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My grandmother had a really bad fall about 2 months ago. The fall resulted in a major brain bleed, with some subsequent mild seizures. She has been either in the hospital or nursing home ever since, with hopes that she can eventually recover to a level to return home. Prior to this event, she was an incredibly active woman who volunteered, exercised, and socialized.

At this point, she is starting to say short phrases, but very mumbled. She has very little control over her body. She just started being able to eat pureed foods that are spoon fed to her (otherwise she utilizes a g-tube). Her fine motor skills just aren't there, so she can't even use the TV remote. She seems very aware of her surroundings, she recognizes visitors.

She has become very emotional in the last couple days (in 65+ years of marriage, my grandfather has never seen her cry before this -- she's very stoic with her emotions). We think she is coming to terms with the severity of her accident and the difficult recovery ahead (a recovery that likely won't result in functioning the way she once did). I assume she feels like a prisoner in her own body right now.

Here's where I'm wanting guidance: What are some things I can do with her that might be stimulating and enjoyable? I imagine she's getting incredibly bored with being confined to a hospital bed (with occasional recliner/wheelchair time). Thoughts??

My 6 month old male kitten got neutered today and he’s not handling the cone very well. He came home in a hard cone from the vet, which he found very uncomfortable and eventually got out of while in his carrier in the car. We picked up a soft inflatable recover collar, and he keeps getting out of that too. He’s already tried licking his incision multiple times, so no cone hardly seems possible. Idk what to do — I have to go to work tomorrow! 😩

Advice please!

My newest addition (male, approx 6 months old) is a playful chaos demon. He’s terrorizing everyone at night. My 15yo cat is not interested in playing at night. Kitten is constantly pouncing on me while I’m sleeping, biting my toes and fingers. Also pouncing on my older cat.

I have an automatic laser toy that helps (I just take him to the toy, turn it on, and it helps redirect him for a bit) but he’s already getting bored with that. Does anyone have suggestions for *quiet* nighttime toys to keep a kitten entertained?

Kitten tax in comments!

My husband and I have been TTC for 4 years. No pregnancies, no losses. Good results on fertility testing.

My grandparents are older (88 & 90) but in great health. Ever since I realized we were struggling to get pregnant, my biggest fear has been that I won’t have a baby before one of them passes. My grandma took a pretty bad fall 10 days ago, and she has a brain bleed. At first, it seemed like she was recovering. Now, not so much. It’s getting very scary.

My grandma is so special to me. It is absolutely destroying me that I’m still not pregnant, and my fears may be coming true. I hate this so much.

I just learned about this product in the last week and immediately headed to Reddit to see what people had to say. It’s very reassuring to see all the “BFP” posts! But my husband and I have been trying to conceive for 4 years now with zero luck (no pregnancies, miscarriages, etc.) with no explanation for why we can’t conceive. I’m wondering if Inito could even potentially help me.

Hi all, I will try to be as vague as possible to protect the client's HIPAA rights.

I have been working with this client long-term. They have a loved one who is in a psychiatric correctional facility. A major stressor for my client is that their loved one experiences lots of paranoid delusions. Client is a major source of support for their loved one. Client has learned to "go along" with the delusions to keep the peace. Client notices that when they try to challenge the delusions, their loved one becomes more anxious, angry, and explosive. When this happens, my client's mental health is majorly affected. Client asked me if going along with the delusions, rather than challenging them, is the best course -- and I said I wasn't quite sure!

My gut tells me that it is the best course, as it's not my client's responsibility to treat their loved one's mental illness. However, I would appreciate some feedback. I let my client know that I didn't know the best strategy, but that I would do some research.

I’ve had this kitten for 2 weeks, he’s about 4.5 months old. At first, he ate the wet food pretty well. Now, he’s disinterested and prefers the dry food. (For context, wet food is Fancy Feast Kitten and dry food is Royal Canin Baby Cat.) Some days, he’ll eat most of his morning wet food. But other days, like today, I’ll find he didn’t eat his dinner wet food and won’t really touch the morning food.

I’ve only ever had full grown cats. It seems like all the sources on kitten care regard wet food as vital for them. Thoughts??

To preface, I feel like an idiot for thinking I was getting a kitten from a safe situation. This woman in a Facebook group was sharing about foster kittens and I got duped into thinking she was legit. But this was more of an animal hoarding situation.

I couldn’t leave the kitten behind, so here we are. I have a male kitten that’s about 12-15 weeks old. Not neutered. She says he’s had 2 FVRCP and FelV vaccines, but still needs his 14-16 week shots. She says he’s had “a round of” amoxoclav and ciprofloxacon eye drops. She says he’s had revolution flea treatment this morning. I don’t know how much I trust this information.

He clearly has an upper respiratory infection. I gave him a bath because, despite her giving him a bath today, he smells quite bad (but clean — her home smelled very bad). I’ve flea-combed him a bit and found one live flea. I have him quarantined in my bathroom because I have another cat. Anytime I leave the bathroom, he screams his head off.

I know I’m just an anxious mess because I feel like I’ve gotten myself into a big scary mess that’s going to cost a lot of money to resolve. But I need some guidance on how to get through the next 36 hours, until I can get him to a vet.

I’ve been TTC for nearly 4 years now. Never had a pregnancy or miscarriage. This week my period was late by 4 days, so I thought maybe! I picked up a test after work yesterday. Took it this morning. Literally as I was peeing on the test, I started bleeding.

I’m so mad 😩