Christmas in September!

My mommy came home tonite to find we had three other boxes waiting. That makes four!

She wishes she felt better (she got a migraine) but she let the kitties look in the boxes and then they can really get in the stuff and take pics tomorrow. (She did let Patrick have his yummy pirate ration.)

We want to thank the Angel Rufus and his catfamily of Bob, Briana, Hamlet and Jack for sending Patrick his box of Hi-Tor Neo. Since he has CRF he must have a low protein, low ash food so as not to burn out his kidneys. Plain and simple, the food from the vet tastes nasty.
This stuff is pretty tasty!!!
He sends his gratitude and doesn't have to choke down that emergency can of N/F again!

Little Red got a case of Hi-Tor Felo (he gets crystals in his urine so has to have a low magnesium food) and he sends manhugs to Chester and says thanks for helping him out even tho it was Patrick's Wish List.

The kitties would like to send cheers for the nice water fountain. Even tho it's primarily to keep Patrick (and also Red) drinking, I know they'll all appreciate the licks.

Thank you Winnie for the Star Chaser toy. It looks like FUN! Tomorrow mommy will put it out and let everycat have some playtime galore.

Now, this is the wierd part:
When mommy got home, she found something else waiting.
A young orange male kitty. Sitting near the Star Chaser box on the porch.

Now, mommy doesn't remember ordering a kitty.
Did someone else send a kitty?
An Angel? Rufus or Taz or Giotto or Amelia or Jesse or Oliver or Jessica or Eddy or any of the many Angels who watch over my Earthly family so well?

He was shy and ran a little and sat a couple of yards from mommy but he meowed to her the whole time. She put out a couple bowls of food for Fuzzy and Squint (the kinda-not stray cats outside) and the orangie came and ate after she went inside.

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It's about 11:30pm now and mommy's going to finish doling out the meds (and to herself as well mol) and then everyone will go to bed.
I and Black Jack and our Piper will fly down softly and rest quietly as well with our Earthly family like old times...

Again, our hearts are filled with gratitude and love and we wish many blessings to everycat and their mommys and daddies who love them.

Purrrrs and Sweet Dreams,
Biscuit

Little Red Taken to Vet but Will Be Fine =)

Our Little Red had a terrible herpesvirus flare up in his eyes that went into his nose and sinuses again. (He has damage in the labyrinths of his nose from infection when he was a wee kitty, the vet believes, and makes him pre-disposed for catching bacteria.)

He was spiking a fever and feeling slow and not wanting to eat yesterday so the vet gave him Zeniquin which is pricier than Amoxicillin but he said it's better (and it sure is~it's working real fast). The vet is letting us pay the bill off later =)

Mommy gave Red his half-pill, syringe fed him 3oz of A/D (the size of a Fancy Feast can) and put him to bed.
Tuesday went and laid with him as she is his nurse and seemed to know he didn't feel well. Then mommy went to work.
When she got home, mommy went to check on Red and found the nurse all sprawled out in his bed and Red curled up asleep beside it.
Some nurse! mol!

Red seemed a lot cooler and after his second med dose that nite, he seemed to feel a lot better already.
Today he ate a bit by himself (Mommy then syringe fed him his full portion) and he was up and about and being annoying to Mysty...while his nurse has taken over his hospital bed mol!

Red's an easy piller and an easy assisted-feeder, and he's feeling better. His nurse is seriously slacking off, tho...

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Today they delivered a package! Mommy was running late and had to hurry and catch her bus, so she just locked the package up behind our gates on the front porch and dashed off to work...

I wonder what it could be?

The Earthly kitties will have to wait until she gets home around 10pm or so to see.

Patrick can see it from the front window.
Red sees it too.
Tuesday thinks it's for HER because it was delivered on a Tuesday.
Mysty and Jet Giotto are rabbit-kicking each other and haven't noticed yet.
Little Bee wonders what could be in a box that looks, oh, maybe 14inches or so across but only about four inches deep...
Bedelia wonders if it could be...a book?
Christopher says he hopes it isn't a book for HIM because he's blind, darnnit!

Ooo what could it be???

Meows,
Biscuit

Ike. We're Fine =)

We're having storms today from the edges of Ike but we're fine.
Thanks for the concern and please remember to purr for our friends in Houston, Port Arthur, Corpus and nearby areas.

Don't hesitate to send aid to the kitties (and other animals) and their peoples who have lost their homes due to the hurricane.

