Health Issues Galore

We're all falling apart here, I swear.

Marc's mom is still in the hospital - she seems to be eating more now, which is a good sign, and we're hoping she can be discharged Friday.

Yesterday I had to take Bandit to the vet because he hadn't been eating much for the past few days, and he seemed a notch lower than his usual energy level. They did some bloodwork and took an x-ray of his stomach. It doesn't look like he ate anything bad, but his kidney and pancreas levels were a bit elevated, so the vet put him on a bland diet (rice and cottage cheese) and Pepcid AC for a week. The vet bill came out to be $375. Then we have to get his blood rechecked in a couple weeks, which will be another $100 or so. He ate the rice and cottage cheese I made him last night, which is a good sign, and he seemed a bit more chipper.

Marc then called me yesterday to tell me that Jacob had broken his arm on Sunday. Poor guy! We're gonna have to go see him and sign his cast.

Then last night I noticed that Hammy's right eye is completely shut. It looks like she has some sort of eye infection. I can't even see the eyeball anymore. I looked online and some websites said to rinse the eye with saline, so I think I'll try that. The sites also said that hamsters don't see very well anyways, so it's not a big deal to lose use of an eye, but I feel really bad about how she looks.

Dory still has ich too, but she still seems happy and fat for the time being.

Not much happened during the weekend - watched the Oscars, and I discovered that Animal Planet has a new "Animal Cops" show, this time set in San Francisco! I am sadly quite excited about it.