Look at These Fucking Hipsters and Their Sick Cat DOT Com

I tried to have sympathy for humans today. These two young kids (hipster kids) brought in their cat that they just adopted today. This cat was also spayed today. I did the TPR minus the temperature because the owner could not safely restrain the cat and she didn't appreciate a rectal temperature. Otherwise, I felt as if she was stable. Chances are she had a URI or something but it's not my call as I am just the nurse.

The doctor brought the cat to the TX area and listened to the heart and lungs for any crackles or signs of pneumonia. I prepared the thermometer and found the cat to be febrile. We like cats and dogs to be about 101.0 to 103.o. This cat was 106.7! Doctor came up with an estimate which is the nurse's job to go over with the clients. I walked in and sat down on the floor, as I so often do, and showed the kids the low end and high end of the estimate. It was pretty simple supportive care overnight. IV fluids, pain meds, antibiotics and some diagnostics. The girl instantly said, "I don't have that money." The boy then chimes in, "We feel like the doctor hasn't told us what's wrong with the cat and now you're asking for all this money."

I took a deep breath and said, "The doctor needs diagnostics to diagnose your cat and furthermore, we are treating her symptomatically which is not uncommon." These kids looked at me like I had 10 heads. Anyways, it came down to them needed to decide on blood work. I told them at least a CBC would be best to get a WBC count. I'm not sure where things went South but the girl was emotionally unstable and the guy was being a total dick. I went in to this thinking maybe we could try to work out payment arrangements and such but I ended my day disliking the general public and hipsters more than ever before. I guess that's why I work with animals!

One more shift before my long weekend! I can't wait so see Darren and Selena in Dallas on Friday! Not sure what we'll do but I can't wait to hug each of them for like 20 minutes! Saturday should be low key with Ronny for his birthday and Sunday we're driving to Port Aransas to get in some beach time at The Gulf of Mexico! I'm anxious for tomorrow to be over!