SLEEPY SUNDAY

Today is a lazy day for us kitties. Bail, Landy and I are on Mommy's bed right now. Landy is out like a light as he had the cat crazies as soon as the sun rose. Bail's drifting off to some song by Chloe Agnew from one of the "Celtic Women" CD's. Of course this was dictated to Mommy a few minutes before I nodded off.

Mommy told me that Ms. Peggy wrote little day-by-day notes on her progress with us kitties and how Landy and I followed her around the house like dogs. She mentioned that Merl only came out when some organic nip was offered to him. MOL! He can never say no to nip even when a stranger offers it. She also caught Landy stealing Cam's moist food; she bought a tube of Nutri-Cal for Cam as she thought she was listless. Lastly, she brought over her radio and had it playing classical music 24/7. Yep, us kitties were introduced to another type of music and we loved it.

Anyway, I'll be on my way. Have a pawsome Sunday, my friends.

Purrs and Breeps,

Sampy

CONCATS, LANDY AND UPDATE ON MOMMY'S KNEE

First, of all, I concat the head nurse, Landy, on his DDP today! I'm also one of the head nurses in the household who is glued to Mommy's side. Next, is Merl, Bail and then, believe it or not, Cam. As Landy mentioned, the old gal has been coming into Mommy's bedroom every evening before bedtime. This is a rarity! She's trying her best to deal with Landy's bullying her by chasing and boxing her in the butt.

Lastly, Mommy was taken by her neighbor to the ortho surgeon today for followup treatment on her knee. They took x-rays which turned out great! He told her to bend the knee and she bent it a lot. He was pleased and wants to see her in three weeks for another followup visit. Also, Mommy asked him if her knee felt hot to him and he said it did and it was normal as it was still inflamed (numb in that area too). He told her to use two pillows to elevate her knee.

Anyway, that's it. We're keeping to one diary a day for now. Goodnight, everycat.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

TODAY IS THE BIG DAY!

Mommy comes home today! Us kitties are so excited that we can't sit still! When she gets home, we will shower her with welcome home purrs, sandpaper kisses and wet nose whisker tickles. We will be glued to her.

Words alone cannot convey how much we missed our
Mommy and hope that she's never gone this long again!

Auntie Mary and Ms. Peggy have been good to us and still we long for Mommy's return!

One of us will post later today with more news on Mommy's return.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

Update

Here's an update sent via Mommy's iPhone: She's doing okay & the swelling has gone down on her knee. Intense P.T. starts tomorrow.

Us kitties are doing fine. The pet sitter, Peggy, managed to lure Merl out from the bed with nip. Auntie Mary stopped by today & Merl let her pet him. This is great progress!

Lastly, I thank the DIary Gal for the DDP honor today & cool comments from my friends!

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

HEY EVERYCAT!

Just a short late note to let everycat know we're doing fine.

Mommy's having her total knee replacement surgery tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. so keep her in your prayers and purrs. We're purring loudly too!

Mark and Peggy will be sitting for us while Mommy is away. Landy, Cam and I met them both; they're very nice. Bail and Merl hid under the bed. They're the shy guys.

Anyway, we'll be back in the regular swing of things after Mommy's back.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

TODAY'S MY BIG DAY!

I'm 15 years old today! I'm still going strong heart wise; but am still dealing with the itchies that don't want to go away completely. I also have arthritis in my back legs which makes it harder to walk up and down the stairs. Still, I work my legs by giving them a lot of exercise so they don't stiffen up on me totally. Walking up and down stairs is good exercise, hint, hint, hint Mommy!

I thank HQ for the yummy birthday cake, treats and birthday email.

I also thank my following friends for their gifts, etc.:

1. CALLIE ROSE - pawsome pawmail and card;
2. MILO - & Family cute bunny;
3. VIOLET & Family - lovely Easter egg;
4. BELLA & Family - lovely Easter egg;
5. WESLEY & Family - lovely Easter egg;
6. HAZEL LUCY - cool comment;
7. DA TABBIES O TROUT TOWNE - pawsome pawmail;
8. MUPPET & FAMILY - lovely heart.

