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Here is another awesome picture of Billie from Zoolarity. Than you Anne! :)
Billie has been doing so well. In fact this morning she has been eating like a piggy (2 breakfasts +snacks!) playing with a toy mouse and having some nip.
Last Saturday she was hiding under the sofa and I was trying to get her to drink some water and eat a bit without much luck. I'm just so relieved!
I have replaced her Temptations with dry Iams salmon and rice. I know, big deal, they get that in their bowl... Billie is not fooled, but she is going along with it. She's my good girl. Cricket ,I'm sure will be complaining soon. ;)
It's another Saturday of grocery shopping. Ick! I do not do well in crowds. I swear I absorb everyone else's negative emotions. Believe me, there's lots of cranky people at the grocery store.
I haven't been sleeping well and it's catching up with me. I feel like I'm just having too many "duh" moments. I'm going back on my stronger pain reliever and anti-inflamitory meds. I'm also back on the stomach acid reducers. Can't have one without the other I guess.
I hope you all are having a much more fun and interesting weekend. (unless of course you like grocery shopping...) I'm going to hit up the coffee carafe again and I see Cody giving me the "I want a snack look." Oh, right on time, here's Naughty Noodle too! :)
Love and Hugs to You!
This is what happens when I am bored with folding laundry and sweet, silly Cody comes to play. I put the toy mouse on his head and he actually waited for me to take his picture! He's so funny and so very patient. No, the soccer ball isn't usually a part of my decor, my daughter just hadn't put it away. :)
It has been all quiet on the home front which is just the way I like it. Is it me, or has this been a very long month? There has been a bit of excitement a few blocks away at the hospital in our neighborhood. A helicopter crashed on the roof of the hospital this morning! No one perished thank goodness. Black smoke filled the air for a while and the hospital has been evacuated.
A couple of months ago, there was that natural gas explosion in the quaint shopping district east of us. Wow, all of this happening all around us. Yikes!
I have been trying to visit as many friends as I can while I'm on the computer. Everyone's support during Billie's illness was just so comforting. I just hope I am able to offer support when anyone needs it. Please know how much I care for all of you and your fur babies!
Have a really happy ending of the week. Find time to do something that makes you happy. = ^.. ^=
Look what Zoolalatry made for us! Isn't it lovely? I am so impressed with such artistic talent. I'm lucky if I can post a picture. :)
Billie is completely recovered! Before I tossed the last Temptations bag I gave it one final sniff to be sure. Now, Billie's um, odor is fading and she is in the process of a very careful snipping and combing process, but there is no mistaking the smell. She is very allergic to Temptations. I don't even dare give them to Cricket and Cody. Plus, it wouldn't be fair for them to have the treats and not her.
I don't mean to bash Temptations at all. There are many kitties that digest them just fine. But, like people there are many pets that develop food allergies. Billie just could not digest them and that's why she reeked of them when she was sick. I'm thinking that's kind of a tip off for anyone who has a food allergy. (Gross, but true.)
Once again, I can't thank everyone enough for their purrs and prayers. I was sick with worry and knowing that there were so many thinking of Billie helped me so much! I don't do well under stress. I mean, I can do what needs to be done and I love being a caretaker, but after all is settled I'm usually a big ball of worries and what ifs for quite a while.
I'm just really hoping this was the last bit of trouble. Not just for me and my kitties, but for everyone and their fur babies. Let's purr and pray for health and happiness for all!
You are all in my heart. =^ . .^= <3
Thank You All! Billie is better! She has been eating like crazy today, hasn't barfed or pooed and just peed nicely in her box.
She's tangled from her bath yesterday and will need a lot of grooming, but she is very happy.
I am overwhelmed with all of the kindness of everyone. I don't know if I can even put it in words how much you all have touched me and how much your lovely words and outpouring of friendship mean to me. I have tears of happiness and relief today. I'm also amazed at the power of Purrs and Prayers.
Now, on to what I think happened. I will know for sure when she goes to the VET for a checkup
. Bear with me because this will be a bit gross.
Billie loves Temptations. I mean love as in would eat the whole bag in one day. She last had quite a bit Friday night. She relapsed again later that night. (She started getting sick Thursday evening.)
Her poo was very loose and her being fluffy didn't make it easy. She reeked. But, it smelled oddly familiar. Here's the yucky part. I kept trying to place that smell. I thought about what she had eaten. When she greeted me this morning purring and wanting to be fed I was so happy and I opened up a can of stinky goodness. I then picked up the Temptations bag and realized that they smelled like Billie's poo! She had not had any Temptations since Friday evening. Could Billie be allergic to Temptations? I'm starting to think so!
When I say she's feeling better I mean Billie is just like her old self. She's eating and drinking water, not hiding under the sofa and she's purring when I pet her. I can't let her have Temptations anymore. I don't even want to test my theory. All of my mother's instinct is telling me I'm right.
