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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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8:11 pm - Just days and counting .....
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Well I am talking about the DVD release of Stargate (The Ark of Truth). I just hope it is a decent movie. I am looking forward to it!! I am looking for some more inspiration. I want to write a bit of something in the next month, we'll see if that happens. Of course, I am awaiting the birth of my second son...that is only about 2 months away. I am feeling very big, very pregnant, and very overwhelmed. The baby's bedroom is not finished yet, but I am hoping to get some more of it completed this weekend (mainly clearing it out). Who knows if I'll have any time for writing once the baby is born, but I am going to try my best! I don't want to totally disappear from the fandom, though I am a less productive than I was -- but that's okay as long as I keep some links and interest and writing!!
That's all for now, just touching base!
Donna
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| Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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8:57 pm - Okay I finally did it...
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I finished At the End of All Things . It might not be 100% what I intended, but it is finished and I can move on. At least now I feel a little more productive and that working/mothering/writing/etc can be done!
Thanks all for your support!!
Donna
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| Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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9:30 pm - Is it time to just give up?
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I have been wondering this for some time. Maybe being pregnant and running around after a nearly two year old, plus working, taking care of three dogs and two cats, a house and a husband just means I don't get much time to do anything for myself. It also means forget about writing. Don't get my wrong, I think about it when I have a minute in the car, driving someplace (actually thought up some nice little stories along the way driving home). But when can I actually hone my skills, get words on the screen and edit? Who knows? Is it time to just say, hey time for another hiatus. The last hiatus I took ended up being for two years!! I don't want that to happen again. I have at least one SG story waiting for me to finish, I have an original novel length story in my head waiting for me to start. I just need to find the time and energy to actually write them down.
One might ask - why the heck are you wasting time writing in a blog instead of writing your fanfic if you have this time to do the blogging?? Well, I actually don't have much time to blog right now. I have to get myself moving and finish laundry, get bills paid, etc. Oh the mundaneness of life!! Argh! Well, here is something to think about...I am on vacation in two weeks. We are going to Florida and I am bringing my laptop with me. So maybe, just maybe I will at night sit down and play with some writing!
One can always hope, right?
Donna
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| Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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9:27 pm - Trying to get back into the swing of things
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All - just wanted to tell you that I am trying to write again. Things have stalled out because of the surgery and generally not feeling well for sometime. Then I had to go to my grandmother's memorial service. She was 98 years old when she died! Way to go grandma! She lived a great and full life.
My life as you can tell has been very nutso and I am very tired and still dealing with being in my first trimester. Hopefully, things will pick up as far as energy and feeling yucky overall. Once that happens (which should be soon) I should be able to refocus my efforts and write my stories again. I am going to re-read what I have and do the editting. From there, it should be just a few short chapters to close! I actually did figure out a major plot point, so yay! At least the mind is still working in that general direction!
Take care everyone -
Donna aka winterstar
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| Friday, September 28th, 2007
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1:33 pm - Okay so getting pregnant can stall a story....
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I just wanted to tell everyone that I am pregnant. Unfortunately I got pregnant with twins but one was ectopic (outside the uterus). So here is the story regarding how I found out about that and what happened....
I wasn't feeling too good on Wednesday. Lots of searing cramps and just cycling through feeling okay and feeling like my c-section was going to burst. Horrible. Well, during a meeting on Wednesday afternoon, I was fine until the last minute when I was just overwhelmed with horrible cramps and left the meeting without explanation. The team leader thought that she insulted me! I went to my office and called the RE right away. It was too late in the day - she was about to leave and the nurse directed me to go to the emergency room. My friend (the only one who knows I am pregnant) came and took me to the ER, but as we pulled up to the hospital, my doctor called and told me to come over - she was waiting for me. We headed to the RE's office.
They took me at 4 pm and did an u/s. Baby was fine. But there was a shadow in the u/s - what is going on??? She kept looking and probing. When she touched my left side I was in a lot of pain. She shook her head and said, I can't tell but I think you have an ectopic pregnancy as well. You need to go over to the radiology department at the local hospital and get a better u/s.
