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Cody Re-purrting
Hey everyone! Happy Groundhog Day! Do you think spring will come now? I sure love to garden with Momma when it's nice and warm. I have been so bored this winter!
See my cool box? I love boxes! Every time a new one comes in the house I jump in as soon as I can.
Billie is feeling way better! She comes in the kitchen to eat with the rest of us kitties now. I felt very bad for her because she wasn't eating very much and she was very stinky. Then she had to have a bath and take medicine! Poor girl! Momma was so sad too. It was a rough time here at Lorianna's Cat House, but now everything seems to be getting back to normal.
We will celebrate my 14th birthday this May! Toeshee will be a 1 year old mancat on March 18th. He will probably have a party too. I might get him a present if he stops playing so rough with me. Cricket's birthday is a mystery. Momma is thinking that celebrating it on the first day of summer is a good idea. She will be 7! Billie will be 14 too in July.
See, all the fun happens in the warmer months!
Well, I am bugging Momma to get up and give me a snack and then this afternoon she will start visiting all of you. Hopefully she will get some peace from the grumpy Teenagergirl and Thedaddyman. ;) (at least us kitties are cute when we want dinner)
We are sending Big Hugs!
Getting Better
Billie had an intestinal bug! Her poor immune system just makes her so sensitive to things like that. She doesn't need IV fluids, just an antibiotic, rest, small meals and plain yogurt. She had really bad loose bowel movements and she was very messy and smelly. I gave her a bath with some conditioning kitty shampoo yesterday and she seems to have forgiven me.
Her Vet says one kidney isn't working too well, but the other is 100%. Kitties can manage really well like that with minor setbacks for a long time. The only thing she has against her is her age. She feels that Billie, while irritable and of a certain senior age, is not ready to go yet. Billie will let me know when she is ready. Yesterday and today she ate really well and she had a normal, non messy bowel movement.
I have been so worried and scared. I just couldn't believe that I would have to possibly say goodbye to her. I certainly would never want any of my kitties to suffer, but Billie was still eating and alert and she is prone to a grumpy disposition when her tummy is bothering her. Every time she gets sick now, I fear the worst and every time she bounces back. I know the day will come when that won't be the case.
Right now she is sleeping peacefully in her cat carrier. The picture of her and Toeshee was taken a week and a half ago. Billie was sleeping next to me on the sofa and Toeshee jumped up in between us. At first Billie looked really mad, but then she realized he just wanted to snuggle too and not put the bitey on her. They both closed their eyes and slept like that for quite a while.
Thank You all so much for your purrs and prayers! I am so, so sorry that I have not been by to visit. I just want everything to get back to normal and it looks like Billie may be on the mend.
I went to the doctor too and she changed my prescription and agreed to schedual my x rays for later this spring. I should be applying heat to my hips and resting them when I get a chance, but sometimes that is easier said than done.
I appreciate the friendship more than you can all know and I will try very hard to get back into the swing of things as soon as I can. If anything changes with Billie I will let you know too.
I hope everyone is okay. I have a lot of catching up to do!
Hugs from Billie and me.
Very Worried and Very Sad.
Oh, I do not even want to type this. Billie is not doing well at all. She is barely eating except for bits of Fancy Feast and she growls at me whenever I try to touch her. She has crawled into the cat carrier we keep out for Toeshee's timeouts and will only come out once in a while to use the litterbox. I have had to coax her to eat and she will drink a bit of water. I asked my husband what we should do? Is it time for sub- cu fluids, or should we be thinking about something worse? He is not happy about taking measures that may not help and the Vet says it is up to us and she will help us make Billie comfortable. I have a bad feeling about that word; comfortable.
I know what my husband thinks is the best thing for her. I am just not ready to give up on Billie yet. I just don't want to do this again. Not my Billie, not now.
I am supposed to go in for x-rays on my hips, but I'm going to cancel so I can stay with Billie and save some money in case I need it for her. If I can just keep her eating and hydrated she may get some strength to bounce back a bit. She has done it before. Please keep Billie in your thoughts and purrayers.
Hugs. <3 (I will try to update and visit when I get a chance, okay?)
We are still here.
What a yucky weekend and week so far... The flare in my hips and hands will not go away. I fear I will need hip x rays and I know for sure that they are not ever going to be the same. Hmm... do you think they can give me thinner ones? :)
Our internet is being very wonky and I was only able to upload one picture out of a few that I had ready. Hopefully it will straighten out soon.
It was actually sunny when I took this picture! Cody loved it until Toeshee invaded his space. Toeshee doesn't quite understand the concept of personal space. Aren't they handsome though? :)
The good news is my fever is gone and I'm up and about. So now that I'm not in bed anymore I can start visiting, internet and fingers willing. (Like I said; not a fun weekend!)
I miss you all and I hope this week will be very happy for you!
Grooming The Floof
Toeshee and his comb do not have a friendly relationship. He thinks it's a toy and swats at it, usually getting my hand in the process. After a few minutes of this I put the comb down and he put his paw down. Okay, I get it. You've had enough!
Not much going on here. It's beyond cold! I am so stiff. We are all so tired of it and I for one am more eager than ever for Spring.
I need to make my visiting rounds in Bloggieland and I hope everyone is doing well. I'm so sad about PooPoo and I haven't visited the Catblogosphere yet, so I hope all is well. I will keep up with the candle lighting.
Billie is sleeping a lot, but she's eating okay. I think she stays warmer curled up tight, so I don't blame her for the power naps next to the heat register.
I know winter has it's icy grasp all the way down south, so I hope everyone can stay warm and snuggly.
Warm Thoughts and Hugs!
Goodbye Sweet PooPoo
I have learned that JB's sister PooPoo went to the Rainbow Bridge very suddenly. She was such a beautiful little handful and her Mommy Deb loves her (still loves her) very much. I will miss reading about her antics and her "Cattitude".
You can visit JB's Small World to send condolences if you would like.
I feel so bad for her Mom. But, I will try to picture PooPoo happy and healthy now at the Rainbow Bridge. Bye bye Sweetie.
Go Away Cold!
We are tired of shivering and looking out the window to see only endless white. I get the feeling from Cody sometimes that he thinks I can fix it somehow. He just gives me these looks like, "Momma, you make food appear and you clean the litterbox to make poo disappear, so why can't you make the cold go away?"
I think he misses the garden as much as I do.
The other kitties just sleep and eat to pass the time. Cody does that and shreds paper and roams the house like a caged tiger. That's what I get for letting him go out with me in the warmer months, but he just loves it! We adopted him from the "street." He was the neighborhood cat that everyone knew, but didn't want, except for me. I fed him and sweet talked him until one day he sauntered into the house and behaved like a perfect gentleman.
In the summertime he is so relaxed and happy and in the wintertime he's cranky and bored and depressed. Kind of like a lot of people huh? ;) See animals aren't so different from beans are they?
Well, I am going to finish up some chores so I can enjoy some free time later to visit some blogs. I wanted to last night, but my daughter wanted to go to the mall to look for a dress for the Sweetheart Swirl dance next month. So, we bundled up and headed out. We found a really pretty dress and it was marked down from $60.00 to $14.97!! Even if she never wears it again it was a deal we couldn't pass up. Now she says her next dress will be for prom! *o*
I don't think we'll find one for that price again.
I will see you soon! Hugs!
