Comments on: First person plural http://electrolicious.com/2007/01/first_person_plural Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kimberlee http://electrolicious.com/2007/01/first_person_plural#comment-7629 kimberlee Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:42:08 +0000 #comment-7629 unfortunately, with a TON of research when it was too late (damn jerks telling me nothing could be done) i found the best vet ever for ratties in ballard. i had to have my ratty, isabella, put to sleep years ago due to a tumor the size of a golf ball (apparently very common in rats). had i found this vet sooner, they would have been willing to operate, no one else would, and they were the only ones i could find that i felt used a sufficiently humane method of euthanization and would allow me to be in the room during the procedure. she was 2.5 yrs old, apparently this is very geriatric for a rat. my heart goes out to you immensely. years later, a roomie moved into my old room and when he moved a dresser aside, called me into the room befuddled about finding a pile of tampons still in their wrappers, a pizza crust, some shiny bits of things, and a partly eaten chocolate chip cookie, and i immediately bursted into tears. he was very confused. *hug* unfortunately, with a TON of research when it was too late (damn jerks telling me nothing could be done) i found the best vet ever for ratties in ballard. i had to have my ratty, isabella, put to sleep years ago due to a tumor the size of a golf ball (apparently very common in rats). had i found this vet sooner, they would have been willing to operate, no one else would, and they were the only ones i could find that i felt used a sufficiently humane method of euthanization and would allow me to be in the room during the procedure. she was 2.5 yrs old, apparently this is very geriatric for a rat. my heart goes out to you immensely. years later, a roomie moved into my old room and when he moved a dresser aside, called me into the room befuddled about finding a pile of tampons still in their wrappers, a pizza crust, some shiny bits of things, and a partly eaten chocolate chip cookie, and i immediately bursted into tears. he was very confused. *hug*

]]> By: Stephanie http://electrolicious.com/2007/01/first_person_plural#comment-7627 Stephanie Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:34:14 +0000 #comment-7627 I posted that comment before I read the latest post. Sorry about your rats. :( I posted that comment before I read the latest post. Sorry about your rats. :(

]]> By: Stephanie http://electrolicious.com/2007/01/first_person_plural#comment-7628 Stephanie Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:27:54 +0000 #comment-7628 I just saw you in the background on TLC's What Not To Wear! :) Cute scarf. I just saw you in the background on TLC’s What Not To Wear! :) Cute scarf.

]]> By: Shannon http://electrolicious.com/2007/01/first_person_plural#comment-7624 Shannon Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:58:15 +0000 #comment-7624 totally unrelated: since i am not a flickr person i could not comment on the photostream, but i just wanted to let you know that i think that picture of Dre with the guitar is so hot! :) Lucky you. totally unrelated:
since i am not a flickr person i could not comment on the photostream, but i just wanted to let you know that i think that picture of Dre with the guitar is so hot! :) Lucky you.

]]> By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2007/01/first_person_plural#comment-7626 Ariel Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:36:04 +0000 #comment-7626 Lily, it's sort of depressing: realistically, this is the long-slow decline of a middle aged rat's life...they'll both be dead within a year, not because of the mycoplasmosis specifically, but just because that's their lifespan. :( So, while Whisker Kisses' infection may go away, his lungs are sort of permanently shot, and realistically it's just a matter of time. This is why I told myself NEVER AGAIN with rats after our last rats died. But when Leandra offered them to me, I couldn't say no! Lily, it’s sort of depressing: realistically, this is the long-slow decline of a middle aged rat’s life…they’ll both be dead within a year, not because of the mycoplasmosis specifically, but just because that’s their lifespan. :( So, while Whisker Kisses’ infection may go away, his lungs are sort of permanently shot, and realistically it’s just a matter of time.

This is why I told myself NEVER AGAIN with rats after our last rats died. But when Leandra offered them to me, I couldn’t say no!

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