it's so hard being a parent...

...of a cat. Louise has her vet appointment today before she goes in for the radioactive iodine therapy next week for her thyroid problem. They want to do a chest X-ray and final blood work. It's all costing me a pretty penny, too, and I'm forking it all over without even blinking. When I tell people that this therapy costs $1250, they give me this look as if to say, "crazy pet owner, just put her down." If it were some kind of major surgery like heart or kidney transplant or something like that, I'd agree with them. But this is merely a shot in the bum, and a week's stay in quarantine until she's not radioactive anymore. No long recovery time, no special round-the-clock care needed or anything like that. Rather neat and clean and unfussy, really.