If I'm wrong and she gets sick again before her appointment I don't know what I'll do.
I can't thank everyone in the Kitty Blogosphere enough for visiting and leaving their gentle purrs. Every time I read about a fur baby getting sick or going to the Bridge I cry and feel so bad. It means so much to know there are so many that love their kitties and woofies and other pets as much as I do. It's not that my family doesn't like my kitties, it's just that they don't have the maternal feelings and bond that I have with them.
You are all very special and I can't get over how just one word from Mo and everyone responds. The Power Of Mo... :)
I went to the Cat Blogosphere page and was just amazed at the network! I now know to check there regularly so I know what is going on.
I have so many Blogs to visit. I will be visiting as many as I can this coming week. Please know how much I appreciate all of you. Billie and I will always be grateful for you kindness and caring.
I will update again soon and hopefully she will still be feeling better and better.
Love and Hugs Always! <3
I am sorry I have not been visiting. Billie is very sick. She has bouts of very loose stool and vomiting. She will seem to feel better and then it will happen again. My husband thinks it's just a bug and it will pass. I am not so sure.
I have had to bathe her and that has been hard on her. I am being very gentle and wearing thick garden gloves so she does not scratch me.
My husband wanted to bathe her, but I said no. He is too rough and impatient. He is also very frustrated with the vet bills.
My family likes my cats, but that's just it. They are my cats and just pets to them. Cute when they are playful and healthy and inconvenient when they are sick. He even told me I would have less heartbreak if I didn't have cats.
I will be getting Billie to the vet as soon as I can. She is eating little amounts and drinking water. Right now she is hiding under the sofa and very angry with me for bathing her. I feel awful for upsetting her, but she smelled so bad and she is such a mess.
It will be one year since Tookie went to the Rainbow Bridge on June 4. Now, I'm afraid I will lose Billie. I feel very alone in my sadness. It gives me some comfort to know that there are some who understand.
I will try to update as much as I can. I'm just so very tired of sad things happening. I will try to visit when I have a chance. Please purr and pray for Billie. Hope that the vet can help her and that I'm doing my best to care for her.
I'm thinking no one is going to want to read my blog because I'm always sad. I'm sorry. Thank you for understanding. Please have a good weekend.
Cricket finally got her daddy to play with her last night. She loves this fuzzy tail-like thing with feathers on the end. It's attached to a plastic handle and Daddy swings it around. She loves to jump up onto the furniture to catch it. It's funny that she waits until it's close to my husbands bed time to want to play. She will sit in front of his chair, staring up at him and then she will actually heave a very loud sigh. It's so cute! I have never heard a cat sigh like she does.
It's another chilly evening here. The week is just dragging. My daughter's last day of school is June 6. Then she will be a senior in high school. (gulp)
We don't have any big plans for the holiday weekend. I will be happy if I can get to the nursery and get in my garden. My husband needs to buy a new grill, so maybe we will do that too. Now, if it will just warm up!
I would have some very happy window sitting, bird watching kitties if I could open up the house and let warm, fresh air in.
I hope everyone is able to do what they'd like this weekend. Even curling up with a book and a cool drink sounds wonderful. Or maybe ice cream... :)
Tonight though, hot tea for me.
Isn't this picture cute? I saw it in an add in Fairie Magazine, so I looked up the site. It's from a place called Baba -store.com It's a company owned by an Irish woman and a Russian man.
I'm trying different fonts. I'm noticing I'm having a harder time reading on the computer. I think it's time for new glasses. I'm very fussy about my frames. I want really light weight frames and it would be nice if they actually stayed where they belong and not slide down my nose all day.
It's been another chilly day here. Our furnace has been running! It's late May, come on all ready! We avoided a frost warning last night because we had cloud cover. I'm so glad because I don't think some of my plants could have handled it.
Billie is behind me on the love seat snoring. :) She has such a tiny nose, poor kitty! She became really angry with me today while I was grooming her. I had to get her scissors out to cut some knots and she just wasn't in the mood. She swatted at me claws out and eyes big. Yikes! Between my hands , which are getting harder to use for long time periods and her older kitty temperament, I'm thinking Miss Billie is going to get shaved. I don't want her to be traumatized by it though. I know they sedate high strung kitties. Plus it's kinda cold here to be shaved. Maybe in the Summer. I just hope it grows back by fall. Otherwise she'll have to wear a sweater. I don't think Billie will be as good as Daisy about wearing clothes. =^.. ^=
I have been in such a sleepy daze today. My strep and head cold are gone (yay!) and I have just a little cough left. I really want to get out and pull some weeds, but I can only pull so many before my hands get sore. I think just getting out in some sun for a little while will feel nice.
Okay, I'm done rambling now. :) Time to go put lunches together for tomorrow and make myself a cup of tea.
Take care!