So, my friend and I started over there. Bill raced home from Richmond, I told him what was happening and we all went to the hospital. I went to the radiology department after registering. They had two sonographers do the scan and then the radiologist. Lots of fluid in my belly, I was bleeding internally. The pain would cycle back and forth. I would be in horrible pain but it would disappear. Did the ectopic already burst? What was going on? The radiologist couldn't see an ectopic. After some back and forth discussions, and my ob (who delivered Benjamin) appeared as well. They decided to keep me for observation for a while, do some blood work and if I was feeling more comfortable after a few hours I could go home.
I went to the ER to be observed, my friend left and so did Bill. Bill picked up Benjamin and brought him to see mama. Benjamin knew something was wrong and kept putting his head on my knees as I sat in the wheelchair waiting for an open bed. Once a bed opened up, I told Bill to take Benjamin home and get him in his pjs at least. My friend had offered to take care of Benjamin but she has her own 11 month old and lives quite a distance away. Bill decided to call his friend Chuck. Bill took Benjamin home as I dozed in the hospital bed. He fed Benjamin and got him to bed. Chuck came over and just was on call if Benjamin woke up. Bill came back to the hospital and we waited. They did blood work, they did a urinalysis. My pain was reduced but not gone. They sweated over the u/s. What was going on? They released me at midnight.
I went home, brushed my teeth and went to bed. I woke up the next morning after a very restless sleep, in horrible pain again. My left side had stabbing pain. We went to the RE's office again. She checked the u/s and said I had even more blood and I needed surgery. There was nothing else she could do, something was wrong.
So, off we went to the hospital (this is actually a different hospital - one my RE feels more comfortable working in and with more high tech equipment). Benjamin was at daycare and we had a 10:30 am appt for the OR. I was terrified and kept crying. They got me in a wheelchair because I could not even hope to walk. We went through admitting, got to pre-op. It took some time to get me through that process -- which delayed Bill from joining me. But my doctor got Bill into pre-op and she sat with us as we waited. She discussed with the anesthelogist (sp) about my in utero pregnancy and that we needed to try and save that. She told me she might have to take my tube or my ovary if there was an ectopic. I said fine, I don't need them away. Off I went to surgery....
I woke up to my doctor telling me that I had a Big FAT ectopic in my left tube and I had a BIG FAT appendix. She had to call in a general surgeon to remove my appendix. I lost my left tube and one baby and one appendix. She got me into recovery and called for a portal sonogram machine. They were really good to her and got one. My baby still had a heartbeat of 151!!!! I was in recovery until about 3 pm when my DH joined me and helped me go to the bathroom and dress. We came home that night. He picked up Benjamin and I am recovering now.
I will be out of work for one week. I am still in some pain but it isn't as bad. We went to the RE again this morning and checked the hb and it was 153. Our little fighter is still fighting. She does want me to follow up with a high risk ob now. Which is fine with me. I go back to see her next week. I am so grateful that she not only saved my life by her intuition (something is wrong, I can't send you home I need to take a look in there) and that she saved our baby too.
Cookies, apple pie and tea for all that read this whole thing! So, I am still pregnant with one where it should be in my uterus. So, hopefully I can relax rest and write over the next week!
Donna
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| Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
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9:16 pm - Update and further news
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Well, I have NOT stalled in my story. Believe it or not, the story itself has gotten more complex and LONGER. So, even though I am writing, it doesn't look like I am making progress with my updates on my page. But be patient all you little grasshoppers out there. I actually will be laid up in bed over the weekend (just minor medical stuff) so I will have some great laptop visiting time. ((Can you say - momma gets to write and gets a bit of a break from toddler duty??)). Weird to be looking forward to being put under! Anyway, I am taming this story to its basic elements and think it will still get posted very soon (warts and all since I have not heard from the person who volunteered to beta for me - I hope she is well).
