Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Sibling Rivalry

So far, things between Addy and her feline "siblings" seems to be settling down.  There was an initial hiccup the day we brought Addy home: she was fussy because she needed a diaper change and the cats were fussy because we'd been gone for 2 and a half weeks, so Merry decided to introduce herself with her teeth.  So far no additional encounters of the sharp and pointy kind. 

Until this morning.

Merry feels pretty strongly that babies should only maybe be seen and definitely not be heard.  During this morning's diaper change + cath, our soon-to-be-outdoor cat decided that Addy's fussing might be quieted by a swift chomp on the head.  She was quite wrong.  Fortunately, there was no bloodshed and Addy calmed down pretty quickly when I picked her up.  Unfortunately, I had diaper cream all over my fingers when Merry had this horribly wrong idea, which only added to the wrongness of the situation.

In other news, we had our first "problem cath" last night.  Marching orders when we were discharged from the NICU were to call the urologist if she has a residual of more than 40mL.  Generally it's been less than 20mL and often less than 10mL, but last night's 10PM cath was well over the 40mL limit.  My opinion is that Addy just hadn't had time to spontaneously void because she was Starvin' Marvin at 8:30 so she ate earlier than normal.  But I went ahead and called the doctor's office anyway just to be safe.  Since they haven't called back with any different instructions, I'm assuming this is a "keep an eye on it and call back if it happens again" situation.