Kaylee’s sick.
She has fluid in her lungs. They don’t know what caused it, and since she’s a cat, they probably won’t ever know. The fluid they found was white, not clear, which means she has a rare disease (chylothorax) that is largely incurable.
We spent all Friday at the vet. They drained her lungs. She has little fuzzy shaved patches on her sides. Maybe we should start calling her Britney (it would raise our spirits, if not hers).
They will probably have to drain her lungs again. And again. And again.
We’re trying this herbal remedy (rutin) right now that is the only thing that may help, but again, they don’t really know.
She’s breathing fairly normally at the moment, and she’s been running around and playing a bit. No choking noises (which I now know mean she is drowning on the inside - not just a hairball). Which is a good sign. She’s skinny though.
She’s been a brave little girl. All the vets talked about how sweet she was.
A week or two ago, my sister came down for a visit with my little brother and we all went out to dinner together. I think I’ve mentioned my brothers strange aversion to all food that isn’t somehow Mexican/Tex-Mex/Central American in origin?
So we went to this little restaurant way down Queen street that I’ve had my eye on for quite some time: Johny Banana. And yes, Johny Banana is a monkey.
What immediately attracted me was the gigantic Mexican wrestler mural on the back wall the quotes from Shakira on the chalkboard, and bossa nova on the speakers. The menu was impressive too - a very wide selection of light fusion cuisine and for desert? Churros accompanied by spicy Aztec hot chocolate. Awesome, right?
To top it all off they also had an extensive (by which I mean HUGE) beverage menu (alcoholic and non), with a bunch of really wacky and intriguing smoothies - like avocado shakes. Liam had this one that had banana, guava and mint in it - SOOOOO good - refreshing and totally unexpected.
I decided we had to recreate it at home right away. But maybe without the guava (too sweet).
Last night I whipped this baby up with some orange juice replacing the guava and I was so impressed with myself. Not only did it taste delightful - but it looked like spring. Pale, pale chartreuse with little flecks of deep green. I’m calling it my “spring is coming” smoothie, because around here the snow is almost gone, and the earth is warming. It’s almost spring!
spring is coming smoothie
- 2 cups orange juice
- 1 banana
- half a cup of vanilla yogurt
- 2 sprigs of fresh mint (make sure to remove the stems!)
- 4 or so cubes of ice
Toss the orange juice, banana, vanilla yogurt into a blender and blend until the mint is barely visable (no more than tiny flecks). Add in the ice, blend once more, and serve garnished with a single mint leaf in each glass.
(makes two big glasses).
I can’t believe I missed this cute Japanese holiday (found via: magpie and cake)!
Pink, and peaches, and cherry blossoms, and candy, and dollies? A holiday dedicated to being a girly-girl?
What?
What?
How did I not know about this earlier!
All I can say is, that baby’s totally getting celebrated next year.
That reminds me of this AMAZING mini-series I watched a few weeks ago Kelly Osbourne: Turning Japanese. Yes, I watched it. Yes, it was amazing. Yes, I like Kelly Osbourne - I find her spunky and irreverent. Deal with it.
Hmmmmm… Why do I feel like sushi all of a sudden?
Inspired by this bout of late inclement weather we’ve been having this week (it’s snowing again, as I speak - big, fluffy flakes), I put together a mini-comic. It’s a simple little thing, but it turned out nicely.
You can read it by clicking:here, or on the image up there.
