I’ve just noticed that Oscar is walking completely flat-footed on his back legs. I looked it up and I think he might have injured himself jumping on and off counters. Based on what I read, it’s probably a tendon/ligament injury or a fracture. This literally just started a week ago. I didn’t actually notice the flat-footed stance, but that his back feet were sliding from under him and that he was sitting funny. I noticed his feet yesterday. Would this be considered orthopaedic? If so, I need to wait a bit longer to take him to the vet so it won’t be considered a pre-existing condition. His insurance won’t cover that. I feel rotten making him wait, but if I don’t have insurance to pay for any treatment he might need, I wouldn’t be able to pay for it at all. Even if there’s a $200-something deductible I have to pay first, I imagine he would need ongoing treatment and I definitely couldn’t pay for that over and over. I think I made the right decision to insure him.
I just got back from the orthopaedic doctor. I got x-rayed and he says I have some sort of narrowing in my hip I think, memory is shite. My hips are also a bit uneven. I have to have another MRI 😭 I think I’ve mentioned before that I am very claustrophobic and have to be put completely under in order to have one. I also can’t control my breathing if I’m conscious which makes them have to do the same test several times so I’d be in there for at least twice as long as normal. I really don’t mind anaesthesia. Mom doesn’t like me to have it, but I do not have much anxiety at all about anaesthesia or surgical procedures. I’m thankful for that because I seem to have to be put under way more than the average person.
Dad is still kind of fucked up from the “special” gummy he ate, and it’s been weeks. He’s walking again, but won’t go to his doctor, nor will he go out with us. I do not know what it is about going to get help that violently repels men. If I were feeling that way I’d be at the urgent care at the very least, because I’d rather not die over a fucking weed gummy.