In Memory

KeeKee left us and crossed the Rainbow Bridge on 11/9/09. We fought the hard fight together through kidney disease and a stroke and finally a tumor and when her time came, our friends at the Pontiac Veterinary Hospital supported our hard decision and helped her to find peace. Her Grandmeowmie is already up in heaven and might have been surprised to see her, as she always thought KeeKee would be ok when I was worried that the most recent thing was "it", but she has to be glad to have her by her side once again. KeeKee was an extraordinary cat and she lived her 22 years (17 with our family) with smarts, cunning, cuteness, shedding, the occasional hairball, the flat on her back beauty of "dead cat", the best fuzzy white paws, that waterproof fur, moments of true evil, her own language of "kee", the ability to find a pill whether hidden in a treat or shoved in with a pill launcher and launch it right back out, cuddling, chair-stealing, head-butting, kneading and the occasional you had to feel for it to know it purr. I read a poem recently about the Rainbow Bridge and it reminded me how much I miss my Three Socks and a Slipper KeeKee Kitty McGruff (the Magnificent) and that brought me here. I can only hope that it's true - that she'll know when I join her & she'll come find me and I can head-but her once again. I miss her so much.

purrs and headbutters
KeeKee's human (aka Gayle)

Hanging in there!

Well, according to the v-e-t records, I'm 22 now. Meowmie & my humans celebrate my birthday on my gotcha day in December, so technically I'm just 21 to them. I'm still hanging in there, doing ok I guess. It was kind of rough there for a while when my Grandmeowmie went away and didn't come back. Everybody was sad, including me. I even ended up at the v-e-t around that time because my kidney thing flared up again. But, Meowmie has been giving me fancy feast for dinner because she was worried I wasn't eating much again. I still get the k/d stuff in the morning, and some days I'm more in the mood for it than other days. I get treats as usual, which is good. I have a litter box now in the same room where I sleep and one in the room where my food is. Meomie keeps them in corners where I can get to them but they're not bothering me. My living room litter box has some liner paper things beside it for those days when I'm feeling the need to squat - I still have that problem with my kidneys and now I guess I have some cancer blob in my bladder. Now Meowmie really watches me sleep and checks up on me, waking me up even when she says I'm scaring her with my quietness! Rude! She sometimes moves my food closer to my sleeping places when I seem to be having trouble getting around, though, so she's ok overall. She'll take me to the v-e-t, though, when I seem to be sore. Don't like the v-e-t, but that stuff they shoot me up with gives me the munchies, so that's alright! That other gray cat is still here, but I don't feel the need to hiss at her all the time, just some of the time. She stays down on the stairs mostly, but every once in a while she comes up by the gate thing and I have to remind her that she's the downstairs cat! Oh, well, I'm hanging in there!

headbutters to everyone (except for downstairs kitty)
KeeKee

I'm ignoring it and it hasn't gone away

You might have heard that another cat moved in to MY new house! I keep thinking it will move right back out, but then it comes around to the top of the stairs and sits there, showing its' silly not furry enough belly and meowing, for crying out loud. It doesn't even Kee. Ack! The humans are still putting up the fence thing between us, which is good. My Meowmie lets it up here once in a while, but usually in to a room I'd rather not go into anyway (Meowmie's - she kicks when she sleeps & she's always picking me up & smooching). It's a good thing they treat me well otherwise. I had a fall a while back & Meowmie had to go & take me to the v-e-t. I felt so icky, I didn't even try to bite him this time. I hissed, but I'm good at that no matter how bad I feel. The v-e-t said my kidney numbers were good still & that maybe I had a stroke & that caused me to fall from the bed & hurt my fuzzy self. They gave me some good drugs & Meowmie bought me something she calls stairs. All I know is that it helps me get up on Grandmeowmie's bed and I can sit on the top of it and present my beauty to the room. Meowmie says it's my show pose stand or something like that. My tail drapes quite nicely when I'm sitting on it. Well, time to go lounge in the Grandpeowpie's Lazy chair. It's soooo comfy. Grandpeowpie probably thinks Meowmie bought it for his comfort or the color or something, but I know she was thinking of me!! It's soft and has soft arms that are short so I can look over them and all. Meowmie is all right sometimes. If only she'd take IT away!

purrs, headbutters and kees to all!
KeeKee Kitty McGruff

Whew!

