Higher doses of the diuretic can cause harm to the kidneys, so we'll follow up in a few weeks to do a renal panel to check on his kidney function. Considering the scares we had in April and June, we're pretty thrilled to have him still here with us, bossing us around, with a pretty solid quality of life. We continue to be so grateful for his care team and the innumerable people checking in on him and us periodically.

 

Jeanie Bean is healthy except for her eyes. She's blind and has glaucoma. We administer two different kinds of eye drops daily to reduce the pressure in her eyes. She does not like it, but could easily sport a sign that says “will be compliant for pets, snuggles, and kisses,” so we make it work. She also is not a needle fan, which was a part of this week's appointment. She was rewarded with the squeeze tube of goopy “stinky cat treat,” which they both freaking love. (But it really is stinky and very gross to the humans.)

In other #BehindTheScenes news, the first weekend of September is always a busy photo week, and this year was no different. We took photos at the ReelAbilities Film Festival and at A Fair in the Park.

 

We also launched Kirsten Ervin's new art website, and had a fantastic initial meeting with a new client about a new website.

 

We launched a little shop on our site to test some ideas, and hopefully build some momentum as we work out all the details with our artist collaboration plan.

 

We're still making headway toward the launch of Studio 8000 and we're getting ready to celebrate our 13th business anniversary throughout October! (So stay tuned.)