Good news everyone!

Bolt's bloodwork is actually pretty good; it's even better than it was last year. His BUN is 26 (normal is 15-34) and his creatinite is 2.3 (normal is 1.0-2.3). The vet's actually suggesting I cut back the sub-q to once a month (hooray!) and check him again in 2 months.

As to the listlessness and vomiting, she said to just keep an eye on him and maybe feed him a Pepcid for a couple of days. He wasn't like hangover vomiting, just a couple of times over the last week and the vet had previously said to watch out for that as a sign that his kidneys are going south. Well, not today... and he's even acting perkier (for him). So I'm guessing possibly a combination of the turmoil of the new household member and maybe the weird weather we've been having.

I'm so relieved!

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At long last, I've managed to test all the samples from Black Phoenix. I wrote and asked why they didn't send me Lust, and they apologized and sent it plus 2 other scents. So overall, I had 20 samples (they were really generous with the freebies). I went to Natural Magic yesterday while I was hanging near the vet's waiting for Tif to dry off, and they had spray bottles, which I was looking to buy online. This is nice, and the lady was even helpful and told me how I can make the oils into a spray perfume (which is my preference) by adding equal parts everclear and water to the sample. She had 2 oz. bottles, and the samples are 1/32 oz. so I may start with mixing them up 1/2 or 1 oz. and seeing how strong they are. I got 4 bottles, so I can pick 4 samples. Not sure what I'll go with...

( the report )