Oh, THANK YOU ANONYMOUS Purriend!!!!

Dear Anonymous Star Giver,

Thank you soooo very much for the star that you left on my page....you are very generous for thinking of me & my family on my birthday.....my mummy & her daughter thought of me all day & I even managed to make a little appearance here & there on Catster MOL!!

Thank you for the wonderful birthday wishes - it made the day a little easier for my mummy & her daughter!!! Me, well, I'm loving my wings & swoopin here & there :)

Purrs & kisses,
Love,
ANGEL JEWEL

Happy Sweet Sixteen Fuzz Ball!!

Happy Sweet Sixteen Fuzz....I miss you SOOOOOOOOOOO much!! It sure is quiet around here w/o your meows, purrs & hairballs - left on the carpet for me to clean up - MOL!!!
I hope you are having a great time w/ all your purriends at the rainbow bridge!! I am hanging in there....not a day goes by that I don't think of you!! Today especially, when I picked you out of the litter of kittens - I love you & miss you soooo very much!!!!
Love,
Mummy

Thank you!

Hi Everyone,

Jewel's mummy here....I just wanted to thank all of you for your purrmails, rosettes, stars & poems....it's very hard to deal with the fact that Jewel's really gone, but I'm trying to take it all one day at a time.....I don 't know if I'm going to be able to respond to each of you personally, I don't think I can read the emails again without crying uncontrollably....I did want to say that I appreciate every kind word and I'm happy to know that Jewel was very loved by all of you and that you've all been very purrsome friends to her!!!

Thank You,
JEWEL's mummy

Goodbye World, Hello Rainbow Bridge....

Hello Fellow Catsters,

This is going to be MY last journal entry - my mummy will take over after tomorrow....

It has come to my attention that my failing health has now caught up with me & the time has come for me to leave this world & cross over to the Rainbow Bridge! I'm excited to go yet sad to leave my home of 15 years.....

For quite sometime, my diabetes has spiraled up & then down, then back up again only to come back down, but then back up again....it's a never ending ride....recently I've had other health issues that just added to my already delicate health....obviously nothing is else can be done for me... and me, my mummy & my vet think it's best that I leave this world now (actually tomorrow afternoon!). I'm being a brave kitty because I know my mummy & her daughter LOVE me so much that they want me around forever...but unfortunately I think my 9 lives have ended here....I've had a PURRFECT life - I mean, it's been 15 years, 2 months & i believe 13 days, don't know about the hours, minutes & seconds, but I won't go there! MOL! I've been pampered & I couldn't have asked for anything more!! I can't believe I've outlived all the other cats in my hood!

Anyways, so tomorrow I'm going to say goodbye to my mummy & her daughter and start my new journey to a place where there's LOTS of catster friends, TONS of catnip to sniff & roll around in, tons of food buffets to feast on, no health complications of any kind or human veterinarians, no medications whatsoever, and where I can sit and watch over my mummy & her daughter!

Okay, so I'm told I don't need to pack anything since everything I will need will be on the other side....I'm going to look for Gracie & all my other catster friends that have gone before me....so look out for me, I'll be the one with the stylin LION haircut & the BIG PUFF at the end of my tail :)!!! I wanna see everything & do everything at least ONCE on the first day!!

So all you Catster furriends that I leave behind, please look out for my mummy & her daughter, I know that they are very broken up about me leaving and right now there are no words of comfort for them, but please keep them in your prayers....I know mummy will be on here sometime soon to see that she's not alone!

I love you Mummy!! I may not physically be here with you, but I am in spirit!!!!

Purrs & Kisses,
Love,
JEWEL!!!!

My Kitty Time-Out....

my mummy still puts the cone on my head so that I won't lick my feet...apparently it's going to take longer for my boo-boo's to heal because my diabetes complicates my healing process....

i wear the cone for 12 hours then mummy takes it off my head and wraps my 2 hind feet in gauze and something that looks like ace-bandages....i try to flick them off - but apparently it's stuck to my feet until mummy takes them off....and then after 12 hours, i wear my cone again.....ugh.....back and forth.....

i've been banished from mummy's bedroom because apparently she doesn't trust me in the hallway (since i always manage to leave a mark!)....i'm only allowed in the living room, dining room & kitchen...that's okay cuz i leave 'my mark' so mummy will definately see it....she can't miss it!!!

anyways, i'm back on my insulin shots twice daily, get glucose readings 3 times a day and still on epakitin 3 times day....i'm getting tired of being poked & wrapped & coned!!!! make it stop........heeeh heeeh, no vet visits for awhile - whew!!!

til next time...

