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House Mommy

I'm here!!

Meowmy has been very bad about her Catster duties, but promises to be better. I decided to take advantage of the fact that she was going to update my diary to let everypurr know how I'm doing. So far, I'm doing pretty well for a girl who is 13.5 (shhhh, don't tell my age). I'm still on my medicine for my gum inflammation, but I'm doing great and my weight is holding steady at 10 lbs (meowmy is soooo proud of me). Though I may have to get my back teeth out at some point, the vet says I'm doing okay right now (whew!). I still hide from meowmy when it's medicine time (she says I'm silly since Davy takes meds too everyday and doens't hide at all and is very good about taking his pills). But as long as I have my special hiding spots (under the bed, in the cabinet, in the armoire, and sometimes the closet), I'm pretty set (though meowmy always manages to find me!! Oh well, it's okay, I'm still a meowmy's kitty (she's the best). Davy agrees (he's a meowmy's kitty too - meowmy calls us the oldies but goodies MOL).

Lily the cutie!

Since mommy has been very bad about keeping up with our Catster activities, she is trying to make it up to us by updating all our diaries. Since Emmy got to speak already, she felt it was only fair that I go next. Unfortunately, I've been feeling pretty yucky lately. You see, a few months back, I got my routine dental cleaning, and after that (and probably before that, we just didn't know), I've been having chronic inflammation of my gums in the back of my mouth. Mommy thinks this is what started setting Emmy off as she sensed I was sick (Tiger used to do this with Miss Kitty when she first was sick too). Now me and Emmy have to keep our distance from each other since she scratched my eye (which thankfully healed up very quickly with some yucky eye drops). Mommy likes me to stay in the master bedroom for the most part so that Emmy can have the rest of the house to herself MOL!

This mouth inflammation has not been fun! First, I was on an antibiotic for over a month, but that didn't help, (and then there was the cat flu that went around the house too - ugh! - and another antibiotic). Then I was put on Prednisone to try to calm down the inflammation. It has helped a lot, but now I'm on it daily, which is a little yucky. A few weeks ago, the vet did a biopsy, just to be sure it wasn't anything more serious like cancer, and thank goodness it wasn't!

So now, I've been getting some b-12 shots to increase my appetite (since my mouth was bothering me, I wasn't eating as much as I should have). It's really been doing a good job and I've been eating a lot of wet food now. I used to only like dry food, but after this all started, mommy force-fed me wet food (since I couldn't eat the dry food), and now I eat that all on my own (which is much better than having mommy do it). Now the vet says we are going to try something called interferon medicine for me to see if that works. We had to get a letter from the FDA and everything since it comes from England (I guess that makes me pretty special). So when my new medicine arrives, I'll update to let you all know how I'm doing. Until then, know that I'm doing okay and that all the kitties (and mommy and daddy), with the exception of Emmy, snuggle me and take very good care of me - especially Davy, TJ, and my little sidekick Pumpkin.

I've been tagged!!

I've been tagged by the notorious smoocher the Bunny MOL!!

So, here's my list of kitties to tag and some nice things about them (I wish I could list all the kitties we're friends with since everyone is terrific!). This is from me and my whole family:

1. Bunny - Well we had to list Bunny as he tagged us and we think he is a super-handsome kitty with a wonderful mommy who loves to smooch him (and us kitties to) all the time :)

2. Snowy - Our wonderful furiend from South Africa who has a lovely family and is one of the sweetest kitties we know (and a new auntie!!)!

3. Ashley - Our wise friend Ashley who has been a great friend and BCCP leader!

4. Tyke - An adorable kitty who always puts a smile on our faces!

5. Alfie - An adorable and handsome friend who is not only funny and sweet - but a champion as well!

6. Violet - A wonderful friend and fellow flower feline :)

7. Albert - A great friend who welcomed my angel brother Tiger to the bridge and is a wonderful kitty!

8. Toulouse - My little brother Sammy's fellow Siamese friend who is kind and wonderful!

9. Jazzi Kitty - My sweet fellow tortie who is a great friend!

10. Pooky - A supersweet friend!

And all of the other wonderful kitties on catster - I love you all!

Lily & family