Could this get anymore awkward?


I blame myself. Nurse Farrell is trying to rehydrate Lucie. It’s a drip set up for water under her skin that will then spread into her body.

So it’s relatively straightforward and not intravenous. It’s twice a day and there’s lots of water.
Between us though we manage to add complexity.
Last night, after a major spillage of half the water it was relatively easy-going.
Next day, not so good.
First thing today Lucie decides to do a big shake as if she’d just stepped out of a river, presumably because the bad bad nurse dropped a smidgeon of water on her fur. So needle came out and I had to replace it and jab her again.
Next she was standing rigid, clearly uncomfortable, I got her to sit down. The early puppy training of SIT! being useless so it entailed manhandling. Eventually I get her to lie down without knocking the needle out but on my feet.
I’m now stuck here watching the interminable drops expecting it to last an age.
I have time to catch up with my writing. 🙂✍🏽🚴🏽🗄🧷🖌☮️🚭🔔 and realise there’s soooo many emojis.
But I’ve still not had my breakfast!
Do we really need to do this twice everyday? It’s taking hours. I’ll plan better with my paraphernalia around me…..

So who’s the drip?
Update

Evening drippping completed in 40 mins morning torture must have been something else problem. Only issue this eve was jittery ness from fireworks.
Farrell Factoid: Lucy has had both liver and kidney issues this year, primarily shown through, vomiting and ‘loose’ motions. She seems quite good in herself and most recent blood test suggests kidney situation has stabilised. This all might be due to age or Tick fever earlier this year.
What an ordeal all around. Poor Lucie, how did she end up needing all this? Seems like a strange way to rehydrate. Hope it is working. Ex
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its usual approach for renal failure. same as doing a drip but NOT IV, just places the water under the skin, hence the bump and then absorbs it. It afterwards. whoops, just had to rush off as water all used up, this time 30-40 mins, yesterday morning over two hours, must have been something ie air in tube that slowed it all down. blood test this weeks says kidney indications blah blah blah are normal so now concentrating on liver which is the problem we had first off. I’ve so been here before. in my whole life, never had to deal with health issues, since India, one thing after another and non of it mine…. love S x now the mosquitoes are attacking me….