart when she cries and trots off to the litter box. She is curled up next to me right now, where she always returns, and purring. I wish they made Imodium for kitties.

Tonight I’m missing dinner with D at our friends’ house. They’re lovely people who always serve incredible food and wine. I am so sad to be missing out, but cannot imagine heaving myself up to Marin, feeling like this.

Thankfully, I had the luxury of the day off work today. I slept almost the entire time, and am confident that this was just what I needed to start feeling better tomorrow. Tonight, though, my head is pounding despite the cold medicine, and all I want to do is sleepily pet my sick cat.

Back to that, then.

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Halsted, a/k/a cygnoir, does stuff with words. Her favourite things to do with words are keeping this diary, writing stories, and organising information. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband, two cats, a few gadgets, several fountain pens, and many books.

Posted on 2 Nov 2007 in Diary
  • David

    Ask your vet and do NOT take my word as gospel on this, since I have never done it with a cat. But when my dogs have that problem, my vet has said it really is okay to give them a bit of Imodium or Pepto-bismol. Use tablets, not liquid (I learned that one the hard way).

  • trish

    my mother’s vet told her that she could give her cat pedialyte when the cat had diarrhea, in small doses – i think she used a needle-less syringe, and it seemed to help a lot. you may want to try that next time.

  • http://www.cygnoir.net Halsted Mencotti Bernard

    Hi, David! Thankfully, Zen’s illness did not last longer than a few hours, or I would have taken her to the vet. I think I will call my vet on Monday and ask about the Imodium/Pepto in case there is a next time.