November 26th 2009 10:25 pm
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Hi kitties!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Catster pals! I hope everycat had a wonderful day. We had a great day ~ Mommy slept in really late and woke up to me, kneading, purring, and drooling all over her face! MOL! We had a catnip party and Sophie got a special chewy treat. For dinner, Lucy, Charlie, Sophie and I all got a special holiday meal. But no table scraps at our house, Mommy is a vegetarian. It was Charlie's and my first Thanksgiving and it's now my favorite holiday!
Over the past couple of months, we have all been tagged by wonderful Catster friends. On Halloween, Lucy was tagged by *Luke*, Sally was tagged by *Bob*, and I was tagged by *Pippen*. And for Thanksgiving, I was tagged by *Riley*. On behalf of all the tags, as the official Thanksgiving spokescat in my family (shhhhh! Don't tell Lucy or Charlie!), it's my honor to list 5 things that I am thankful for.
1. I am thankful for my first foster mommy who stepped in and saved Charlie and me when we were only 2 weeks old. Someone was trying to dump us and made the decision to adandon us at the high-kill animal control/pound in Tucson; our first foster mommy literally saved our lives. I am also thankful for my second foster mommy who took good care of me and Charlie for two months and even drove us two hours to our new home with our forever mommy!
2. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful that my forever mommy adopted me AND my brother Charlie (with a little encouragement from our Catster friends!). Sometimes he bugs me but I like to give him baths and wrestle with him! I am thankful for Lucy and Sophie. Lucy keeps me clean and hugs me with her teeth and paws! Sophie lets me eat some of her food and she tries really hard not to step on my floofy tail!
3. I am thankful that my angel sister Sally opened my dog-loving mommy's heart to kitties. Sally paved the way for Lucy, Charlie, and me with the special love she shared with mommy. I love you, Sally cat.
4. I am thankful for my health! I am thankful for my neurologist! I am thankful that I can run, play, and JUMP again! I am thankful that I no longer have poopy pants because my nerves and muscles are working again!
5. I AM THANKFUL FOR MY CATSTER FRIENDS!!! I love Catsterland and it's been a special place for my family for a long time. But in September, when I suddenly became so ill, Catster became an even more special place. From the encouraging comments to the multiple groups sending purrs to the special angels guarding over me, it was AMAZING. New kitty friends, longtime kitty friends, I was surrounded by purrs. There were kitties doing internet research to try and help figure out what was going on with me and kitties writing diary entries about me and even kitty mommies giving my mommy a shoulder to cry on when she was so scared. Within days of my illness I had literally received hundreds and hundreds of pmails, rosettes, gifts, comments, FB messages, and PURRS! The POTP was in full effect and your purrs and support helped make my miracle happen! I truly am a Catster miracle.
On this Thanksgiving, my very first Thanksgiving, I am the most thankful kitten. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thankful foxy bonks,
Leo
November 24th 2009 7:46 pm
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Want to see *video* of me looking foxy and playing?! I LOVE the Cat Dancer but I have to wait until Charlie and Lucy aren't looking; otherwise they always get in my way! Sometimes it's hard to be a lovebug...
Foxy bonks,
Leo
*Update from Mom*
When I adopted the kittens in June, I put them on Pet Plan insurance. I hoped I wouldn't actually ever need it but just in case, I wanted to be prepared so finances did not dictate medical decisions. And then Leo became seriously ill with an unknown condition that required an ER visit, multiple vet visits, and an appointment and testing with a neurologist.
As you can probably imagine, Leo's medical appointments and neurology visits and tests were very expensive. I was hopeful (but a little skeptical) that the insurance would kick in as promised. I've had to fax and email the same forms repeatedly and that was a bit irritating. For the past 2 months I've just been waiting to see what they would reimburse.
Today I received the reimbursement and they held up their end of the contract! I paid a $100 deductible and they covered 90% of all the vet tests and appointments and 70% of the neurology appointment and testing!
Of course, the most important thing is that Leo is healthy and doing well! But it's nice to know that the insurance company was true to their word and that my little guys are covered!
November 22nd 2009 6:24 pm
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Life is good! I'm happy, healthy and jumping around like a grasshopper! In one week, my prednisolone dose will be dropped to a 1/4 tablet every other day. My goal to be off the juice by the holidays is within my big, floofy paw's reach!
For some bizarre reason, Charlie is still bigger than me even though I'm the kitten on steroids! He is now almost 2 whole pounds bigger than me and he even outweighs Lucy now. Whatever.
I have the (well-deserved) reputation as being the cuddly lovebug in my family. But today, I reminded mommy and Charlie and Lucy that lovebugs can also be very brave! Mommy was vacuuming the downstairs and Charlie and Lucy were totally hiding under the bed upstairs. Mommy thought I was hiding, too, but when she and the vacuum monster came around the corner, she saw me sitting on the landing watching! I'm not afraid of the vacuum-monster!
Brave lovebug headbonks,
Leo
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