At Wits End with AT&T: U-Verse is the Devil!
It took about 9 days worth of garbage, but I finally lost my composure with the inept and redundant babble spewed by AT&T in my direction regarding fixing my In-Laws phone service. All the while, my Father-In-Law sits in a hospital bed after suffering a stroke 2+ weeks ago.
This entire mess started a few days before Dads stroke. An AT&T U-Verse salesman came to our door and managed to talk him into switching away from Comcast for our cable and internet as well as switching our phone from traditional landline service to voIP. Before going further, this is a rather large household that my in-laws have been so gracious as to provide a roof over the heads of not only my wife and I, but my two step-sons, an adopted son and my Mother-In-Laws brother. All added up that comes to 8 people. With each group of us living our own lives, so to speak, there are 6 TVs in this house.
Keeping Myself Busy
I’ve been keeping myself busy the last week and a half or so with some web design projects. It has been good, getting back into it, as up until the last month or so I hadn’t really been doing much of it. Assuming there are no road blocks or last minute changes, one project should be near completion with a new project possibly on the horizon. Now, to just get out of the pro bono work and into some paying gigs, I would be really happy, but it’s a start and hopefully a sign of things to come.
With that, I’m going to find my pillow, I’ll post more about the current project upon its completion, or sooner, if I go quiet around here for too long.
FIP: Death Sentence?
In a house with 6 cats, you expect some fighting about any number of things, from territory to food. In September, Snuggles (#6) graced our horde and as the youngest at barely 6 weeks old, fought hardest to make alliances and find his place amongst the clan. It wasn’t easy for him, with his fair share of fights, including getting a right hook to the eye from one of his pseudo-sisters. But, somehow he managed to gain acceptance from the oldest of the bunch and things slowly became easier from there. He still has issues with the girls from time to time, but for the most part, everyone seems to count him as one of the family now.
Snuggles the Cat
Monday night, little Snuggles suffered a seizure. A little spooked, we took him to the Vet and they ran some blood tests. They’ve diagnosed him with Feline Infectious Peritonitis, or FIP. All manners of research have told us this is a death sentence as there is no known cure. The dreaded “comfort care” was mentioned at least once as I browsed the web. A term I don’t much care for, as past experiences have left some sorrowful memories. We’re holding out hope that this little guy,who was left for dead once in his life, already, sitting in a taped up box with air holes next to my wife’s car on that night in September shouldn’t be forced to endure something so horrible. The Vets prescribed some medicine to help his immune system and now we’re left with a day-by-day situation, hoping for steady improvement, instead of decline.
If interested, here are some links about FIP:
- Felipedia.org: FIP
- Wikipedia.org: Feline Infectious Peritonitis
- SOCKFIP: Save Our Cats and Kittens from Feline Infectious Peritonitis
- Adorable Rag Doll Cattery: FIP Facts
- Steve Dale’s Pet World: Cat Health, FIP Part 1 & Part 2
Some may seem reduntant, but then again, more information is always better than less. If you would like to pass along links to further information about FIP, please comment on this post or contact me by way of the “Contact Me” page
