I love my new peer support Lauren! They really matched us well. She’s helping me learn to be more independent, like using a washer and dryer. I’m really apprehensive about those because the buttons and stuff look like (to my autistic brain lol) an airplane dash! I’m afraid I’ll ruin my clothes because I don’t really understand how to sort lights from darks correctly. She gave me a basic rundown on the buttons and I feel better about it. Turns out you don’t really have to use the majority of them. I’ll be doing my own laundry soon enough. I also got a big desk calendar and have written all my appointments on it. Actually, I forgot one. Just remembered 😆
I asked if she’d help me make Oscar a vet appointment for a leg exam and bloodwork. It is not as much as I thought, like $100 less. Lauren’s taking me to that one…it’s on the same day as my endoscopy but I do well with anaesthesia so I’ll be fine to go later in the day. I just want to know what’s going on with him so I can HELP him! I’m thinking it’s hip problems, personally. Then again he did lose five pounds for no apparent reason and I think that worries me the most.
edit: Oscar is now insured. I might have to cancel the vet appointment until the waiting period is over so it won’t be considered a pre-existing condition. I tried to add his primary vet information but the AI bot I was speaking with glitched and wouldn’t let me. I have to get his medical records myself and email them. I went with lemonade pet insurance, it’s 50-something every month. Kind of expensive but I think it will be needed in the future, unfortunately. I love him so much and just want him to be okay and get the best care for him!
edit #2: just got home from dinner and noticed Oscar walking with a noticeable limp in one leg. It must not be too bad, because he hopped up on the chair when I sat down. Has he hurt his leg somehow? 🫤