Today started out quietly enough.  My parents were up extra early this morning for some reason; mother hurried us out of the den while it was still dark out.  When we got to the clinic I still couldn't figure it out; no visitors were waiting for her.  The morning proceeded smoothly, and all of the visitors were happy.  It wasn't until the afternoon that all the mayhem broke loose.

It started with the biggest cat I've ever seen.  His name was Mikail and he was bigger than me and Bea put together weighing in at over 26 lbs!  He smelled like a cat nugget sand box and I was instantly intrigued.  "He's been having trouble going to the bathroom for quite awhile" Mikhail's mom said "but today I noticed the blood and brought him right over".  Red syrup and cat nuggets, without a doubt two of my favorite smells!  Mother took one look at the large cats' hind end and said "Well, it looks like he's got an anal gland abscess" as she started to put on the green hand coverings.  After feeling around she revised her diagnosis, "The anal gland is infected but I think that Mikhail's biggest problem is that he is very constipated as well.  He'll have to stay to be sedated and disimpacted."  My father got to oversee the removal of all of Mikhail's nuggets while mother continued seeing her afternoon visitors; one dog with heartworms, another bringing up the kibbles, a third needing family counseling for biting his grandmother.  The clinic was humming right along as the sweet smell of cat nuggets filled the air.  Sweet Sally was helping my dad wash the nuggets out and when some of the brown liquid flew through the air and Sally laughingly said "..and that's why you keep your mouth shut when you do this."  Good thing Vocal Vonnie wasn't at the clinic today I thought; she's always wishing she'd kept her mouth shut.