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morcilla on the mend

15 Tuesday Apr 2025

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At least I hope so! Yesterday morning (after having changed my sheets for fresh sun-dried ones the night before) I got out of bed to go to the loo and returned to find vomit all over those lovely sheets. At first I was sure it was Luna because she’s always throwing up. And Morcilla was as I had left her, curled up on the duvet. So cursing Luna the barf machine, I set about rewashing the bottom sheet and pillow cases hoping I could get them dry by that evening, getting them back up on the line before having to leave for my cardiologist appointment. And well, mission accomplished.

But later on, early evening, Morcilla was suddenly vomiting everywhere. Dammit. So I took away the food dishes, left out the water for both cats, and started to worry. Then I remembered that this same thing had happened to Morcilla about a year previously and, after a chat with Sonia the Vet we decided to leave her to fast for a day, then start her on Hill’s ID Prescription soft food for a few days. And so that’s what I’m doing now.

Morcilla went about 24 hours without food, and this morning she was still vomiting, though nothing came up but liquidy foam. Picked up the soft food this afternoon and upon arriving home saw that Morcilla was already looking perkier. And she was hungry! This pic is after she’d had quite a good chow down and now she is looking much happier. So fingers crossed it was just a… whatever! And that she is on the mend.

la línea 3

14 Monday Apr 2025

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One of the many – out of MANY MANY MANY – reasons I love living where I do is how well connected I am by public transport in my barrio. And especially since getting my old geezer free bus pass, in combination with THE KNEE mobility issues, I can just hop on hop off taking buses for one or two stops… and trust me sometimes that makes all the difference.

Anyhow, today I had an appointment with the cardiologist at the ridiculously beautiful but otherwise not especially efficient Hospital Duque del Infantado. Get this. I saw my GP on March 17th and within a couple of weeks had received dates for two specialists appointments – Cardio and an MRI for my neck and shoulder. In fact, I had to move the MRI forward because I still had that pesky cough from when I was sick a couple of weeks ago. Meanwhile I am STILL WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE KNEE SPECIALIST APPT THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE OCTOBER. Fuck.

In the past, just like when I go to Hospital Virgen del Rocío, I’ve always just grabbed a taxi at the end of my street in front of the posh Gran Meliá Hotel Colón (always lots of taxis there). Six to eight euros well spent, I reckoned. But this week is Semana Santa, which means the Bastard Taxi Pirates are out for anything they can get. Yes, there is an official Semana Santa surcharge, but I just didn’t want to have to go through the hassle of all that. And so I checked the bus routes and saw… OMG… I could catch the updated Línea 3 not far from home and get dropped off about five minutes from the hospital. FOR FREE.

And it’s a good thing I discovered this as I now have an appointment there on April 28th to get a 24-hour Holter, and that is also where I will see the knee surgeon WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS. It’s actually one of the two specialist hospitals I end up at most. The other one, Clínica Fleming, is also accessible by bus. For now. It’s this time of year that I start to worry about whether my landlord is going to renew my contract in the summer, and I will now be on tenterhooks until July. But for now… just loving living here.