Mowgli got neutered
So… the title to the post is pretty self-explanatory lol. Mowgli actually peed (or sprayed, I couldn’t really tell) on my clothes and pooped on the floor so Josh and I decided it was time to get him neutered. I brought him to the vet to get his medication for his cold and while I was there I asked her whether she thought he was ready to get neutered (after explaining the pooping and peeing situation, which was very out of character for him). The vet tried to explain that we should not jump to conclusions that it was behaviour-related and that he might be sick… but I know my Mowgli and he pooped about a foot away from the litter box right after Josh had left to go out of town for the week – he did it on purpose and he wanted me to see it! Don’t get me wrong I love him to death but he definitely has a strong personality!
Sorry to be graphic but his balls had gotten really big recently and we felt that he was ready to get neutered lol! OK so I’ll actually get to the point now!
Josh brought Mowgli home from the vet after he got neutered and he seemed quiet, slow and sad (yet as cute as ever of course). We had to put a cone around his head so he wouldn’t lick “that area” and I guess you could say he wasn’t a happy camper. Josh told me to monitor his food intake because his stomach would be pretty sensitive from being under anesthetic.
I still had to give him his medicine and being in his lazy state I figure it was perfect timing. I went down to the kitchen and filled his syringe with medicine. I went back upstairs where he was sleeping on the bed and I figured the less aware he is, the better since he hates taking his medicine. I didn’t want to make the same mistake as last time when I shoved the syringe too far down his wind pipe and he gagged so I just fed the medicine into his mouth slowly.
Nonetheless, Mowgli started gagging once again. I felt so terrible: picture Mowgli, missing his balls with a cone around his neck and gagging on the floor. It was so sad and I felt so badly for him – I actually felt more badly for him than I did about myself worried that he would throw up (although I was still anxious and waiting to see what would happen).
He ended up being OK, but he also started gagging later on in the night while trying to eat his food and I thought he would definitely throw up that time, but luckily he didn’t. I obvious didn’t want him sleeping on my head that night (as that is his usual spot of choice) so I set up his pillow at the end of the bed with his towel on it just in case but he just ended up on my pillow anyway.
Let me remind you that Josh was also sick last night… remember from the last post? Well it ended up that he thought he had strep throat because his throat hurt more the next day. He went to the clinic and they gave him a bunch of medication and told him he had a flu – GREAT!
Last night was a night of earplugs.
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thank you for your comment on my blog! I’m really sorry, but having read a few of your posts I don’t think I can read your blog regularly – even reading about emetophobia triggers makes me feel really anxious! How ridiculous is that, eh? It’s such an annoying condition. I am sorry!
Hey Katie! Oh my gosh I’m so sorry! I feel so terrible that my blog has been a trigger for you, I guess there a definitely different levels of emetophobia – anyway what is it exactly that triggers you if you don’t mind me asking? Is it just the descriptions or by using “that” word? I’d love to make my blog emetophobia-friendly on every level because I really think even if some of us have higher anxiety than others we can kind of help each toher through it in a way because we understand each other in a way no one else does… if that makes any sense.
Anyway if it is too hard for you to respond I totally understand! I just wanted to let you know I’d be totally willing to make some changes if it could possible make you and other people more comfortable reading my blog – I really don’t want to cause any additional anxiety!! lol
Hey Marlee, Just letting you know I love your blog, and I don’t mind “the words” (vomit, throw up, etc)… On the emet forums most people tend to not use the words, just type v* or T*U* … just a suggestion in case you want to change yours at all. Words don’t scare me or make me anxious, and even talking/reading about vomit situations doesn’t normally make me too anxious either. It actually is a weird form of self-therapy (self-desensitization) to read about vomit.
Oh and I meant to say in my first comment – I hope Mowgli has a quick and easy recovery!!
omg i totally agree, talking abut it is completely self-tharapy for me as well! I’m hoping that maybe if I talk about it a lot it will help me to overcome my phobia one day… haha it’s so funny I don’t know if you saw but my mom read my blog for the first time and was like so surprised and asked if I wanted to go back to hypnotherapy (I did it about 4 years ago)… I don’t know if I want to though, I’ll have to think about it.
Thanks I’ll tell Mowgli about your well wishes!! hehe
I hadn’t noticed that your mom had read your blog, but how nice of her to ask about going back to hypnotherapy!
So you did that 4ish years ago and apparently it didn’t work?? 
I have been feeling like hypnotherapy would be something I’d really like to try (but I know it’s gotta be WAY out of my budget, at least at the moment). I am interested in your experience w/ it in the past (if you’d like to share)!! 
If you’d like to email me instead of going back & forth on your blog, feel free (speedoh77@yahoo.com). I just don’t wanna bore anyone else who may be reading, with all my babble! haha! 
Hope you’re having a good day!