On January 8, my family had to leave our house due to flooding. Our house got about 6 inches of water up in it, but that's enough that my grandmeowmie couldn't move back in (lung problems) and my meowmie couldn't either (allergies/asthma). So, we moved in with a friend of my meowmie. Meowmie ended up buying us a new house & we moved in on the 21st. My humans were worried about me being scared or whatever, but I checked it all out & it's all good. I was a bit scared at meomie's friends' house because there was a d-o-g making noise and the smell of the Lyra cat. Here I don't smell anybody else & I've got lots of room!! And, they got me a new chair! Well, they say it's not MY chair, but I think I look cutest in it so...

There's been some stress, but now we're back to normal.

purrs & headbutters to everyone!
keekee

19 and still shedding!

My family and I just celebrated my Birthday/Gotcha day. We've been a family now for 15 years (I was with my other family the first 4)! Meowmie got me the good Fancy Feast (which is WAY better than that k/d stuff I usually get). Uncle Nonnie made blueberry muffins, too. They've moved the Hello Kitty blanket into my basket so that I'm all nice and comfy when I nap now! They've got the tree up too, so I have another good place to nap. Choices are good. They're all right for non-furry creatures. I'd say I've got them pretty much trained by now. It takes a while to train humans, you know.

I'm off to the Hello Kitty blanket now for a nice nap. Headbutters to everyone!

Purrs
keekee

Grandmeowmies and lesser humans just don't understand!

I've decided that going and laying up on my Grandmeowmie's chest is the most fun a kitty can have. I never used to. My Grandmeowmie is pretty small and doesn't always feel good and often has to go away to the human v-e-t clinic for days at a time. I used to be a bit fluffier & was afraid I would hurt her. So, up until this year I would never lay on her. Then, one day this year I decided that I'd go and sit on her chest and put my face in her face, just to check her out, make sure she was doing ok. She seemed to like it a lot & called my Meowmie and my Uncle to come see. Well, that was fun, so now I do it all the time. She really seems to like it when I get up on her when she's taking her human treats - I think she calls them pills. I like to sniff the straw to her drink (I don't want to drink the stuff, I just want to make sure it's ok, right?). So, most of the time she is ok with me sitting on her, but sometimes she moves around to let me know I need to get off her arm. Now, lately, there has been a problem because I lay by her knees & I guess I get in her way. She's had my Uncle Nonnie put a pillow in my spot so I can't lay there. I guess she doesn't understand I'm just trying to keep her warm. I hate it when humans don't realize that you're trying to help them out! Half the time that I try to help or supervise the Uncle Nonnie and the Grandmeowmie or my meowmie they act like I'm in the way or am doing something wrong! Hellll-o! If the humans did things right I wouldn't have to help!! See! Like I said...Grandmeowmies (and lesser humans) just don't understand!

Doing fluffy well!

It's been a while since I've had Meowmie write, so I thought I'd have her do a quick update. I'm hangin in there pretty well, eating pretty good & everything. Meowmie and I have been fighting about my furs a lot lately. She wants me to let her do the brushing & combing & raking all the time & I want her to knock it off! So, we compromise & she gives up eventually & ends up cutting out clumps that I just won't let her get to & I give her my best suffering look when she does it. It's a good thing for her that she keeps the greenies coming!

purrs to all
keekee

Fluff, Fluff and more Fluff!!

Well, I've added a bit of Fluff recently! I was running low on the crunchy k/d & so mom got me some more from the V-E-T. I don't know if they changed the stuff in it or what, but I've been chowing down!! I haven't been hittin' the canned food as hard, but I still am adding Fluff!! Mom is very very very excited, as she and the rest of my humans do have an appreciation for big, fuzzy, fluffy fierceness. I do what I can.

purrs & headbutters to all

keekee

Treats, treats & more treats!

Mom and I have started a new thing. Now before Mom goes to bed she gives me some treats. I'm not sure how we started doing this, but I like it! The only thing is, I then sometimes think it's time for more soft food, too. Sometimes mom gives me more, sometimes not. Either way, I end up Kee-ing and Kee-ing at her until she makes up her mind. Last night, I stood outside her bedroom and Kee-ed for a while. She came out and gave me more crunchy food. Now, that's not what I wanted!! Oh, well, more treats for me is always a good thing and my mom says that me having more of an appetite is a great thing!!

So, let us all have treats!! Treats, treats & more treats!!!

purrs & headbutters
keekee

Sweet 18!!

Well, here I am at 18! I don't really feel any different. I'm running around like usual. Tonight I cheated & had my favorite Fancy Feast. I also licked my Uncle Ron's Spagghettio bowl & stole some of his Twinkie innards. Sometimes he does a better job of spoiling me than mom does, and that's fine with me! I don't know which one of them is going to make the blueberry muffins, but they'd better get hopping! I have a nap to take.

purrs
keekee