Today I left Suki outside when I went to work. I arrived to a memo which came out of the blue (as far as I was concerned), saying that all of the frequencies for medication administration were to be changed at 7 am that day to layman's terms. Nursing management was under the impression that was a simple process; just a pharmacy computer switch to be thrown. In actuality, it meant that after the frequency table was adjusted (a more complicated matter than nursing thought it would be because of space limitations), every single medication order for every inpatient and every standing order and every pre-defined order (there are about 3000) needed to be manually edited, as well. This quagmire took up my entire morning, and I had to stay late as well. I escaped at noon to quickly run home and bring the dog in, since it had been raining steadily all morning. Then I went back to work and got things stabilized there before returning home.
Suki was in the mood to snack when I got home. She started off with an appetizer of several dog biscuits. After that, I tried to feed her her dog food with a torn-up hot dog decorating the top. She ate the hot dog, but not the dog food. Since she's had so little to eat, I hand-fed her another two hot dogs and two pieces of toast. She was still feeling snacky, so I gave her a few pieces of bacon, which she wolfed down in true dog fashion.
Avinash checked on the kitties and fed them. He said that Fermi was quite vocal and affectionate until the food appeared.
The evening meal was refused by Suki, as usual. I gave her some more bacon. Rowena hungrily watched the proceedings with great jealousy, wondering why she never gets a) wet food; and b) no special treats, either. Ned avoided the jealousy problem by eating Suki's dog food and polishing that off with a long drink from the bathtub.
Tomorrow we are planning on going to the Concerts on the Square in Madison. We haven't decided what to do with Suki yet.
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