Tickets, vet techs, and keys

I am very proud and pleased to announce that I did secure tickets this morning. It was quite a hassle. Last night I felt like I was in Las Vegas, trying to win the best deal on the flights. Sometimes that scares me - do they pay the pilots less for those flights, or use the oldest planes? The prices almost doubled before I went to bed around 1 am. I was discouraged, sad, and ready to give up.

However, while I have ADD, I can hyperfocus with the best of them. I got up this morning, and went at it again. The prices were down a bit, and I am good with what I finally paid.

First, I had called the blood sucker to see if she can dog sit. She would love to, other than the 5 days she will be gone. I tried to work around her schedule, my schedule, Late's flights (going to stay with her at her new house - I bet her flight is late!), available flights, and the price whims online.

The best I could do still left me with 3 days of no dog sitter. I booked it anyway. It took me hours to get to that point, and I think it was the best I was going to get. I then called the vet to find out 1) if any vet techs could dog sit, and 2) what about Molly's tests from last Thursday?

1) No. My favorite vet tech, who charges $25 per dog, is already dog sitting on those days. Of course. She will check with another vet tech who has a friend.....this reminds me of babysitter days.

2) Molly has an e.coli infection in her bladder. The vet started to explain that to me, when I said, "Molly has the Honeymoon disease? Molly, what have you been up to?" She also still has calcium crystals in her urine, to be checked yet again (at $32 a squirt) after the current dose of antibiotics is gone. This time we are going 2 weeks instead of 10 days. Her electrolytes are perfect - her Addison's disease means she cannot balance her K (potassium) and Na (sodium) herself, since she does not have any functioning adrenal glands. She doens't have any natural aldosterone production. Her medication balances the electrolytes. The prednisone replaces the cortisol, which is also producted by the adrenals.

Soon I will call another vet's office or two and seek vet techs for sitters. It's going to cost me more for dog sitting than for the airline tickets.

Thanks, child. Go ahead, lock yourself out of your apartment again without shoes. See if I drop what I am doing and run to rescue you.

I am her mother. I probably will.