Feeling better

Well after a MONTH of antibiotics and two weeks of anti-histimines, I am happy to report that I am feeling better. Or at least I think I am:) I'm still not 100% but I am hopeful that my next Xray will be a good one. Thanks to everyone who sent me kind thoughts and purrayers. I'd also like to send a special thanks to Miss Hazel Lucy who sent me the most lovely neckwarmer...the color compliments my fur purrfectly! I'll try to get some pictures up if I can get Kiki to give it back:)

Happy Birthday to me!

It sucks to be sick on your birthday but the news from the vet was not as bad as Mom had initially thought. The stand-in vet had told mom that the problem was with my heart but actually I have a bronchial disease and scarring from my asthma. It's scary but as long as the scarring doesn't get worse, I'll be ok. Sooo, I have to have icky medicine...an antibiotic, another antihistimine, and of course the nasty prednisolone. Shea doesn't understand why the meds are a problem and he wants to take thme for me but Mom says no. I don't understand why Shea can't have them since he likes them so much!

Other than being sick, it's been a pretty cool year. Mom found us a new toy called Da Bird and it is way pawsome. I jump like four feet in the air for it. Now that I am feeling some better, Mom says we can play with it for my birthday. Mom also got a new boyfriend who is nice to me but I am still shy with him. He doesn't really pet me, he kind of pets over me, but he plays with me with Da Bird. Mom says he is allergic to me. How can that be? I'm too sweet for anyone to be allergic, maybe he just needs one of my antihistimines?

So Mom has said she will go to the grocery store and get some soft food for my birthday (even though she didn't want to go this week) and I will get CATNIP (even though the cleaners came yesterday and the carpet is all nice and clean). Mom says I have been such a good boy that I deserve something special so a bunch of kids will be coming over and we will give them candy. Kind of like a reverse gifting kind of thing.

Anyway, I had better rest a little so I can enjoy all of my treats and play with DA BIRD!

Purrs to all the other sick kitties out there and thanks to everyone who has been thinking of me. It means a lot to me and my mom.

feeling a bit better

First I want to thank everyone who has sent me kind thoughts. I really scared my mom because I am not usually mopey and on Friday through the weekend I was lethargic and all sneezy despite being on antibiotics for 4 days. Mom's used to the asthma thing by now but when I didn't even want to play with Shea and didn't want to leave her lap she knew something was up. She took me back to the vet on Monday and it was SCARY. It wasn't the vet I was used to, she was on this thing called vacation, but was a nice older man. At least I thought he was nice until he stuck the thermometer in places it is not nice to mention! And then he shaved my arm and stuck a needle in me...that was not nice. And then they took me away from Mom TWICE to do what they called Xrays. They showed mom the Xray of my heart and it looked like there was a gumdrop on it (towards my spine). She was really shocked, cause she just thought I needed an antihistimine for the sneezing! The substitute vet told mom that it could be a mass, a clot or fluid around my heart, but she could tell he thought it was a mass. Since the Xray vet wouldn't be back in until the next day we went home and mom wouldn't leave me alone...don't tell her, but I didn't mind and I slept with her all night, mostly on her foot. She said she could feel me breathing and it was kind of rattly which worried her. When she got home yesterday she told me that the vet FINALLY called and it was best case scenario for the XRay...it looked like the gumdrop was an infection or an abcess and not a tumor. Of course then she shoved more medicine down my throat! If it is best case scenario, why do I have to take more medicine?! And there was a pill in addition to the antibiotic and prednisolone...mom called it an anti-HISStimine. I don't hiss much anyway, so why do I need one of those?! I will admit that the medicine made me feel enough better to play with Shea a little so maybe I won't complain too much...

Anyway, thanks to everyone who is thinking of me. I know that has made a big difference. And we are all praying for the other kitties who don't feel well to get better soon!

Happy Birthday to me!

Mommy sang me a birthday tune this morning and called me her wifflecat. I'm 8 today and Mommy says she can't believe it! She says I have come so far from the scared little (really little) kitten that slashed her arms any time I was startled which was a lot! Now I am her lap buddy...I can't help myself, she has a really comfy lap!

Mom says we will have lots of kid visitors tonite and I will get to give them treats! Do you think they will like tuna or liver? I'm sure I will get treats too, and soft food AND CATNIP!!!!!!!!!!! I love catnip! And maybe I will get a special toy just for me too. Last year, I got Shea and he's been a pretty good birthday present. I wonder if mommy can top that?

Shea

Yesterday was Shea's Gotcha Day. I can't believe he has been my brother for a year now! I'm so glad Mommy got him for me to play with. Kiki and Ariel just weren't up to snuff.

