Ingested Plastic and Preoccupation

Jun 29, 20099 min read

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Published: Jun 29, 2009

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So...not that it much matters but I deserve to give my dA community a short apology for the fact that I have been oddly absent from here. There are, of course, reasons. Regardless, I apologize and I'm sorry if I did not get to EVERYTHING in my devWATCH box.

You know I love ya all!

Anyways. The reason for such odd activity is for several reasons. One was that I was in Jersey for five days with very limited time to do anything but run around and have a good time, as seen in my last journal.

When I got back on Wednesday night I had two somewhat normal days and then Saturday I was scooped up by my friends to hang out all day. That's the end of my happy preoccupation.

Now for the sad part.

On Sunday I was just hanging out at home not really doing much and not intending to get online until later in the night. I went into the animals room to turn off lights and give a goodnight pat to Highlander when I realized he was extremely lethargic. (For those who do not know who Highlander is, shame on you if you don't, he can be found here: rheazblaze.deviantart.com/art/… ). He wasn't hopping around being the psychopath he normally is. Instead he was laying down in a corner and when I picked him up and put him on my lap he laid down there too. I offered him his FAVORITE treat and he wanted nothing to do with it.

I examined his cage and realized the potential problem.

We have painter's plastic which is a light, billowy plastic that painters put down on floors or over furniture so that paint doesn't get on anything but the walls, under his cage to catch stray bedding, hay, etc. The air conditioner apparently blew said plastic just a smidgen into his cage where he proceeded to tug on it and consume about one and a half feet of plastic. Needless to say, I brought him to the emergency vet clinic. It was about 8 o'clock when I left.

Long story short, his stomach is very much enlarged and he has quite a bit of 'stuff' in his stomach and intestines that could be food matter and/or plastic. Two hours and five hundred dollars later, I brought bunny home. Surgery is far too much money so we're hoping that the liquid diet I'll be giving him along with pain meds and laxatives will help him pass some if not all the plastic along.

If that doesn't happen the other option is the thousands of dollars for surgery and I just can't do that. Which of course means the bad...evil...terrible option of putting him down.

I am EXTREMELY upset and terrified for him. I get little bouts of tears that are infinitely annoying because of the thoughts swirling around in my head. I hope he can get better on his own...I mean, his name is Highlander. He's gotta stick it out and be tough! Maybe he can do this. I'm not getting my hopes up.

Thanks for reading.

Book Review: Nemesis by: Isaac Asimov: This is the very first Asimov book I have ever read and perhaps it was not the greatest choice out of the hundreds he has written in his lifetime. Although it was a fairly decent story the ending was a bit too neat and tidy to live up to its name. With a title like 'Nemesis' it better be that. Unfortunately for me, I felt like the entire book was a build-up of nothing and quite a slow progression of effects. Although it was written well I found myself thinking if 'he did this...' or if 'he did that...' it would be a better tale. Also, I was strikingly surprised by the amount of detail left out with...well...everything. It was like reading a script for a film where all you need to pay attention to is the dialogue. Regardless, I liked the writing and the concept even if the ending fell back into a neat little description of just who and what is a Nemesis. I'm sure I will pick up another Asimov book eventually, just not anytime soon.