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Fear not, I'm still around. Work and call has been swamping me lately, as have efforts to enjoy summer in MKE. The plus side of taking a lot of call is that the dinero inflow is quite nice...the downfall is being at the hospital more than my home.

This past weekend was lovely! I finally got to meet Nick's mother, and she is delightful! We had a great weekend, including an amazing 3-course breakfast at Bartolotta's Lakefront Bistro. I can't even put into words how delicious and wonderful it was. I had tomato-fennel soup, brioche French toast, and creme brulee. Nick's mom is really sweet. We went to the MKE Public Market on Sunday, which was lots of fun until it was rudely interrupted by the hospital calling me in.

So the rest of my Sunday was spent telling a woman on her 23rd wedding anniversary that she had ovarian cancer, and digging 1/2 chewed food out of an 89 year old woman's mouth and esophagus. Yeah. Not nice.

Monday I was lucky enough to get out an hour early, only to be called back in to the hospital right as I reached home. GRR! Monday evening was filled by 2 appendectomies. Tuesday went fine, but I called in on Wednesday as I was hit by what appears to be a 48 hour bug. Still wonky today and didn't go in again. OR nursing doesn't go well when you're running to the bathroom every 30 minutes. Eww, sorry for the overshare ;)

However, I am not the very sick one today, as I had to rush Mr. Tux to the animal emergency room this morning. He was vomiting, not eating, not going to the bathroom, hiding from us, and in pain when you touched his belly. I took him in and he has a blocked urethra. Poor boy! They sedated him [kitty anesthesia] and inserted a kitty Foley catheter to drain his bladder. Now he's getting fluid rescusitation through a kitty IV. It was so hard to leave my little guy there, but I know he's in good hands. But it broke my heart to leave him "hiding" in the back corner of the cage, meowing his little heart out :( Hopefully I'll be able to pick him up after work tomorrow. I'll miss the bugger tonight!

Well, time for a nap I think. I just wish I had my Tux to curl up with!

Peace and love,
M