Yesterday was a good day all around. Mommy and Aunt Leah had to go see their parents in London (that's where Kiki, Ariel and I are from. Shea is from Paris MOL) so we lazed around until they got home. I knew we were in for some good times because Mom had told us before she left...soooooooo, we got........................CATNIP!!!! And wet food!!! I love them both as you know so I was in HOG, er CAT heaven! And none of us fought ove rthe catnip! Or the food! Ariel and I like the fishy food and Shea and Kiki like the beefy food...

But as with everything, all good things had to come to an end and Mom had to go to that icky place called work. She really needs to win the lottery so she can spend all day every day with us!

Bumps

Mommy takes such good care of me and even plays with me in the middle of the night! She got a bed with raised sides for Kiki to lay in at night so that when I suck on my woobie, he can't reach out and slap me! Kiki let me try it out and it is pretty comfy but not as comfy as Mommy's stomach. MOL...mom even played with me while I was in Kiki's bed. She rubbed my tummy so I knew she wanted to play so I did a few Donkey kicks to her hand and we went back to sleep.

Mommy took me to the V E T last week. I have a bump in the middle of my back. I tried to tell her that it was nothing but she worries because she loves me. So off to the vet. I HATE THE GOING TO THE VET. I get stressed out, especially when the others don't go. I didn't drool and shed as much this time AND I didn't really get poked and prodded but rather got a really good massage from the vet...so it wasn't so bad (not that I told the others that!). The vet said the bump looks like a sebacious cyst and we should just monitor it. She wants to look at it again in November when I have to have the dreaded annual exam but she told mom not to worry. Mommy still looks at my back every day though...

Next weekend should be good...It is the one year anniversary of when Shea came to live with us! I love Shea. He cleans my head all the time (I don't know how it gets so dirty!) and plays with me, even when I don't know that I want to play. The fur truly flies now! Soooo, I have to convince Mom that we need CATNIP to honor Shea's anniversary! Kiki, Ariel, Shea, and I have also decided to pool our treat allowance to make a donation to the shelter where Shea came from so that other kitties can get treats and the good care that Shea had when he was in captivity. It's not much, but every little bit helps!

Space Heaters!

I just noticed something this week...it's turning colder. You know what that means....SPACE HEATERS! THere's nothing like the feeling of warm air blowing across your head, melting your brain cells! It is MAGNIFICENt...YEEEOOWWW...my diary entry just got interrupted by a brown dog running across the yard...twice! Mom went outside to try to catch it but it wouldn't come to her and doesn't have tags:( It's just running around through the yards and across the roads. Hope he finds his way home soon!

Catnip!

And soft food too:) Friday was Ariel's birthday so we got soft food! It was YUMMY...beef and liver...mmmmmmmm, and I ate slowly so I didn't throw up. Mommy was VERY proud of me. Soooooooo, on Saturday guess what we got??? CAn you guess???? CATNIP!!!!! Lots and Lots of CATNIP! I rolled in it and ate it and then took some of Shea's and some of Ariel's...and I tried to get some of Kiki's but he slapped me! I hope we get more before my birthday....

Whistling Mom

Well we had a pretty good weeekend. Ariel managed to get herself locked in the closet on Friday so that meant more food for me...yay! We didn't get any catnip this weekend but I have high hopes for Friday since it is Ariel's birthday. She will be 5...wow, it doesn't seem like she's been with us that long! Saturday was a good day because Mom was home most of the day. I could tell she was kind of chilled from the rain so I tried to keep her lap as warm as I could. I did get down to eat though and stretched my legs a bit. I came running when I heard her whistle for me but when I jumped up on her lap Shea was there. I don't think there is room for both me and Shea, so I had to hop down and get another bite to eat to contemplate everything. Shea was gone when I came back though so I got Mommy's lap all to myself:) Cross your fingers for us for CATNIP on Friday!

Inn Som Knee Uh

Mommy had this thing called InnSomKneeUh last night and it was GREAT! Kiki and Shea left the bed all to me while Mommy was awake so I got to suck on my woobie (Tshirt) and purr purr purr without being slapped (Kiki) or licked (Shea) if I roll the wrong way. And Mommy just petted me until I was done and then I had to run off to see what Kiki and Shea were doing. I love having alone time with Mommy especially when I am sucking on my woobie. I wouldn't mind the others being there if they would leave me alone and let me concentrate and let Mommy concentrate on petting me but they don't. I think Mommy needs to have this InnSomKneeUh more often.