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I'm hoping these are straightforward questions, but I couldn't find a way to word the first to get any relevant results in web searches, and the second got weird on me.

The context is a civilian with extensive field-medic-style training providing off-the-books, in-home medical/supportive care to a preteen who is ill with a viral* fever-inducing illness. (* Viral seems easier; but bacterial is possible if necessary.) The setting is the modern-day (or at least vaguely post-2010) United States.

1. Is it feasible to administer intravenous (IV) saline without an infusion pump? (I've been assuming it is but want to double-check.)

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2. Is there a point at which a childhood (viral) fever is dangerous?

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watersword

Yuletide very pleasant; usually I get a comment on an old fic or two in a fandom someone has rediscovered through Yuletide and gone on a deep dive for, but not this year!

About three or four inches of snow (7-10cm) fell overnight and I shoveled my front sidewalk and steps, because the snow removal guys had done next door but not us (?), and then tromped down to my assigned house in the neighborhood, where I shoveled the longest driveway in Rhode Island and enough sidewalk for two houses and what felt like two flights of front steps. Thank goodness it was light and powdery, and almost all of the above was in good repair so I didn't have to fight the asphalt like last year, but I earned every bite of the steak and eggs and homefries (not nearly as good as last time) at the diner.

And then C. and her kid and I went to the ZOO and saw CREATURES. Macaws! Ibis! Elephants! A two-year-old giraffe who is already trying to fuck the other giraffes in the enclosure (this is a good thing, they want genetically-diverse babies from him) but he's not tall enough yet! An anaconda 99.8% percent in the water in its tank, I wanted to boop its snout SO MUCH. Red pandas that were so fluffy they looked fake. The river otters were having so much fun in the snow and splashing in their pool. The docents were super friendly and the French fries were delicious. Would 100% zoo again.

Then a hot bath and a nap. Bliss.

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Posted by Sarah Brown

https://cheezburger.com/43782149/21-furdorable-memes-of-cats-being-spoiled-served-and-worshipped-daily

Cats are not spoiled. They are simply living exactly the way they were always meant to. Somewhere along the line, hoomans misunderstood the arrangement and started calling it "spoiling" when really it is just proper service. Extra treats, heated blankets, and a dedicated sleeping spot on the clean laundry are not luxuries. They are rights. A cat does not beg. A cat reminds you of your duties.

Being spoiled is also a full-time performance. A cat will turn its nose up at food it loved yesterday, only to demand it again three hours later like nothing happened. Toys must be rotated for maximum excitement, water must be fresh enough to pass inspection, and laps must be available on demand. Miss one cue and you will hear about it in a very pointed meow. This is not attitude. This is quality control.

The truly spoiled cats are the ones who know they have won. They stretch out dramatically, claim entire couches, and look mildly offended when asked to move. They receive kisses they did not request and compliments they pretend not to care about. And somehow, despite the treats, toys, and total household control, they still act like they are just barely being indulged. That is the magic of cats. They make being pampered look like hard work, and they do it all while purring like they earned it.

https://cheezburger.com/43782149/21-furdorable-memes-of-cats-being-spoiled-served-and-worshipped-daily

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Posted by Laurent Shinar

https://cheezburger.com/43785221/dumpster-kitten-saved-from-las-vegas-heat-by-heroic-rescuer-who-discovered-the-4-month-old-cat-was

Cat rescue stories are rarely straightforward. To begin with you have to take into account that whenever someone who finds a stray in need of help and they turn to their local rescue, they are almost always turned away on account of them having no room. So the obvious and simply solution to the story is already out of the question before the story has covered any ground. Then you are left with a person who is no cat saving expert, but leans on their deep love of cats to do their best to save this cat and give them a better life than the one they were subjected to on the streets. A tough ask of anyone let alone a feline rescuing rookie. But nonetheless this caring and kind person steps in and does what it takes to help the poor catto.