Purrs & Kisses,
Love,
jewel

still on cone restriction!!!!!

well, it's been how many weeks? 20? it sure has felt like it....a couple of weeks ago, mummy let me out of my cone just so that i could sit in the sun & bathe....the sun was sooooo warm & after i cleaned myself (except for my foot), i fell asleep, so mummy left me alone. when she came back i had managed to clean off my foot (to me it was clean)....to mummy, it was a big bloody mess.....blood everywhere - all over the carpet, all over my foot, my tail, my pretty fur....oh, was she mad!!! she had to wash my foot, my face, my tail, & my front paws. then she wrapped up my feet because it wouldn't stop bleeding....i was on cone restriction for days - there was no compromising!! :(

well, today, what is it? september 1? my feet are almost healed...ALMOST!! mummy took off my cone & has wrapped up my feet sooooo securely that i can't get the tape off - she'll be back in 4 hours to take off the wrap & put me back in my cone....it has been such a whirlwind - after my foot fiasco, i started having more accidents around the house & drinking LOTS of water & sleeping more. mummy checked my glucose level & guess what???? OFF THE MONITOR!!! so i'm diabetic AGAIN!!! :( i get pricked in the ear, shots in the back, pills shoved down my throat & a silly pink cone around my head majority of the day....i'm sooooo not loving life.....

i dunno what else can happen??? hopefully nothing! i'll keep you all posted...

Purrs & kisses,
Love,
jewel

Still have the CONEHEAD!!!

It's been 8 days & I still have this silly cone on my head....Mummy was nice enough to take it off me for some time so I can bathe & rest w/o having to figure out how to put my head down w/o being uncomfortable....she caught me several times licking my foot, so she had to put my cone back on.....well, I got tired of that, so I tried to bite her - she got sooooo mad & back went the cone....so I'm stuck again....my feet are healing nicely, so hopefully it won't be much longer.

Other than that, there's not much going on...I'm trying to behave (not bite mummy), I'm trying not to leave food puddles & I'm not marking the hallways (AS MUCH)....

Right now I'm off my heart pill because I kept hacking that up along w/ my antibiotics (which I never finished). So I'm only on epakitin & pepcid ac - which is ok, cuz that's only 1 pill shoved down my throat!

That's about it for now....oh, mummy gave me another lion haircut the other day, I'm waiting for her to upload the pics!!! She did nick me w/ the razor & boyyyyyyy, was I mad at her for that! Anyways, she'll post those soon...

Til then,
Purrs & Kisses,
Love,
jewel

My NEW headgear!!!!

Like my headgear??? I CAN’T STAND THIS THING – GET IT OFF ME!!!!!!! Let me start from the beginning…..I have these 2 calluses on my hind feet (one on each foot)….and one of them started to bleed (dunno why) and then I started to lick it clean & then it got irritated & bled even more all over mummy’s carpets….so I was leaving her a trail of red spots on the carpet. I also leave pee spots in the hallway for her – I’m just marking my territory! Well, mummy’s not taking my marking very well….she’s screaming & hollering – that’s okay, I just turn my head & walk away…
Mummy decided to wrap my hind foot so that I wouldn’t clean & irritate my callus….so it was wrapped for a few days & then my foot got swollen, so mummy took me to the vet…. The vet cleaned it & shaved my pretty fur on my foot to take a closer look & guess what - it’s infected! Now I’m on antibiotics & I have to wear this stupid headgear! I’m stumbling around the house with this silly thing on, I’m running into the walls, can’t get through the doors, can’t rub my head on my scratcher, & daddy had to rig my food/water bowls so I can eat. Mummy was taking off my collar so that I could eat, but then I would run away somewhere in the house where she can’t get me (MOL), eventually she would grab me by the scruff & drag me outta my hiding place, then she’d stick that stoopid collar on me – all the while muttering that she’s mad at me & she’s outta breath & can’t keep doing this….Well, she’s really upset now ‘cuz she has banned me from the bedrooms & the hallway – she put up a cat gate & it’s so high I can’t jump it…Oh, and she says she’s not taking my collar off ANY MORE! She says she knows my tricks & is not falling for them!! She also says she can’t keep cleaning the carpet – something about being 8 months pregnant & being too exhausted to clean up after me all the time….
Anyways, I better go now, before I get into more trouble….stay tuned – my adventures aren’t over yet!!! MOL

Purrs & Kisses,
Love,
Jewel

LAB results IN....

so....mummy had to call the vet this morning....my vet has the day off so we had someone else call us back w/ my results....

The lab results were NO GROWTH!!! YEAH!!!! My vet will call mummy tomorrow to discuss what else my problem could be...I'm still using the hallway as a litter box & mummy is at the end of her rope with me...

I'll keep you all posted!!

Purrs & kisses,
Love,
jewel



610pm HOT sunny West Coast Time
mummy is sooooooooooo annoyed with the vet....it's so hard to find good help nowadays!! the lab results are not printed out for her as well as instructions for my new medicine. so mummy has to wait until tomorrow when hopefully there's some decent people at the vet that know what they are doing....

Lab Results

...okay, so part of my lab results are in...some parts are good and some parts are not so good....mummy has to wait until tomorrow to get the paper w/ the results on it so she can compare it to the last lab tests....

I know the vet wants me to start some medicine called "epakitin" and also add some bicarbonates to my food. I don't like the sound of either one - that's for sure!! grrrrrr.....tomorrow mummy gets my culture results....so hopefully nothing grows/grew....I think, oh well, I dunno....let's just wait & see....

So tomorrow for sure, mummy will update my diary to have all my labs & what the next plan will be for lil 'ol me!

Thanks for all the purrs, purrmail, rosettes, stars & get well wishes! I'm glad I was DDP - it sure made my day better!!

Purrs & Kisses,
Love,
Jewel