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listening to: Monty on the Run music in my head
So it turns out Magnus has dropsy. Magnus, the healthiest, most robust fish I've ever had, most likely 4 years old by now, is finally defeated by freaking dropsy. Back when I was new to fishkeeping, I literally had nightmares about dropsy. I was terrified of the day when I'd eventually have to face it. Now it's here and I just... kind of... don't know what to do.
I don't know whether I should bother to medicate him or not. It's pretty much 100% fatal in little fish like him anyway, because it's not a disease but a symptom of organ failure, and sometimes meds just put even more stress on said organs and cause even more pain. Right now it's not drastic and he still seems relatively comfortable (and hungry)... I guess that's a plus... I just dread seeing it get gradually worse and probably having to watch him suffer worse than any other betta I've owned. Worse than Mitsu with his popeye, worse than Phoenix with his constant bloating issues and prolonged death by old age, worse than Pixel with her tumor... ugh. Seriously, many betta owners get so discouraged watching their fish succumb to dropsy, they end up euthanizing them.
I wonder how much longer he'll hold on to what little spunk he has left...
Anyway, in other news... Suicide Ali has a new CD, and I got my copy today. Haven't listened to it yet, but already I love it. Road of the Wing is one of the songs, which means we finally get lyrics for it (yay!), and the booklet includes really awesome little drawings by Hiroshi accompanying each song. Also, for the first time, they included my name in the "special thanks" section of the booklet. :P Not entirely sure why... but that kind of made my day.
Thought there was something else I meant to throw in here, but now I can't remember, so oh well...
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 8/25/2009 10:24:00 PM
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