Only to discover that there is an underlying surprise, sometimes it is a behavioral issue, other times physical, or as in the case of this story you have a babushka cat, in that you might think you are rescuing one, but she is pregnant with four more inside her! Culminating in the rescuer raising their arms up in the air with some form of despair much like a late 90s TV dad would when the kids start acting up.

https://cheezburger.com/43785221/dumpster-kitten-saved-from-las-vegas-heat-by-heroic-rescuer-who-discovered-the-4-month-old-cat-was

senmut

Back on, I think, the correct day. (Look, Thursday was a Sunday, Friday was a Monday, today is a Sunday, tomorrow is supposedly a Sunday)

~ North American Indigenous Santa Dance - video, performer is known as "Powwow Santa"
~ Cat figuring how to get in out of a vase - video
~ Frame-slowed, colorized Victorian snowball fight - video

~ The LGBT bookstore saves a man - text, untranscribed, mention of self harm and suicidal ideation (old post, but I reblog when I see it to remember what FAMILY is)
~ Knitted wedding dress - photos and text

~ Trumpeteer gets an unexpected accompaniment - video, sound needed
~ Stonehenge Solstice Cat art - picture

sovay

I spent so much of Boxing Day curled on the couch with my books, I failed to notice it was snowing until well after dark when it glittered down through the streetlight in one of those soundstage tinsel veils. One of my goals for this afternoon was to get out into its Arctic wonderland, whose streets were spidered with ice and drift-blue with chemical salt instead of glacial age. I walked further than I had intended and had to come back across the snow of the imaginatively designated Veterans Memorial Park between the iron freeze of the Mystic River and the less elemental red lights of Route 16.

( Look quick, is that something you missed? )

I have been sick for so long, I feel that I have once again come unplugged from any of the places where I live. I don't know that I will be any less sick in the immediately foreseeable future, but I have to try to socket myself back into these streets, this light, the inside of my own head. I remain so tired the latter feels emptier than I would like, but at least I am trying not to punt every idea that crosses it as pointlessly exhausting. In the meantime I am enjoying Eerie East Anglia: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen (ed. Edward Parnell, 2024) and Russell Hoban's The Bat Tattoo (2002).

Current Music: Bright Eyes, "Mariana Trench"

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ride_4ever

The event is called Rewrite A Fic. It's a multifandom event that gives you eleven months to rewrite a fic you've written before. The event rules are that the work written has to be yours originally, the fic you are rewriting has to be at least 1 1/2 years old, and using generative AI for the fic is strictly prohibited. The length of the fic doesn't matter. There are no content restrictions, but the use of proper content warnings is required when posting the work.

See full comm details, including how to post to the comm and how to add to the comm's AO3 Collection at rewrite_a_fic on DW.

Current Mood: maybe feeling a do-over
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

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Posted by Briana Viser

https://cheezburger.com/43750405/a-holiday-hurrah-of-post-christmas-cat-funnies-to-scroll-after-the-family-leaves

Finally, some alone time to scroll cat memes in peace!

During a season that can feel overwhelming, cats give us something different. Amongst the hustle and bustle of family, events, holidays, celebrations, cooking, cleaning, food, and performing, you finally have some time to breathe again before the new year. Christmas is such a busy holiday, and people really go out of their way to make it a multiple day event. Even flying cross country to get the whole family together has become the norm! But when we're left to our own devices in the quiet hours post Christmas dinner, we can do what we were always meant to do. Cats don't care about schedules or social expectations. They nap while you rush. They interrupt stress with warmth. They curl up beside you when the house finally goes quiet. In a time centered on togetherness, a cat offers a gentler, more intimate kind of connection—one that doesn't require performance.

Scrolling cat memes around Christmas is one of the coziest things we can do. They love Christmas more than we do, with their catnip and tuna presents, getting to destroy all the wrapping paper, and their need to sleep under the Christmas tree. Enjoy these hilarious cat memes for the whole family!

https://cheezburger.com/43750405/a-holiday-hurrah-of-post-christmas-cat-funnies-to-scroll-after-the-family-leaves

southernmedicine

Tomorrow, we have to go to sleep at around 7-7:30pm, because we have to leave for Minneapolis at like 2:30-3:00am Monday morning to make sure we reach the airport, park, get through security and make it to our gate for a 6:30am boarding.

