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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 23374" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, Janna. You DID beat me to it! I WAS drafting a thread but I checked first to see if I was doubling up.</p><p></p><p>Sorry about the bird, but cats will be cats. I remember a cat we had once - always had to be let in to the house when he'd caught something so he could parade round the living room with his trophy and be admired, before he'd take it back outside again, from where we could hear crunching. One night my mother heard a muffled, "Mrrww" from the back door and went to let the cat in. He was trying to miaow around a very annoyed red-bellied black snake. The cat was most offended that my mother wouldn't let him in. Meanwhile my dad, finding the back door blocked by my mother, raced down the front steps and around the house, grabbing his spade on the way. He got there just as the cat dropped the snake, which slid off under the house.</p><p></p><p>I guess we had a Steve Irwin cat.</p><p></p><p>I hope Dylan keeps on enjoying his karate. It's great when they have something they enjoy and look forward to.</p><p></p><p>We've had a very full Saturday. easy child 2/difficult child 2 got the ultrasound done, as well as the blood tests. Looking at the u/s I was thinking it's a grumbling appendix which would fit with our family history. The radiologist didn't think so because she has no rebound tenderness and wasn't jumping through the ceiling when they pressed on the abdomen. But I could see she was in real pain, especially when the scanner was pressing on her appendix (I could see it on the screen). She was in a lot more pain and a lot more nauseous immediately they finished the test, which I remember is exactly how my appendix was when I had the problem. The report said that blood tests would help pinpoint the diagnosis - I'm not so sure. A sub-acute appendix will often have a normal white count and no rebound tenderness. It's not in danger of bursting anyway, but she can't keep going like this. I'm going to book her in to see the doctor much sooner than the six weeks I had originally organised.</p><p></p><p>We got some shopping done before and after the test, then headed home by early afternoon. She settled down to her craft work while I took difficult child 3 for a swim. I found that yesterday's 'stingray' was actually a circular rock which has been uncovered by the shifting sand of the beach floor. I got chatting to a young couple who moved to Sydney from Hawaii two years ago. They were visitors to the village, they visit us often they said. He said our little village reminded him of Hawaii, in spirit, while the rest of Sydney is much more impersonal. I'll agree with that about the city. He reckons that Sydney is the biggest city in the world, in terms of how spread out it is. I'm going to have to check that out, I'm not sure of that one.</p><p></p><p>The storms have been forecast to return by tomorrow afternoon. The hot weather is still around, the nights are almost as hot as the middle of the day. The longer we go without a storm the bigger it will be when it eventually hits. The waves were much rougher this afternoon, probably the edge of storm surge from the cyclonic depression off Queensland. The water was full of churned up weed and timber, too, which happens when it's getting wilder.</p><p></p><p>No beach tomorrow - it's time to play trains again. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is staying home to rest but the rest of us are going with husband.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Saturday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 23374, member: 1991"] G'day, Janna. You DID beat me to it! I WAS drafting a thread but I checked first to see if I was doubling up. Sorry about the bird, but cats will be cats. I remember a cat we had once - always had to be let in to the house when he'd caught something so he could parade round the living room with his trophy and be admired, before he'd take it back outside again, from where we could hear crunching. One night my mother heard a muffled, "Mrrww" from the back door and went to let the cat in. He was trying to miaow around a very annoyed red-bellied black snake. The cat was most offended that my mother wouldn't let him in. Meanwhile my dad, finding the back door blocked by my mother, raced down the front steps and around the house, grabbing his spade on the way. He got there just as the cat dropped the snake, which slid off under the house. I guess we had a Steve Irwin cat. I hope Dylan keeps on enjoying his karate. It's great when they have something they enjoy and look forward to. We've had a very full Saturday. easy child 2/difficult child 2 got the ultrasound done, as well as the blood tests. Looking at the u/s I was thinking it's a grumbling appendix which would fit with our family history. The radiologist didn't think so because she has no rebound tenderness and wasn't jumping through the ceiling when they pressed on the abdomen. But I could see she was in real pain, especially when the scanner was pressing on her appendix (I could see it on the screen). She was in a lot more pain and a lot more nauseous immediately they finished the test, which I remember is exactly how my appendix was when I had the problem. The report said that blood tests would help pinpoint the diagnosis - I'm not so sure. A sub-acute appendix will often have a normal white count and no rebound tenderness. It's not in danger of bursting anyway, but she can't keep going like this. I'm going to book her in to see the doctor much sooner than the six weeks I had originally organised. We got some shopping done before and after the test, then headed home by early afternoon. She settled down to her craft work while I took difficult child 3 for a swim. I found that yesterday's 'stingray' was actually a circular rock which has been uncovered by the shifting sand of the beach floor. I got chatting to a young couple who moved to Sydney from Hawaii two years ago. They were visitors to the village, they visit us often they said. He said our little village reminded him of Hawaii, in spirit, while the rest of Sydney is much more impersonal. I'll agree with that about the city. He reckons that Sydney is the biggest city in the world, in terms of how spread out it is. I'm going to have to check that out, I'm not sure of that one. The storms have been forecast to return by tomorrow afternoon. The hot weather is still around, the nights are almost as hot as the middle of the day. The longer we go without a storm the bigger it will be when it eventually hits. The waves were much rougher this afternoon, probably the edge of storm surge from the cyclonic depression off Queensland. The water was full of churned up weed and timber, too, which happens when it's getting wilder. No beach tomorrow - it's time to play trains again. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is staying home to rest but the rest of us are going with husband. Enjoy your Saturday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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