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 Picia, the cat. Brooding.
(Of course she went out into the garden looking for a nice, sunny summer morning...alas, it's cold and still damp from last week's rain.)

#cats
#catsOfMastodon
#CatsOfFediverse

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 ... anyway, ok, plastic is bad and everything.
But right now I'm giving an IV to my cat and idly wondering how many lives plastic actually saved...
How many medical equipments, part of our advanced medical system, are made of plastic? Didn't exist before plastic? Wouldn't be possible without plastic?
I never thought of this before... 
 Picù update.
The ultrasound went well!!!
There is no permanent liver damage!
She simply has an incredibly small liver, which is probably part of the reason she had this episode of acute liver disease.
So...she'll probably be fine. 
We need to give her antibiotics, lots of fluids, food and a long list of medicines...
We have a tough couple of weeks ahead of us.
But it could have been much worse, so I'm happy. 
 Picù, trying her best to show she's absolutely not sick, despite the blood tests showing that she actually is.
(And playing with my crochet hook in the process.) ❤️

#Caturday
#CatsOfMadtodon
#CatsOfFediverse

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 Update about my cat Picù.
The blood tests results are bad.
As in "out of scale values" sort of bad.
I'm heartbroken.
Heartbroken is an understatement.
I love my Picù and she loves me back since the day I found her abandoned and feverish and starving to death, 9 years ago.
And she doesn't even seem sick.
I insisted with the vet that I wanted her visited and the x-ray because something seemed off, but I couldn't really put my finger on what because it was more a feeling than anything...

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 Just opened my window and immediately started sneezing.

Yep, I live near this...
"Near" is not "in the middle of" but it's close enough that I can see the fog climbing up towards the hills when the weather is hot and sultry.

...but Italy is such a pretty place, everyone is happy and everything is picturesque here.
Do you want some pizza? 🫤🤬

‘Impossible to live like this’: Italy’s Po Valley blighted by air pollution among worst in Europe | Italy | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/italy-po-valley-blighted-air-pollution-worst-europe?utm_term=650bbfc343a4be349f491f79ef54f5c0&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email 
 @8f23ed90 ho lavorato anche 14 ore al giorno + essere a disposizione h24 al telefono "per il bene dell'azienda".
(Poi li ho anche mandati affanculo e ci arrangiamo con l'orto).
Marito ha lavorato durante la pandemia.
E noi siamo anche gente che sta benino perchè, in altri tempi, i suoceri hanno fatto il mutuo e ora una casetta ce l'abbiamo. 
 I'm not really good at #sewing but I managed to make this pillow (or is it cushion? Not sure about the word.) out of an old pair of jeans. 
I'm happy. 😊

(...also, #crochet )

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