However, I keep getting winter storm warning alerts. Apparently beginning tomorrow evening and lasting until noon or so on Monday, there's supposed to be tons of snow, a blizzard, really, and white-out conditions on the highways.

Blair is at her grandma's house for Second Christmas (I couldn't go because I worked until 3pm today and the party began at noon) so when she gets back, I will ask what her opinion is. Strongly leaning toward the idea of setting out for Minneapolis tomorrow afternoon and staying in a hotel near the airport. I don't think she wants to, because we'd discussed that originally just for the convenience, weather aside. But I'm already concerned about making it with enough time to feel comfortable, and we'll have to drive even slower if the weather is as bad as it sounds like it's going to be.

Bleh.

Current Mood: sleepy

luzula

Please check in here! It is late and I had a little alcohol, so I am too tired to write a proper post. Did not write. Will edit in the tally later. As for my farm news, we drank my homemade cherry wine, which came out great.

Tally:
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china_shop,

the_siobhan,

badly_knitted,

sanguinity,

trobadora,

goddess47,

cornerofmadness,

the_siobhan,

Day 27:

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kalira posting in

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Title: Rally the Pack
Author:

kalira
Fandom: Princess Mononoke
Ship/Characters: San & wolf brothers
Rating/Category: T/Gen
Prompt: Princess Mononoke, San, pack is everything
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: A curious cub ventures close to human children playing at the forest's edge, and San learns anew where her trust must lie - and where it never may.
Notes/Warnings: pre-canon with indeterminately young San and wolf brothers (for whom I have used the names Shou and Niiya, spinning off San read as three)
Wordcount: 850

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tozka

A puffy snowman sticker on a bright red pole. The snowman has a top hat, red scarf and little red mittens. It’s smiling!

📍Phoenix, Arizona - December 2025 / All Photos / Pixelfed

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Posted by Laurent Shinar

https://cheezburger.com/43783429/54-cute-cold-combating-calico-kitten-pics-to-warm-your-heart

The weather outside is frightful, so it is rather delightful that we get to spend some time indoors, hopefully not working, just lounging around waiting for the new year to come so that we can start anew. It is such as special time of year, this mini break between Christmas and the new year. Everyone is calm and content after a glorious Christmas meal. The kids are occupied with their presents and all seems to be rather right with the world for once in the past year.

So what better thing to do, than celebrate this special time with a collection of cute cold combating calico kittens to keep your heart nice and toasty while jack frost nips at the window panes. For if you were unaware, the heating power of cute kittens is one that uniquely warms up the hooman body. Working from the inside out, it uses a combination of heart palpitations and warm vibrations to get you feeling as cozy and comfortable as you have ever been in your life. Gently warming your soul.

https://cheezburger.com/43783429/54-cute-cold-combating-calico-kitten-pics-to-warm-your-heart

pocketmouse

I've been meaning to post for about a month now and just keep not getting around to it. That initial impetus was getting some alarming news about an ex-coworker, about a year after the fact (I'd been told at the time I didn't want to know, and on the one hand that's true, but on the other hand, I probably said some charitable things about him that I wouldn't have if I'd been on the same page as everyone else). But it's not worth going over, so here we are.