Lastly, I concat our angel Max on being Diary of the Day! Way to go Max. It's great to see that two of my angel brothers (Bentley) have gotten Diary of the Day in the same year. I believe Bentley was up in the spotlight a couple weeks ago.

Anyway, I got to take a nap.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAIL FROM ALL OF US!

I'm the spokescat tonight and extend happy birthday wishes to Bail on behalf of all of us!

I get my turn at having a birthday on Friday, April 6th. I'll be 15 years old!

Also, Mommy found out some good news from my cardiologist's tech today. I don't have to get an echocardiogram until November! That's good 'cause I'm not in the mood for getting my chest shaved right now. Also, it's good for Mommy as she's all lined up with doctor visits and surgery this month.

Well, that's it from me.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

TRANSFER OF ZEALIES AND OTHER SUBJECTS

My furmily and I decided to transfer a bunch of Zealies to another pawsome Catster family, namely ANGEL BUDDIE, CASH, GIBBS, et al. We're rolling in Zealies and haven't had much time to send any out in some time. Some of these Zealies were left over from a photo contest Catster used to have wherein we did a lot of voting.

Bail, did send his girl a BIG yummy cake today. Yep, we're feeling generous today!

As to me; those itchies happen mostly early morning and times when Mommy wants to sleep. I ROCK the bed with my itching and scratching and licking. She thinks I've been stealing Cam's food, because she's seen me almost do it twice.

Also, somecat did a yucky load of poop in the hallway! Now, we got another phantom pooper in the house. Hmmmmmmm, who could it be??? Mommy thinks it's me again as Cam's food probably upset my system after eating the RX food for a long time. Innocent until proven guilty on this, I say!

Anyway, Bail is going to be an old mancat tomorrow (he-he). He'll be 7 years old. On April 6th, I turn 15 years old. Now, that's an older mancat!

Lastly, Mommy's trying to schedule my heart exam for early April instead of May because of her knee surgery and one month recovery. She called the hospital yesterday, and the receptionist said they don't take drop offs. Mommy told her she has to drop me off as she's run out of time off from work because of blood tests for her upcoming surgery. The tech, will be calling Mommy tomorrow with an answer. Hopefully, she'll agree to this. They let Mommy drop me off last year as I was having a hard time walking two days after the sedation they gave me. Hopefully, they'll make an exception this time too. Cross your paws that they say "yes".

Anyway, that's it from me.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

THE PHANTOM POOPER STRIKES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN . . . .

Will the phantom pooper ever stop dropping evidence on the dining room rug? This happened again a couple times this week and in fact yesterday evening was the latest deposit.

Yep, the phantom pooper is me! Of course, Mommy had her suspicions all along as I go to my litter box, try to go and then nothing happens so I go elsewhere or part of goes where it should go, and some of it lands on the floor somewhere.

Yesterday, I tired to go in Cammie's box and nothing happened. Mommy saw me, then guided me back to the box. I turned around and ran downstairs. Sure enough, there on the dining room rug, was the evidence.

She's not sure what to do about this. This doesn't happen everyday. I normally go in the box but if the poopies don't want to happen, I go downstairs.

She thinks my arthritis has something to do with it as I try to go and then nothing happens and I go downstairs and the urge comes back; and my back legs are too stiff to run back upstairs to make it to the litter box. I believe she's right.

What's the solution to this, anycat. Should I be on arthritis meds for kitties? Or maybe a poopie softener so when the urge comes, I go more easily in the litterbox?

Anyway, I think Mommy's going to talk to the vet about this when she picks up my special food tomorrow.

Later,

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy

QUICK CONCATS FOR TWO BROS

Merl and Bail are back-to-back Diary Picks! Concats to both!

Mommy has a new phone; of course Bail let everycat know that.

It's a back to work day for her so, I'm keeping this one super short.

Purrs & Breeps,

Sampy