Infrastructure, automation and general computer chaos wrangler.
Old exotic computers enthusiast, general nerd.
I sometimes make music that was more fun to create than to listen to, under the name KONKØN.
Parfois en français.
#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #doom #gzdoom #nobot #MusicProduction #SRE #unix #fedi22
| SKU | he/him they/them |
| Spoken Languages | English, Français |
| Music | https://konkon.fm |
| Source Code | https://github.com/mrdaemon |
The Convalescent Old Man is relaxing, just in time for Caturday
And by three evenings I really mean "I woke up at 3am and dicked with it until 5am because I couldn't sleep and I have lost control of my life"
It was made fairly easy because I had the foresight to really carefully separate my areas of concern and the CLI and GUI just share the same common domain logic, so swapping out the UI component is more or less devoid of side effects. Good times.
You know, I might actually be decent at this TUI thing.
I spent over a week cobbling together a Qt GUI with Pyside6, QML and QtQuick, and while it was nice at first, I hit so much friction with the stupid toolkit, needing to wrangle my nice data classes back and forth with thin adapters to wrap thinly veiled C++ types and I hated it so much I ripped it all out in a blind rage, and returned to Textual, where this WIP UI for my new secret projet took shape in about 3 evenings, and looks absolutely banging.
The old man is home from the animal hospital! I thought he'd hide but no he very nervously inspected all his spots and things to make sure they hadn't changed then proceeded to lie in his favorite spot. This may be the first time he truly relaxes in a while, so that's nice.
Then I blinked and he came to say hi
RE: https://mastodon.social/@256/116540226887278653
I really miss the era of Cassette Future Aesthetics storage media, tbh
SO Vet called with good news, I can go fetch my old cat boy from the animal hospital tonight, with some Stuff To Continue At Home, his numbers are good, and they feel secure enough to recommend it
They want to see him again early next week though which is gonna be a nice logistics nightmare in terms of convincing him to get back in the carrier, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it
Apparently he's being a ball of stress which I get I mean, he doesn't like to be touched or handled, even less by people he doesn't love, and has been in an environment with no known safe spots to hide, so I'm just p. eager for him have his safe hiding spots back home so he can finally relax a little
So my cat's creatinine levels went down to 250 which is great and they're talking of sending him home on friday
I might have to do some subcutaneous hydration at home for a while, but otherwise, it seems like my old boy pulled through. This is terrific news.
Went to visit my cat at the animal hospital today and they book you a private room and do stuff like this, which is super human and comforting.
It's a good place, honestly
He is NOT a super cuddly cat at the best of times, more of a "I will sit very close to you no matter where you are" guy, so after having been touched and picked up by a bunch of people he doesn't like very much, he was kind of full of anxiety, but he calmed down when I picked him up like I do whenever I show him stuff he's never seen around the house, like light switches.
He looks healthier, and has gained weight, which is pretty good. Vet said his Creatinine levels are dropping significantly, which is News of the Optimistic Kind. They're keeping him at least one more day.
So I spoke to the vet, and they did the ultrasound and it's all very Mid in terms of results.
Basically he has a tiny kidney and a big one, so he has partial kidney failure, probably from birth. That's probably ok in the sense that he went 14 years with it, and many cats continue to cat just fine with that. The problem is now that there's a second thing on top, which they suspect is an infection.
His pee is apparently super dilute so tests didn't reveal any markers for it, but the vet says this isn't atypical. So they're blasting him full of antibiotics and keeping him hydrated. They say he's not in pain, and just resting, and eating his food -- just not very fond of the environment.
The issue is whether or not once the infection or whatnot clears, whether or not his good kidney will still be good enough to continue catting on.