Anywho - I expect to start working on some other plot bunnies soon. Dry Wind and Hibernation some to mind. One of those might go in a zine I think. I keep promising Jmas a zine story, so I gotta do it. Once I finish the painting I am working on for Breast Cancer Awareness month I will have even more time to devote (well - okay the little bitty time I get after the rug rat goes to bed).
Lastly, my yahoo list will be ONE year old this September 13th! Wow! one year of great Daniel centered fics! The list has been great and I hope it continues that way.
Night for now,
Donna
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| Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
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9:45 pm - Just a quick jump start
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Still working on my story At the End of All Things. My beta has been taken ill, so it might take a while to get a beta version of it to post to the main archives (like alpha gate) but I will post an unbeta'ed version on my site if it goes that way. I do not want to pressure my beta, especially in her current condition (I hope she is better very soon!). So, I think I will just post to my site and await the cleaned version for the archives!
Anyway - getting some more ideas for a few new stories. I am also working on a painting for Breast Cancer awareness month, so I am splitting my very limited free time....thus the slow writing. But at least I am writing, right??
Donna aka winterstar
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| Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
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9:16 pm - Okay spoiler alert for my newest fic........
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Just wanted to give you a little bit of what I am working on since you have been so good waiting for such a long time. I know that some of you don't like to be spoiled...so don't read, just ignore. It won't spoil the story too much for you anyway - if you do read it. I'm 50% done and hope to get a beta to read it too.
"At the End of All Things" by Winterstar Rating R
Vala tries to offer the food again, but Daniel bats the hand away and scrunches up in a ball. His hands curve over his stomach and he retches up what he’s eaten. Neither Sam or Vala are squeamish about the vomit. They set about cleaning him and the bed. Daniel can barely eat anymore. It is a crap shoot to figure out what days the bugs haven’t fooled around with his system, figure out what days they will allow him to eat. They’ve tried to ask Daniel to tell them. He tried to signal his answer once. He paid for it, and the price was something more than Jack could stand.
Jack hears Sam whispering to Vala, “Not today. Maybe tomorrow.”
“It’s been three days. They need to let him eat, that’s what they need to do.” Vala stares up at the ceiling of their cell. They all know there’s listening and viewing devices concealed somewhere in the room.
Sam reaches over to Vala and gives her arm a squeeze. “They need Daniel too much to let him starve to death. They’ll let him eat tomorrow.”
Vala nods but curses as she moves to help Daniel settle in for the night. Jack turns his face away, stares at the shadows of the room. He wants to fade away into those shadows.
A sharp sting across his face startles Jack back to reality. Sam sits next to him, her eyes angry and determined. She hisses in a bare whisper, “What the hell is wrong with you?”
He says nothing. What is there to say?
She slaps him again, this time ricocheting his head against the wall of their cell. “He’s dying, and you’re doing nothing.” She glares at him and then at Mitchell as he mumbles in his half crazed state. “What the hell good are you men if you’re not going to help us?”
That's it for now....time to go work on some more!
Donna
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| Saturday, July 28th, 2007
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10:50 pm - It's over...........
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I finished reading HP7 this week and now can get back to writing again. I had to stop everything else in my life (not everything - but I usually only get one or two hours a day to myself, if that) so I used them to focus on reading HP7. No spoilers here, but just want to say I truly think that Rowlings is a genius. She made that story interesting from the first page to the last, through seven books. I cannot even name another author that did that with a series. Sure a lot of sci-fi fantasy books have long series, but truth be told the writing usually starts to suffer in the third or fourth book. The story starts to drop off as the vision from the author wanes. But Rowlings kept true, her writing improved and I loved the characters even more as they become more fleshed out and more a part of my life.
Anyway, I am finished with HP7 and will stow away the books for my little one when he is old enough to read them. That means more time to dedicate to writing! Hope to finish up a few of my stories in the next week!
Donna
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| Monday, July 16th, 2007
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9:30 pm - OKay just a very quick update!
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I'm writing again!! Started working on some stories tonight with major hopes of getting something posted very soon. If I can write a little each day, we might see a story within the next week or so! Yippee.
Donna
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| Monday, July 2nd, 2007
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9:30 pm - Okay - what is going on with the stories??
