u/CarelessWhispurrr

Anyone else occasionally hear a pretty loud humming or whirring sound in the early morning hours (~5am)? I live near 136th and Lowell and occasionally I wake up early and hear what sounds like pretty loud machinery in the distance that goes on for quite while, gradually fading out over an hour or more. If it were a lower pitch I would think street cleaning but I don't think it's that. Anyone know what this is? If not I'll call the city today and see what I can find out.

Do any MTs here have a list of key massage-related phrases to use with Spanish-speaking clientele? I had my first client yesterday who spoke very little English, and although I speak some Spanish I was at a loss for how to say things like:

- Remove everything except your underwear (or what I say in English: "undress to your level of comfort," but this client wasn't sure about shoes/socks!);

- We'll start facedown under the covers (he was laying on top of the duvet when I came in)

- Move down off the face cradle and turn over

- That's the end of our session

Obviously I can go to Google Translate but thought I'd check here first since that's not always accurate. TIA!

My 15yo tuxedo boy was diagnosed with stage 2 CKD several months ago. He's supposed to get MiraLAX twice a day and gets 100ml of subq fluids once a week. We're going in for a recheck in a couple of weeks, but before then I'm wondering if anyone whose renal cat didn't like MiraLAX could tolerate something else better?

My boy has always been a big eater but over time is losing interest in his wet food since we switched to the renal food. He tolerates it -- I have all the brands -- but doesn't love any of them, so I mix in some of the regular food (which the other cats in the household get) along with the phos binder powder.

However, he has always seemed to notice the texture of MiraLAX (my vet confirmed some cats don't like the texture) so I've recently tried mixing it with water, but he still isn't eating much of his own food. He's constantly gravitating to the other cats' bowls so I know he's interested, just not in the food + supplements he should be getting. As far as I can tell MiraLAX is odorless and flavorless, but he definitely seems to get the "ick" from it.

Has anyone switched from MiraLAX and found their cat tolerated a different laxative better? He definitely needs a laxative and I'd like to come to the vet prepared with what's worked for others in case I need to request something in particular. TIA!