Doctors - well and not-so-well

Violet had her four-month well-check Thursday, and she is very well.

As you can see, Violet is 14 pounds (55th percentile), so she's on the same growth curve as she was two months ago at her last well-check. She is 25 inches (75th percentile), and the doctor said she is doing great!

Violet got two shots and an oral vaccine, and we'll go back next month for another shot.

I had Cora with me this time, and thankfully my sister got off work (just down the street) and could join us and entertain Cora for much of the appointment. Normally they are pretty quick, but they were short a doctor and things took longer than usual.

Somer also has been to the doctor this week.

We noticed over the last few weeks (months?) that her appetite has decreased, her coat was dull with tufts of fur sticking out, and she always wanted to drink water out of the tap. Then, a week after we got home from England, she started peeing on the playroom carpet. Uggggh. Somer had never peed outside her box in the six-plus years we'd had her.

Somer spent the night at the vet's so they could do some testing, and it appears that she has a urinary tract infection that has gone into her kidneys. Poor girl! She's home now. The results from her urine culture will be back early next week so we'll know for sure then, but she's on antibiotics in case that is the problem.

We also found out that she is just eight pounds. The doctor said she's not too thin, but that was an amazing revelation since she was 12 pounds the last time we took her in (four years ago, shame on us, but she does live indoors).

The last photo is of Cora getting ready to go to Disneyland! She was very excited, as you can guess, and even consented to pigtails. Stace and I will either have a quiet night at home with Violet, or maybe go out to dinner? He's been very, very busy at work lately so we'll see.