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I have to make this short - really I do. I have a few reasons why stories have been few and far apart. Currently I am in a bit of a crisis mode. My wits are dulled by too much to do and I am little inspired these days. But the biggest issue right now circles around two little health issues:
1. I sprained my hand - yep it hurts like hell as I write this
2. I am undergoing some treatments for an unrelated issue -- for a while now I will keep you guessing about this. It isn't life threatening but it sure makes me sick, etc.
So, as I fight back these issues my writing has been suffering. Hopefully I will get back to it soon. I will be traveling over the next month so taking the laptop along for those dark nights alone - sounds good to me!
Donna
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| Monday, May 28th, 2007
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9:44 pm - Back to work.....
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Well surprise, surprise, being without the internet was NOT as hard as I thought it would be. I brought my computer just in case - but I never jumped on it. Disney was delightful especially with my 14 month old son (who is a miracle in so many ways - I will fill you in on that story some time in the future - when you really care). But it was fun and we will be going back....
So getting to writing. It has been a few weeks since I even tried to write anything. I did supply the first part of the Round Robin we are doing at DFR yahoo list. It has really taken off with the other writers supplying twists and turns! I wish I could share it with you all, but you will need to join the list if you are interested in reading it.
I did start a story called Hibernation the other day. The other stories I am working on are just slow and painful at the moment. This story I keep seeing a few scenes and hearing words to it. So, I thought, it must want me to write it! By the by, I haven't seen a SG episode in over a month! I need some inspiration! I will not be seeing it again this week since I will be traveling over the weekend to see the King Tut exhibit in Philly! Yippee! That sounds like fun! Anyhoo, I really should take some time and watch an episode or two just to stoke the fires!
Here's to hoping that I'm able to get some work done on my new story over the next week!
Donna
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| Saturday, May 5th, 2007
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3:26 pm - Story posted and future work....
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Okay I posted An Innocent Man the other day. As I did so, I thought well this story is not going to get any interest whatsoever. Who is going to want to read it? I almost didn't post it on AG. I have been so surprised by the feedback. It really shows me something. People are looking for short pieces that really tell them something about the characters, and how the characters deal with what happened in an episode. I'm surprised and happy that I was able to supply such a missing scene for the Quest part II. Still I am a little stunned by the feedback - but happily so!
Future work - I have a really good idea for Into the Under Realm. Though it will be a companion piece to The Well of Souls and Purgatory's Gate - I am writing it as if those stories do not exist. That way a reader does not have to read either of the other stories to actually get what is happening. The other stories will only serve as some extra background. I am also toying with some of my other stories - The Dead Cycle and The Beggar's Feast. I only have limited time to write though - so getting to everything is difficult.
Oh, and I go to Disney world with the family next week - so a whole week of no internet or Stargate! Eekk! That is going to be hard!
Donna
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| Thursday, April 26th, 2007
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10:17 pm - Yippee I am back to writing....
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Yikes that was scary - I thought it was over, that I was hitting a dry spell..that all I had to say was written. Okay, I didn't think that really but I have had a little bit of a dry spell. Things have been very hectic for me so trying to find time to actually think about what I want to write has been the problem.
Anyway I am working on An Innocent Man now and expect I will finish it up soon. It is a very short piece and is a departure for me since it is from Mitchell's POV. I am also participating in a Round Robin for Daniel Fic Recs. If you are interested in Daniel centered fics and like to see some good recommendations where to find it - you should jump on my site, click the yahoo groups join button and join up. We have some great recs, an archive site for all of the recs, and we are starting our first Round Robin (all Daniel centered -- of course).
If you would like to visit the archive - check it out at Danielficrecs. Lyn has done an excellent job grabbing all of the recs and archiving them!
Anyway - I am hoping to get An Innocent Man up before the end of the weekend - then I will start again on my other stories. Got some great ideas for those!
Take care!
Donna
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| Saturday, April 21st, 2007
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10:19 pm - A lull in the action ...