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Yesterday we got Potassium suppliment and Epatikin for Patrick.
Thank You Chester!!!!
Epatikin is what binds the phosphorus in food. Phosphorus is what destroys the CRF kidneys further....so we don't like that phos stuff!
The potassium suppliment is GREAT! The last one was a gel and tasted horrible. This is a powder and Patrick can't even taste it in his food!

Thanks from Patrick and from all of us =)

Bless,
Biscuit

Received a Another Great Gift!

Patrick received his bottle of Liqui-tinic today.

This is probably one of the most important things he needed.
Thank you whoevercat sent it.
Patrick is very grateful!

Honestly, he said it tastes a little crappeh mol, but he remembers that grandma used to say the worse the medicine tastes the better it is for you!!!!!

The plan is to baby and coddle his kidneys and take stress from them so they will be able to continue to produce the hormone epo (and hopefully produce even more). Epo is what signals the bone marrow to make blood cells. In CRF cats the kidneys wear out and forget to produce it. Hence, anemia.
This non-regenerative anemia is what kills.
A human hormone replacement called Epogen is begun at that point.

This is pricey and risky but does stimulate the bone marrow and can be a lifesaver.

The best thing to do is try to be conservative and push back or eliminate the use of the Epogen if possible.

So that's what we're trying.
To help him make his own hormone (by babying is kidneys) and boost his "blood food".

The tonic he got today is the nourishment for his blood.

Thank you for giving him that ammunition to help fight this disease.

Patrick is LIVING with CRF and not dying with it.

Bless you,
Biacuit

Oo A Mystery!

Today the Postwoman tried to deliver a package and because mommy wasn't home, she left a note to come pick it up at the post office. (To be honest, the Postwoman is kind of lazy and doesnt even come up and ring the doorbell with packages. Mommy's been off work and seen her put the note in the mailbox then speed off, w/out ever leaving the truck.)

So, we don't know if she actually tried to deliver it or just didn't want to get out of the mailtruck mol.

We wonder what it could be.

Tomorrow mommy will go by before work and pick it up.
Mommy's sworn to ride the bus everywhere and she's sticking to it.
Tomorrow it's going to thunderstorm (a giant hurricane coming into the Gulf of Mexico) and she's hoping the package isn't too big mol.

It's going to be an adventure =)

*gets umbrella ready*

Meows and Mols,
Biscuit

Another Lovely Gift!

Today Fed-Ex delivered the IV stand that lovely Scooter bought for Patrick. THANK YOU SCOOTER!

In record time too! He wasn't expecting it so soon and it was such a surprise for everycat. (The warehouse is closeby in Texas mol.)

Mommy took quick pics while Little Bee photohogged Patrick's stand.

Pics are on our Little Bee's page and Patrick's page (or Sword-Jugglin Paddy O'Pickle as he's being known at this time).

There sure are a lot of pirates on Catster lately...

Mol,
Purrrrs and Blessings to Everycat,
Biscuit

Holy Guacamole!

I was waiting for our zealie deposit to come in at midnite so I could leave a gift for my dear friend Giotto
who passed away recently (I am Giotto's Guardian Angel and our Jet Giotto is named after him)...and found the account to be bulging at the seams!

Angels are afoot everywhere on Catster both at The Bridge and on Earth! Thank you secret zealie depositor!

And the first gift is for you Giotto *hugs*


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Also, packages began arriving for Patrick later in the day yesterday.
A case of fluids, needles and sharps container!

All the kitties wanted to get into the stuff but it's for Patrick's medical needs so they had to wait outside of Patrick's "office" while he opened his packages and looked in side and took pictures.
Except for Christopher. Who must be present when Patrick does anything.
Christopher was in everything and photobombed the pics.
What he was looking for I don't know because he can't see a thing, but he was in the boxes "looking" regardless.

The pics are HERE

Sweet Dreams and Blessing to All,
Biscuit

Important Message to You.

Hi everycat!

This concerns our Patrick's Medical Wish List. He would've written this up in his diary but his page is new and I have about, oh, 2000 more pals than he has right now mol, so I'm putting out the word.

