The evil VET ....

Well, we went to the evil VET. They stuck me TWICE with needles! Once to fill me full of fluid, and a second time in my neck, I guess to take blood. I got them back, though - I peed on the girl who was bringing me back to my human! She tried to get me to pee in the back room, but I wouldn't - I was saving it to go all over her! I know that humans don't care for that.

When my human got home she wiped my neck clean, because I just hate the alcohol they put on me. Then I got to eat and relax. Now she's giving me yet another pill though. So at night I get a half of something called Prednisone, a quarter or a half of a pill called Periactin, and a quarter pill of something called Pepcid a/c. In the morning I get a quarter or a half of a periactin. All these pills! I hate them! But I heard the vet say to just try the prednisone pills for a couple of days on and off to see if it perks me up.

I have been enjoying making my human pick me up, put me on the sink, and turn the water on. I like the water just out of the tap, but haven't been able to jump up there in forever. My human picked me up the other day and I've liked it ever since. I used to have a pet fountain to drink out of but didn't care much for it and she took it down. Maybe she'll put it back up for me...

oh no, the VET ....

I just heard the humans say something about the VET. I know, I haven't been very hungry or eating very well lately. But I hate the VET .... they will stick me full of needles again!!

The humans keep saying that they are going to try to do something to 'fix' my hyperthyroidism so I'm not as restless all the time and I stop losing weight. Well, it would be nice to sleep solidly again. But does it have to involve the VET??

The humans came home smelling like doggies ...

My human (and the other human) came home last night smelling like doggies. They went to something called a 'dog show'. I like doggies. I don't know why we don't have one here. I grew up with a great big black dog named Max, I really loved him! But I could tell near the end that he was not feeling well anymore, and then he went away. I think he died, as the humans were very sad. Then they got a big gold puppy that grew up to be a big gold dog named Phoenix. But then my human took me away and we moved to a new location. Since then I've only been able to visit doggies once in a while when we've stayed with people who had them.

I'm still eating, although my human worries over me and tries to get me to eat more all the time. I guess she said I have to go back to the VET on Thursday and get more blood tests. I hate blood tests. More than the needle, I hate that they slop all that alcohol on my neck. Ick! I foam at the mouth afterwards trying to clean it off, and my human always has to wipe me down with water. My human keeps saying something about hyperthyroidism, and that I'm getting too thin, and that something has to be done soon or I'll 'fade away'. What does that mean? Well, I guess I'll see what happens after the VET....

Ack! The Vet!

Well, much to my disgust, my human got home from work and came in and walked around the bed. I knew immediately there might be trouble. Then she said the dreaded word... "vet". I got up and tried to sneak away but she picked me up and carried me into the bathroom and locked me in while she got the CARRIER. I hate the CARRIER too. Usually if I hear her say VET or CARRIER I hide under the bed.

She opened the door to the bathroom and held the CARRIER door open, and I came over and yelled at her. However, she held the door open and told me to "Get in the CARRIER," so after a minute, I reluctantly walked in. I know that she'll just push me in if I don't go on my own, so I went.

She took me to the VET ... this woman was a different one I didn't recognize. They were talking about me not eating. Now, I don't know why they thought I didn't eat. I had eaten about half the food I put down. Turns out my human found out later on that the other human in the house had miscalculated and thought I hadn't eaten at all. Silly humans! Anyway they hauled me off in back and stuck me with a sharp thing in my shoulders, and then they filled me full of fluid. I guess that was just in case. It didn't hurt that badly. Then they did something called a blood-pressure test.

I think on the way out I heard my human make another appointment for some more sticks with needles for next week. I'll have to be alert and as soon as I hear VET, go run under the bed and hide......

I'd also better eat really well today so that she doesn't do that to me again! Plus, I'm quite hungry today.

I like hangers!

My human doesn't understand why I like to play with hangers. Regular wire hangers. She thinks it's crazy. Every time she lays out clothes to put away, and puts hangers on the bed, I try to grab them and run away with them. Of course, I can't bite down too hard on them, because it hurts my teeth. My human has taken me to the V*E*T enough times when my teeth hurt to make them stop hurting, that my mouth is a little sensitive now.

