Amazing Ted (long)

Howard Berkowitz had some very interesting things
to say about Amazing Ted (long):

I'm debating whether to send a reasoned letter to her professor,
discussing some of the conflicts, or if that would make matters worse.

FWIW, I would let her professor know that she seems to have some
difficulty that would be best corrected before bad habits become too
solidly established. She might well be more correctable now than
later.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

Tanada had some very interesting things
to say about Amazing Ted (long):

I once got a "non-cooperative" tag on my file because I barfed on a
nurse's shoes. I was coming out of the anesthetic after my gall bladder
removal, and was having an adverse reaction to the medications. I made
it to the sink to arf, and the nurse came in and was in the process of
cussing me out for not making it to the toilet. I turned to answer her
and arfed on her shoes. She wrote me up, but the lower ranking officers
(Colonel Blanchard Medical Center at Ft Campbell, Kentucky) adored me
and would come in and make sure I had anything I wanted within the
limits I was permitted. Do you get the feeling that she wasn't their
favorite charge nurse?

IMO, that b*tch deserved to be barfed on. Sorry it was just her shoes
and not down the front of her clothes.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

in article , Seanette Blaylock at
wrote on 1/21/05 9:56 PM:

Tanada had some very interesting things
to say about Amazing Ted (long):

I once got a "non-cooperative" tag on my file because I barfed on a
nurse's shoes. I was coming out of the anesthetic after my gall bladder
removal, and was having an adverse reaction to the medications. I made
it to the sink to arf, and the nurse came in and was in the process of
cussing me out for not making it to the toilet. I turned to answer her
and arfed on her shoes. She wrote me up, but the lower ranking officers
(Colonel Blanchard Medical Center at Ft Campbell, Kentucky) adored me
and would come in and make sure I had anything I wanted within the
limits I was permitted. Do you get the feeling that she wasn't their
favorite charge nurse?

IMO, that b*tch deserved to be barfed on. Sorry it was just her shoes
and not down the front of her clothes.

No kidding. They can "write you up" as a patient?? Yeesh.

Tish Silberbauer wrote:


She would like to tell everyone about how badly we abuse her. Two
nights ago I extravagently bought some seafood to do on the BBQ -
salmon fillets, barramundi (fish) fillets and some prawns. Ted asked,
politely at first and then more assertively, for samples of each, but
we only gave her samples of the salmon and barramundi; no prawns (hey,
they were really expensive and I only got enough for a couple each).
She was disgusted with us and stomped off for a snooze.

No shrimpies??? tsk, tsk, tsk

Our commiserations,
Frank and Nikki

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Tish Silberbauer wrote:
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Amazing Ted. Long may she live.

Ditto
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Tanada wrote:
Tanada wrote:


Amazing indeed. May Midd Ted have a grouchy and curse filled life,
the way she wants it, for a long time to come.

Pam S. raising a can of Tuna in honor of Ted

Arf!! That's MISS Ted, not Midd Ted.

Pam S. oopsing again

I thought perhaps you had a cold. ;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

In article , "Adrian" wrote:


Tish Silberbauer wrote:
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Amazing Ted. Long may she live.

Ditto
--
I'm so glad Ted made it through another crisis. I responed Thurs or Fri. but
that post didn't show up. hope you see this one.
Suz
Macmoosette
=^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^=

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life."
--Faith Resnick



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Adrian wrote:

Tanada wrote:

Tanada wrote:


Amazing indeed. May Midd Ted have a grouchy and curse filled life,
the way she wants it, for a long time to come.

Pam S. raising a can of Tuna in honor of Ted

Arf!! That's MISS Ted, not Midd Ted.

Pam S. oopsing again


I thought perhaps you had a cold. ;-)


I usually do, or, if not a colb, then an allergy cooking along.

Pam S. remarkably colb free at the moment

You go girl!!!

Blessed be,
Baha

Tish Silberbauer wrote in message
...
No, not the v*t - our aged calico cat, Ted.

Ted is now 18-and-a-bit years old and has been diabetic since she was
12 or so. She is also very arthitic, completely toothless, somewhat
deaf and quite blind. An old cat, but any description, who sleeps
most of the day.

Ted looks to DH - they have a special bond. She pretty-much ignores
everyone else, unless there is food in the offing. To everyone else
she is the most cussed, cross-patched piece of bawling streetcat you
ever did see. She grew up in a household of batchelors and learnt to
swear from them. Boy, did she learn good! She was very proud of
having a "dangerous animal" tag on her file at the v*t.

Two or three times each year Ted has us convinced that her end is near
and we start to mentally prepare ourselves to do the Difficult Thing.
Each time this happens, she waits an appropriate amount of time for
the tension to build to an uncomfortable level, then makes a
"miraculous" recovery. Methinks she's testing her considerable
ability to manipulate us.

This last couple of weeks was no exception. Ted was acting nice.
Really sweet - no cussin', no attempting to rip our bloody throats
out; she even gave up her plans for world domination. We were
suspicious and, once again, started to think the worst. You see, last
time Ted was nice was just before she was diagnosed with diabetes and
she was, in fact, very sick. Ted being nice made us think that she
was very sick again. Last time we had her bloods worked up at the
v*t, he indicated that she had the beginnings of kidney failure, so
we thought that this might now have become an issue. We watched her
carefully; adjusted her insulin, monitored her litterbox habits and
water uptake. We started to be sad and to prepare ourselves for the
worst. Dave gave her lots of cuddles and special little treats
(within her dietary regime). After all, she's over 18 and is unwell.

Dave pulled the short straw and, with a heavy heart, took her to the
vet for a whole-day of blood monitoring (to get a range of glucose
levels). We sat - him at home and me at work, for a whole day, being
distracted and thinking about our furry matriarch.

It was with considerable tension that Dave re-appeared at the v*t in
the evening for a report on our Old Lady's status. He had prepared
himself to make the Ultimate Decision if it was necessary to save Ted
from pain.

It took an hour or two for what the v*t had said to sink in. You see,
Ted has done it again. She is in sparkling good health for a cat of
her age and her kidney values (createnine etc) are better than they
have been for years. Yep, our Ted is going to continue with her
long-term plans for world domination and is determinedly going to hang
around for quite a while yet. The v*t found the problem - age has
meant that she no longer responds to / metabolizes the insulin as
efficiently as she used to, so we have halved her dosage and she has
perked up (grumped up) to her former level.

Amazing Ted. Long may she live.

Tish