The Cat Came Back

   Dave retrieved Maybe from the vet's at 5:00 p.m. today, where she had been  since 7:45 this morning, on the third day of visits this week.  In addition to the exam and medical treatments, whatever they were, she was bathed and groomed, the first time in her life.  She now has a Lion Cut, and came home with a red bandana around her neck, and red bows in the hair that remains on her head.  I think it's safe to say that if she were adorned with a single-carat diamond, they still would have turned a tidy profit.  She is supposed to return next week so they can assess the effects of the medication they've prescribed, Clavamox, which evidently has  a number of dire side effects.  We also received notice of a new program---Big Pets---so we can help control her weight, which is now a mere 13.6 lbs.  She used to be several lbs. heavier, over 17, I think, but sans all that fur......