My human is also concerned because I don't always eat a lot. I do like to eat.. just not always the boring food she puts down. Last night she came home with some really yummy food, what she called a 'crispy chicken sandwich and fries from McDonalds'. I begged and begged and she gave me two pieces of the 'fries' and several chunks of the 'crispy chicken sandwich'. Now, that I ate up very well!!!

Maybe she just isn't feeding me the right stuff? I like chicken and burgers .. not this glop from a can!

Humans gone a long time today!

Today the humans left me for an awful long time. The other human, the male who I've known since I was a kitten but who is NOT 'my' human, gave me a bunch of food before he left. I like him ok, he's just not 'my' human. He feeds me though and I will go say hi to him sometimes. I heard my human say something about going to a 'concert'. I wonder what that is. Anyway I have all sorts of lovely food to eat! I've been very hungry lately. I don't know if it's connected to that pill my human shoves down my throat twice a day or not. I even got up last night and ate dry food, this awful stuff called Hills K/D! I was just hungry.

At least the humans managed to drag/lure all the other cats out of my room! Now I can eat and nap in peace while waiting for them to get back....

I really prefer human food to my food...

Yesterday my human was glad because I ate most of what she put down for me. She did have to sit there and talk to me while I ate it. Can I help it that I prefer human food? One minute she's trying to convince me to eat cat food, the next I'm sneaking out begging for pretzels. I'm not sure I even like pretzels, but if the humans are eating it, I might!

She is giving me a smaller dose of 'periactin' (I guess to make me eat?) so I was less restless last night, I didn't need to keep wandering in and out of the room. I was definitely ready for food this morning, although she gave me yet another dose of 'periactin' and one of 'pepcid'. Can't a girl just eat her food without all these fingers going down her throat??? I do know though that my human only means well, I'd never bite her or protest.

Time to nap some more, hopefully I don't feel nauseated again today, last night one of the other cats came in and threw up UNDER my bed! ick!

Time for my human to leave again ....

And once again the two-day period where the humans are around more often has ended, and they are back to leaving early. I made sure to start patting my human awake at 5:30. What was funny was that as soon as she sat up and started scolding me, her alarm went off. I was TELLING her it was time to get up and feed me, I guess she didn't believe me!

Last night I wasn't very hungry, so she gave me a dose of something she calls 'periactin'. I guess it's supposed to make me hungry? Well I did eat nearly all the food she put down, but I was also very restless. This morning she gave me what she called a half-dose of 'periactin' so maybe I won't be quite so restless. She did leave some of the yummier food down to tempt me. And she was able to get all the other cats out of my bedroom, so at least I can eat in peace....

Still not real hungry today.

My human was a bit upset because although I ate all right last night, when she got up to feed me at 5 a.m. (after I slapped her awake!), I didn't eat the food she put down. So she got me a different bowl of food, and I didn't eat much of that either. She gave me another of those pepcid pills too. I am feeling restless today but not real hungry.

Finally about 1:30 she shooed most of the cats out of my room and gave me some of the really yummy food, to see if I'd eat any of that. I did start right away licking at it. She forgot and left Fizgig locked in the room with me, so she will probably helpe me eat my food. I'll probably be hungrier tonight, sometimes I'm just not all that hungry. Probably part of the reason I'm such a lean little kitty now, about 7 lbs!

The humans are all going off to watch something called the Super Bowl. I guess that means I'll just relax and nap a bit.....

I like food!

Last night and today were very good for me! I was very hungry and ate well yesterday, last night, and today. I slept most of the day. My human tossed Frag out of my bedroom, because she noticed that Fraggle was eating my wet food. Usually Frag is better than that, but sometimes she gets to be a snot and goes and eats my food. How dare she!

The humans went out for a while, so I napped in my bedroom and slept on the pillow. I like to sleep on the pillow, it's very comfy.

My human and the other human brought home food. They said they were 'jalapeno burgers and fries" from a place called Carl's Jr. I thought it smelled totally yummy! I came out and begged, hard. Finally my human gave me a bit of burger. Yum! and a couple of tiny bits of french fry. Now I"m going back to nap some more. I guess I'll have to wake my human up early, about 4, to get her to feed me. The power of the patting paw.......