So one very expensive surgery later, and my oldest kitten (Donut, who is a brisk 16 years old) is at home and recovering. She gets her stitches out on the 20th, so until then she needs to wear a cone, and she walking with a limp from where they inserted the IVs, but she seems better. Her appetite is solid, and her voice is back, so things are definitely looking up.
Which is a relief! I was worried sick about her… I’m still worried about her a little, but it’s still nice to have her around the house. I wish we could communicate more clearly. I know she is confused by the safety cone she wears and why we had to take her into the vet in the first place (she had a wound that wouldn’t heal due to her scratching it all the time), but by the same token I’m pretty sure she is taking all this in better stride than I would. The joys of a tiny brain.
Other than that, I haven’t started editing the novel yet, but what I have done is kept thinking about how I want to seed the ending into the rest of the work. The “sudden but inevitable” ending that I love so much needs a lot of tweaking in this story… actually, it did in “The Hunt for the Wind’s Howling Rage” as well, now that I think about it, and I am very satisfied with how that one wrapped up.
So! With all that stated, I should probably get back to work!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!