David Chiu

Today I picked up our cat Oliver from radiation treatment of hyperthyroidism. Oliver is doing fine. The “operation” is actually just a shot of radioactive material to shrink the tumor in his thyroid. Only problem is that Oliver and his “waste” will now be radioactive till March 12th. That’s right. We have a radioactive cat. This means we have to limit our direct exposure to him. We were told that if we were to hold Oliver to our chest for 24 hours it would be equivalent to a chest x-ray. Nothing that will kill you or even harm you - in the short term, but a lot of radiation exposure could cause cancer…

Our puppy has been detained in puppy boot camp for an extra week. He hasn’t perfected his commands yet. The other day I went to visit him and take him for a walk. I even tried some of the commands such as “sit”, “down” and “heel”. He’s pretty good, except he’s super hyper and easily distracted. Hopefully he will get to come home soon.