This word is VERY important so please take a moment to read even tho it's long:

Like everyone else, the bad economy hit our family hard. Mommy works retail and the business cut hours a lot. Still, we made do. But then over the summer our human grandma got very ill and spent time in ICU. Mommy missed quite a few days of work (she has grandma's medical power of attourney) and at her job she doesn't get paid days off.
At the same time Patrick was diagnosed with CRF.
Mommy had to move grandma to hospice after she left the ICU and regular hospital. (She's mommy's mom.)
She also had to make pre-paid final arrangements so we wouldn't be caught unprepared. Grandma had no insurance so the plans are out-of-pocket.
Mommy's pretty good at juggling her modest paycheck but this time the expenses piled up. The utility bills were pushed back late and began to snowball.

Grandma will be cared for at the hospice (the people there are verynice) but at our house the utilities were threatening to cut us off for being so behind. (We live in south Texas with triple-digit summers and must run the AC.)
Mommy was going to have to choose between having the utilities turned off or continueing with Patrick's CRF therapy. (He's been doing great, too, with his meds.)

Mommy has no human family (except grandma) and she'd never asked for help before.

It's VERY hard to ask for help =(

But she made a Medical Wish List with Amazon and put it on my/Patrick's page .
She'd never done a wish list and wasn't sure if she did it right mol.
Didn't know what come of it if anything.
And just prayed.

And the Catster's came to our rescue!
The first day some anonymous kitty bought Patrick a lil sharps container for his needles =)
Mommy was floored! OMC!

Then a pair of true Angels on Earth, Winnie and Chester stepped in with a gift card from Heaven!
Mommy burst out in tears at her work! HAPPY tears this time!

Then a generous anonymous kitty bought Patrick a case of medical food!
Mommy's eyes leaked again! AT WORK AGAIN mol!

Then our wonderful ladyfriend Scooter came thru with the IV stand (she uses one too!).
Mommy cried some more! DARN THOSE CRYING HOOMANS!

Hazel Lucy and Amelia are right there and our Rufus and all those wonderful kitties who have sent p-mails of emotional support and all the cute virtual gifts. There are too many to list and mommy's eyes are doing that THING again, gah!

Looong story a lil bit shorter: You guys are truely our family. Mommy has family right here.

Mommy had the cable TV/high speed internet taken out and is riding the bus to save money and gas. She replaced the phone with a pay as you go for emergency calls only.
With the generous help from you kitties and your mommies and daddies, Patrick and Little Red as well
have their special food and Patrick has his medical supplies to float him until mommy pays off the bills.

We are well on our way! Your gifts have allowed mommy to put her full paycheck onto the utilties. In a couple more we should have our feeties back on the ground =)

It seems like when you're down financially that's when people/animals get sick/the appliances break/or the weather is especially bad. We got hit left right and center. And we know you guys are in the same boat, and it isn't easy...
Bless you all.
Bless you for helping our Patrick to live and stay well. Little Red, too. They send their heartfelt kitty-love.

Mommy is overwhelmed and humbled and very thankful (and using lots of Kleenex).
We purrray that your caring, concern, and generosity comes back to you ten-fold.

We love you,
Biscuit, Patrick, Little Red and mommy (Roxy)
and Catfamily

PS,
The Medical Wish List is being taken down soon *now closed* because our Wishes have been Granted! (and then some).
We will be receiving:
Boxes of needles
Case of fluids
Epakitin
Potassium suppliment
Case of medical food for Patrick
Case of medical food for Little Red
(both with subsequent shipments as well)
IV stand
A really cool toy highly recommended by Winnie and Chester
Vitamins
Two sharps containers

EDIT: Some generous kitty purchased Patrick a bottle of tonic (he's a little anemic) just before the list was closed! THANK YOU and BLESS!

Thank you! How can we ever thank you enough...

Thanks for the Diary Pick congrats!

I really appreciate all the gifties and well-wishes!

It was all about my catfamily member Patrick =)
Thanks for making him feel welcomed here at Catster.
Thank you from my heart and my mommy's heart.

You all make this ol Angel-kitty purrrr really loud.
Patrick sends his love and appreciation,too.

I love you,
Biscuit

Welcome our Patrick to Catsterland!

Please welcome our CRF kitty Patrick to Catster!

He's a great guy and an even better patient than ME (that's saying a LOT mol)!
He loves everyone and he's living, not dying, with CRF.

Thank you Winnie, Chester, Taz and Hazel Lucy for helping Patrick to thrive!

I know Patrick will be as happy on Catster as I and the rest of the catfamily are.

Love you all!
Biscuit