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All sorry for a lull in the writing. I have been extremely overwhelmed in RL and I am working on trying to beta a story for someone as well. So, the writing is in a holding pattern. I am working on a few stories right now, but don't really have a good grasp of them yet. I will try and get some footing with them as soon as possible and update you when the writing is flowing a bit better.
Thanks for checking in -
Donna
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| Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
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9:01 pm - Surrendering is officially up!
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Thank you Annie for the extremely quick turn around and for dealing with my impatience! Here's the link Surrendering.
Hope you like it!
Donna
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| Sunday, April 1st, 2007
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5:40 pm - Yippee .....
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Well I finished "Surrendering" (sorry no link yet as I await word from my beta to see if she can take a look at it - Annie has graciously volunteered to work on some of my stuff as a beta, too! Thanks Annie!). If she can look at it and send it back in the next few days, I will post it. If she can't, well I might just post it anyway and see how it goes. Hopefully, she will be able to review it for me and send back the comments soon.
"Surrendering" has the same type of feel to it that The Soul's Fate has to it. I feel as if they are companion pieces yet both can stand alone. "Surrendering" crosses a boundary, though, that I set for myself. As I wrote it, I knew from the clues within The Shroud I had to cross the boundary...there wasn't anything I could do about it. It is a short piece - just about 6 pages and about 20 kB in length...that is very short for me since most of my pieces hit about 120 or more. I didn't feel the need to expand it beyond what I have.
Now it will be onto "The Dead Cycle" and "An Innocent Man". I am still considering some other stories as well.
Anyway - back writing again.... Hope you like what I come up with!
Donna
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| Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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9:45 pm - Interesting Quiz
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 | You scored as a Silver wolf. It is true what they say, you can never judge a book by its cover, But you allow them to. You never share who you really are with the world, And I bet you're a truly unique individual. Share your emotions, no one's going to leave you for them, and if they do, they weren't worth it in the first place.
Silver wolf | | 70% | brown wolf | | 55% | Black wolf | | 50% | Grey wolf | | 50% | white wolf | | 50% | Blue wolf | | 45% | red wolf | | 30% | yellow wolf | | 5% | </td>
what color wolf are you?
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| Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
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9:59 pm - Okay so I am forging ahead!
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I am working on three stories right now: The Dead Cycle, An Innocent Man, and Surrendering . The last two are shorter stories but the first will be fairly long and involved. I am concentrating my efforts on Surrendering right now just because it has the feel of a story that I need to write at this moment in time. I'll get back to the fun stuff soon. For those of you wondering, Surrendering fills in the gaps between The Quest part II and The Shroud. So if you have not seen any of part 2 of season 10, this one will have to wait for you to read it. I hope to have it completed within 10 days or so. Keep an eye open for it.
Oh and the picture - this symbolizes to me the absurdity of life...and you just gotta wonder what the heck the bunny is thinking.
Donna
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| Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
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9:14 pm - The Stories will have to wait
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Right now, the stories will have to wait. One of my three cats (a rescue who almost died the night we found him shivering in the cold - January 2004) has died, suddenly and devastatingly of Feline leukemia. You know we did everything right. Had him tested, got him inoculated - all for nothing. He was still infected and he died. Not 10 days ago, he was the picture of health. I swear! Fast forward to last friday and I notice he's looking a little thin around the back - decided he needed some bulkier food but wasn't too worried about it. I was actually more worried that the other cats were pushing him away from the food. By Saturday night, I knew something was wrong, he was lethargic, smelled wrong. But I left for a business conference on Sunday and told my hubby to call the vet Monday morning. He called and got an appt on Wednesday afternoon. It was too late. By Monday night, Mr Boots was in dire condition. We took him to the emergency vet and he was in total organ failure. He died at 1:30 am on March 20th. I cried so hard I couldn't sleep.
So we either had a false negative when he was tested (and they do happen) or he had just been infected and the viral load was too small to detect at the time. I am having my other cats tested tomorrow. I don't know what I will do if they are positive. I hope there is someway to keep them alive and healthy. Right now, the stories will wait a day or so as I try and get my head on straight and stop crying.
Donna
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