I watched the new Knives Out movie, and I've seen a fair amount of good commentary on how the movie handles religion, but I haven't seen anybody talking about the obvious plothole of ( imagery-related spoilers )

I didn't come out of it wanting to read fic about it, either, which isn't too surprising, but what is surprising is that I came out of it wanting to reread the Donald Strachey mysteries, so that's what I've been rereading, alongside a bunch of old fic. There's still just no current fandoms that have got me wanting to write anything, so it's been Merlin, and Magnificent Seven and even Voyager and I've been desperate enough to drag out some old Torchwood wips -- one was about 95% complete, the other was barely-strung-together fragments that included Jack being stuck with an alien device that had him looking female without actually being a sex-swap fic. On top of it being a time travel fic. I have no idea if I had a reason for doing that, or where I was going with it. Unsurprising that that one never got finished, but the other one was so close to done, I don't know what it was missing that I didn't finish it off. Possibly just the fact that it was going to have to have a lackluster ending, being a fic centered on Tosh and Owen. They're legally obliged to not have a happy ending without a hell of a lot more work than 20k.

I probably won't have time to miss still not creating any fanworks, though. I'm heading up an exhibit the weaving guild is doing this summer, and work on that is going to ramp up in the next few months. I just got piece number one (point five, I have a backup-maybe-unfinished project I did last fall) on the loom right now, with a 70%-completed draft for a doubleweave scarf after that that's going to involve a heinous amount of pickup work, which is why it's piece number two. But if I do it right it'll be much prettier than plain old overshot, so. I expect that'll take up a lot of focus once March hits. Hopefully I'll post again before then.

osprey_archer

I’ve barely posted about movies this year, so I decided to do a quick movie round-up - very quick, as I’ve watched barely any movies this year! Some years are just not movie years, I guess…

The Balloonatic: a remix of a Buster Keaton movie set to the music of… okay I should have taken notes, I can’t remember the band, suffice it to say that it was a recentish band to which you would perhaps not expect Buster Keaton to be set. Smashing Pumpkins maybe? Lots of interesting cutting of the film which I don’t really have the technical vocabulary to describe, but just like - cutting what was clearly once one long shot into multiple shots? Kind of synced to the music?

I dragged the Brunch Bunch along to this showing, and we agreed that we’d see another if another came to town. But as we were just about the only people in the theater it is perhaps unsurprising that the theater has not booked another. Even an arthouse cinema has to have an audience.

Interview with a Vampire: I posted a bit of comparison to the book, but did not take time to note that this movie is an A++ example of complete commitment to an aesthetic, the aesthetic in this case being “decadent opulence spattered in blood.” This is an occasional aesthetic for me rather than one I would like to live in, but I admire the commitment.

The Shape of Water: This was a big disappointment, to be honest. Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is one of my all-time favorites, so I went into this movie with high hopes, but honestly it just draaaaaaagged for me. Also highly doubt the ability of the fish-man from the Amazon to survive in the icy coastal waters of the Atlantic.

Kiki’s Delivery Service. A rewatch! Still one of my favorite movies, probably my top two Studio Ghibli with My Neighbor Totoro (but now I feel bad leaving out Spirited Away...) Love Kiki, love Jiji, love the richly detailed setting (which we dubbed “Francemany,” as it is clearly a mash-up of various European localities), love Miyazaki’s love of flying machines. This is an aesthetic I WOULD like to live in.

Also a couple of documentaries. Take Joy! The Magical World of Tasha Tudor is about Tudor’s life at Corgi Cottage, built and largely run in the style of a 19th century farmhouse, where Tudor lives with her goats, her doves, her corgyn (Tudor’s plural of corgi), her one-eyed cat Minou, and seven looms. (These are not all Tudor’s looms. Sometimes she gives house-space to a friend’s loom, if the friend doesn’t have loom room, a loom being a large contraption.) An inspiring example of building your own little world and living in it.

This theme is further developed in Take Peace: A Corgi Cottage Christmas with Tasha Tudor, an enchanting documentary perfect for anyone who has ever enjoyed Tasha Tudor’s Christmas illustrations, as the illustrations apparently draw extensively on Tasha Tudor’s own Christmas traditions or possibly vice versa, in a virtuous cycle of candlelit charm.

If you can’t find the documentary, the photo book Forever Christmas appears to have been made in conjunction, and includes some material not included in the film. Can’t believe they left out the sleigh ride!