She’s Young and With It

I am not going to make any resolutions, but I am going to have faith that in 2009, things will start to get better. Not just for us, but for everyone. We have Obama coming in to get us off to the right start.

Last night, Clint and I met Sue and Brian downtown for First Night festivities. Then we went bowling. I think we ended the year/started the new year right by bowling with friends.

2009 will be great! If for some reason 2009 does not treat us right, I am just going to give it the same look Basil is giving Chim Chim in this photo. That should make 2009 shape up its act.

(The truth is… the look did not make Chim Chim move, which is what Basil wanted. Still, it is a good look.)

Basil.

Yesterday Basil went for his three month check up post-radioactive iodine treatment. He gained an additional 1.4 pounds. This is fabulous news! Over the period of a year he went from 16 pounds down to 10 pounds and now post-treatment he is back up to 13 pounds.

The internal medicine vet was so pleased with his progress that she wants us to cut back on his food and she is OK with the fact that we discontinued the prednisolone (steroids) for his inflammatory bowel disease. Our primary vet recently switched him from prescription diet, which I was never pleased about feeding because the ingredients are so yucky, to Wellness Chicken canned food.

To sum it up: Basil gained weight, does not need meds currently and he is now eating a higher quality food.

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