Catching up on the last month
Let’s see…what’s been going on?
Well, in my last post, I mentioned that Ratchet had a seizure and that was his first one in four months. Unfortunately, a month later he had another one. And then just a week after that he had one again. Very discouraging. So, we have increased his phenobarbital from 30mg once a day to 30mg twice a day.
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Let’s see. I have been slacking on my blog posting lately (prior to my last post) so it’s time to catch up on some things.
Ratchet had a seizure March 29th. It was his first one since the day after Thanksgiving, so a pretty decent amount of time in between .. a little over 4 months I guess?
Read MoreIt’s a secret … Shhhh! :)
I have news. But it’s a secret. On the off chance that anyone here reading this also follows me on Facebook or Twitter, PLEASE don’t post anything on there about this news. I don’t care that you’ve stumbled on this and know, I just don’t want it announced on there until I’m ready. I’ll be announcing it on there at some point, but just not yet.
Decimal Points are Important
The IRS sent me a fat envelope today telling me I owe them over $27,000 by March 28 for 2010 income tax. They had one of my web site clients listed as paying me $65,000 in 2010. Yeah….they paid me $650. Thank GOD I still have the 1099-MISC form (with the correct amount) so I can send it to them to dispute it. I let the web client know and they got back to me and said the information they sent was correct, so apparently IRS just screwed up the decimal point. Helluva screw up there, IRS….
The funny thing is, I knew when I saw the amount owed that there was NO WAY it could be correct. But yet, I still completely panicked.
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December Rundown
Been awhile, huh? I just realized I never updated on Ratchet’s latest bloodwork. We took him in a few weeks ago for additional bloodwork to see if his levels had dropped any after decreasing his medication. They have. All of his liver levels are in the normal range now (awesome!). 11 of his kidney values were still slightly elevated, but those had all also gone down since the previous bloodwork, so our vet was very happy with the results. We just keep him on the current medicine and dosage and test again in 6 months.
Read More13 miles and a seizure reoccurence
I haven’t posted in awhile so I thought I’d give another update on the happenings.
I’m still running and still averaging around 30 miles (sometimes more) a week. Back in November I took my first shot at 13.1 miles (half-marathon distance) and managed to do it in 2:09:30. The time wasn’t great, but I was pleased I was actually able to run that distance. I attempted it again today and managed to shave a few minutes off my time, finishing in 2:04:45. Again, not the best time in the world, but I was thrilled I improved on it. I’d LOVE to be able to get it under 2 hours but based on my usual running pace for all of my other runs, I’m not sure I see that happening. We’ll see. For now, I’m happy with it.
Read MoreNothing’s going on…
I’ve been slacking again. My apologies. It’s just that nothing interesting has really been going on lately so therefore, I have nothing to blog about. Which, is actually the case about 99% of the time so … really not much different than the norm.
We lowered Ratchet’s phenobarbital dose, as I mentioned in my previous entry. So far, so good with that (knock on wood). We did 2 weeks on 60mg (down from 120mg) and so far we’ve done 1 week on 30mg. Hopefully he continues to do well at that dose and remains seizure free.
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My name's Amanda. I'm 33 years old, am married to my best friend and love animals. I have two dogs - Ratchet and Clank - and two cats - Dr. Nefarious and Zoni. They are awesome. I dabble in freelance webdesign, and I'm also a runner, albeit a kind of slow one. Tom Glavine is my favorite athlete of all-time. 