They lied.

When I went on the field trip to the other room, they did not give me ice cream like they said they would.  They gave me something called subcutaneous fluids, which is the opposite of ice cream!  And don't think I didn't hear them talking about the metronidazole (an antibiotic for the gut) tasting like the most awful thing ever and that I'd have to take that twice a day.  At least they added banana flavoring to the other medicine (metoclopramide--a gut motility drug), so I guess it isn't a total loss.

Simon was a very good boy at the vet's and was complimented by the vet tech, who said he looked like a little bumble bee.  Later on, he mentioned that while giving the fluids, Simon was licking his hand.  Simon made a new friend today!