Clover visits the Doctor

I'm finding that life if always full of various kinds of doctor's appointments. I feel I'm contantly picking up prescriptions, I'm going to the eye doctor on a regular basis, just went to the dentist last week, and need to set up an appointment with the dermotologist. So many appointments! Yesterday I had to add another visit to my list--The Vet. Poor little Clover has been losing her hair for a month or so, and I started noticing she had a few scabs on her. So I packed Clover and her sister Parsley (I figured it would be even more traumatic for Clover if she had to go to the doctor without her favorite sister). First of all, they don't like riding in the car, and they had just been in the car for 5 hrs the day before while I drove back from Virginia. But, back in the car they went. The doctor checked little Clover out, and then took her to the back to do a little test on her. While Parsley and I were worrying in the examination room, Clover was having some of her skin scraped off to check for mites. Fortunately she didn't have any, but I'm starting to understand the terror of parenthood! I was close to tears when I envisioned scared little Clover in a room with a strange man with is scraping scabs of her and causing pain. I just wanted to cuddle with her and make her understand it's all okay. Hopefully, she won't remember the trauma. Of course, I had my own traumatic moment when I had to pay for everything! Exams, skin scrapes, medicine, and special shampoo definitely adds up. It cost more than 3 times what I paid for Clover, but she is worth it. :) And the good news is we don't think she had anything serious. We think she had extremely dry skin (and Parsley has a little bit of it too, probably due to dry air in my apartment?). Hopefully they will be cured with bathing with special shampoo every week or so, have this fish oil/omega-3 oil spread on their food, and putting conditioner on their skin (weird), they will be better in just a few weeks! The downside is that the fish oil STINKS (like fish), and they don't really want to eat it. And if I happen to get it on my finger while I am putting it on their food, the smell does NOT leave my skin. Even after washing with soap, my finger just smells like soapy fish. So the next time you see me, if I smell like the fishing docks, just remember that it's all for my children.