May 31st 2007 9:42 am
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Cooper tagged me! AUGH! He's such a quick cat so I couldn't get away. So, here are some interesting things about me (which I am figuring you know...but for the fun of it here are 7 things about me):
1) I ADORED watching red 18 wheelers when we would drive. I would get very excited when I saw a red truck and jump onto the back of the seat and watch it with great interest.
2) I was never much into hunting - I always perferred my food to be served to me - the civilized thing to do. BUT, I did catch a little lizard - which we have many of in Florida, and run in and drop it on Daddy's bare foot. It was still alive...don't worry...Mom got it from the house and Daddy praised me for being so quick!
3) I loved to walk around in our grass in Tallahassee. I only got into a yard a few times in Palm Coast, but did it often in Tally-town. I would venture out and about, but never outside of the yard. Mom and Dad called me a wild kitty when I did this.
4) I ADORED massages, which Mom would give to me often enough. I would stretch out and let her rub me ALL over....ah...those I miss.
5) I wasn't really a lap cat, but I loved to be around people. I would come up and sit next to someone or close by. Mom and Dad tried to get me to sleep on their laps, but I didn't really care for it. BUT, whenever someone was sick I would come to bed with them and lie right next to them so they would feel better. Mom and Dad miss that :(
6) I use to sleep inbetween Dad's legs in bed during the winter months. Mom and Dad said it was strange this year for I wasn't on the bed with them as I had been for so many years before. Daddy has big, furry, warm legs so I was always toasty!
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7) I left a note behind for my non-furry brother, Jack-Jack, to remember me. Mom and Dad still talk about me and are teaching Jack-Jack about me since I took care of him while he was growing inside of Mom.
MURR!
~Camilla
October 29th 2006 10:42 pm
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I am Camilla's mom, Rene, and am writing this on her behalf.
Well, as most things go in life, we had some great joy this past weekend due to the birth - rather unexpected, I should say - of our son, Jack. He was 1 month early, but arrived in extremely great health at only 5lbs and 18 inches. He was born on the 25th of October; however, we also had to deal with a rather big loss only 2 days after Jack's arrival.
Camilla was put to sleep on Friday, Oct. 27th, only 1 day away from meeting her non-furry brother (we were released on Saturday, Oct. 28th). She had become extremely lethargic, was not eating and was beginning to labor with her breathing. Grandma, who had traveled from PA to meet her new non-furry grandson, noticed her state and requested Doug come home to check on her - he stayed mostly at the hospital going home once a day (our cousins were taking care of the animals while we were away).
Doug noticed that she was not herself right away and upon arrival to the vet it was noted that she had lost 1 lb. since we had taken her to see them 1 week prior. She was not suffering and we are SO very thankful for that. We decided she was letting us know that it was time for her take her leave and granted her a non-painful death.
Doug and Grandma saw her away, while I said my goodbyes via a cell phone, since I was stranded in the hospital.
It is a very painful thing to have so much sorrow at the time of so much joy.
We had Camilla for almost 9 full years and enjoyed every single minute with her. Our only regret is that she was not able to meet Jack, for she loved children so much.
On behalf of Cammie's Dad, Doug, and myself, we'd like to thank all of her great friends in the Catster community for their support over the last few months. Cammie really enjoyed getting to know you and has requested that her canine annoying, but loveable, brother, Shamus, take over writing a blog on his Dogster site. He agreed to do it for her, in memory of her, and should begin that in a few weeks.
We posted a picture of Jack on her so that you, her feline friends, can see her non-furry brother, whom she would have loved SO VERY MUCH if given the opportunity. However, her body had other thoughts than her mind.
MURR!!!!
With a heavy heart,
~Rene and Doug
October 21st 2006 5:48 pm
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I heard an interesting story on the news today about pumpkins. Tis the season for pumpkins, you know. Pumpkins are EVERYWHERE now. Mom has 4 on the entertainment center - they aren't real - and there is another fake one serving as Mr. Pumpkinhead's head outside on the front porch. Usually Mom and Dad get small ones and carve them right before Halloween and then we get to bake the seeds from inside.
HMMMM - so yummy.
At any rate, it seems that in NJ they are having to import pumpkins! That's right! They have to have pumpkins shipped in to pumpkin farms where people pay to pick their own pumpkins. The pumpkin crop in NJ was plagued by a "combination of weather, fungus and hungry deer "
Of course, being 1/2 awake when I heard this I was thinking, "They have pumpkins in China?" I mean that's where all of our imports come from now a days, right?
Turns out that they are shipping them in from Michigan and Canada....not China!!
Rain, fungus keeping NJ pumpkin crop low
Sometimes......I don't know....I have to giggle at myself!
Speaking of pumpkins, I'd like to thank my dear sis, Keiser, for my lovely new pumpkin and pink rosette on my page. I love them! Thanks!
For more interesting topics check out Keiser.
Well, I went to the vet again today. I didn't want to go and put up quite a fuss when Dad put on my harness and leash. While I was on the table waiting for the vet to inspect me I decided I could make a break for it by jumping through one of the two windows on either side of the table. Dad stopped me by continuing to pet me and so I bit him.
Well, I didn't really BITE him. I gave him a nice love nip to know that I meant to get away from that dreaded place. He responded by, "OW, she bit me!!!!!!" in shocked tones.
Sometimes I have to let them know that I mean business!
The vet looked at me and pulled more blood. Turns out I have lost another 1/2 lb in one month. I don't see how that happened because I have been eating a lot!!! The tests came back that my kidneys had stabilized - which everyone was happy to hear - but, my cancerous growths continue to grow. The vet doesn't think that I have too many months left, but he was also surprised to hear that I was eating as well as I was. Plus, Dad also told him how active I have been.
I am fighting the cancer right now. I like a good fight! I'll let Mom and Dad know when my time has come...until then...I'd like to continue to eat what I want, when I want and I am looking forward to meeting my baby brother, Jack.
MURR!
Hope all of you, out there in Catster land, are doing well.
Smooches,
~Cammie
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