Update from Mom

Hello everyone. This is Nigel's mom, Amy. He is sleeping right now and probably wouldn't have very nice things to say, anyway. He's bunked out in his own room getting over his surgery. The doctors ended up taking all of his remaining back teeth, so now he just has his canines in the front, and we're glad he got to keep those. He really wasn't happy by the time 4:00 rolled around today. As I told my husband, I'd never seen anything "pissier" than that clump of gray furr in the back of the carrier. He "ultra"-hated meddies time today, because he got double meddies. But, every now and then he'll roll over and show me his belly and want a nice rub down, or he'll offer a sweet little headbutt. So, it's just a matter of time before he's himself again. He'll start feeling better day by day until he finally feels better than ever! Thanks everyone for purring for him. He loves you all!

-Nigel's Mom

It's finally here...

Well, Catsters, big news. I'll be having my oral surgery on Tuesday! Wow! It's only two days away, I can't believe it. It was supposed to be a week from that day, but the hospital got an opening and fit me in a little early. I guess I'm just so used to the idea of having it that it doesn't really bother me now. I'm just waitin' to get it over with. Of course, I'll probably be put in a room by myself for a little while so that I don't "rough-house" with Teddy too much. I'm not supposed to do a lot or running and jumping after the surgery. I'll miss my brothers, but I know that Mommy and Daddy will keep me company. I'll just catch up on my sleeping *yawn*. But, wish me luck, cause it's finally gonna happen this time! I'll get back in touch when I'm back home and have nothing but time on my paws. *sigh*

Love and snuggles,
Nigel

Daily Diary Pick!

Wow! I'm so excited I can't stop purring. Catster chose me as today's daily diary pick! This is the first time any of my family has gotten such a pawsome honor from Catster! Thanks to all the kitties who've made me feel special today. I gave Mom extra headbutts today I'm so happy. Even after she gave me my yucky meddies. But guess what she gave us this weekend? She went out and bought more food and stuff and she brought us a pretty new food bowl. It's blue and tan with pretty paw prints all over it. It is very very nice! If only she'd just fill it with nip, my life would be purrfect!
On another note, no news yet. We're just waiting on my surgery right now. I've got 3 weeks now before I have to go in. I've been feeling pretty good, though. I've been so playful that Dad says, "If this is him when he doesn't feel good I hate to see him in perfect health." He made Mommy laugh. To me it sounded like he was making fun of me, what do you think? Anyway, Catsters! Thanks for coming to visit me on this special day that I made Daily Diary pick! I'm so excited! Love and purrs to everycat!

Your pal,
Nigel

More bad news...

*sigh* Well, Catsters. I know a lot of you have been wondering how I've been doing after my surgery. The good news is, there's been no healing to go through because there was no surgery. The day before I was supposed to go in they called Mom and told her they couldn't do it. They didn't have the right equipment (now that they really think about it!). So, they just left the name of a place on Mom's voicemail. Told her she should call them instead. Well, she did it even though there were some things that really worried her. That place said they were 3 weeks back with appointments JUST TO GET ME IN FOR THE CONSULTATION. Who knows how long it was going to take to get the procedure scheduled. So, Mom called my vet and then the other vet and then mine and then... you get the picture. Finally we got through and, after talking to my Dr., the Doc from the new hospital called mom a week later and told her she'd fit me in the next day for a consultation. Of course, she said the same thing. It needs to be done, I have some exposed roots in my back molars, x-rays need to be taken and all those teeth extracted. We knew that already! But they can't get me in until August 31st. So, for now we're back to meds every day to try to keep it from spreading even more. I don't really need to get in to the other part, but it really bothers me. You see, my pawrents pay monthly for my medical care at my other vet. That means the health plan covers the big parts of my surgery- the office visit, the anasthesia, and a big discount on any drugs and on the extractions themselves. Now, Mom will have to pay the monthly fee and will have to pay ANOTHER place the full price of the entire procedure, and it is pretty expensive. She's still waiting on an estimate from the animal hospital, but she and Daddy are kind of worried. Please purr for my family, Catsters. I know my pawrents are doing the best they can, but it may be really hard. They just started paying for our new house, as well as all the improvements they have to do on that. If they'd known that I would wind up being in this kind of trouble and that they would need this money for me, they probably wouldn't have bought the house yet. Thanks for being there, Catsters.

Lots of love and purrs,
Nigel

Bad News came yesterday...

Well, on Saturday I scared Mommy. After all the work we've done, something bad happened. She smelled my breath. Anyone who's ever had stomatitis knows that that isn't good. She called the V.E.T right away and made an appointment for yesterday. Daddy took me in and mommy met us there. The good thing is that I met a nice lady vet who was filling in for Dr. P. Her name was Dr. Henderson. She rubbed my belly and told me what a pretty kitty I am. But she made fun of me for having a bubble belly (I'm gettin' kinda pudgy...hehe). But she told Mommy and Daddy that my teeth need to come out (5 more for a total of 11). After next Friday I won't have any teethers left in the back. I'll just have to gum it all. I'm scared to lose those teeth, but I'll be glad when they don't hurt anymore. The worst part is that they put me on ClindaCure again. I HATE that stuff. It tastes like Drain-O. Thankfully, I don't know what Drain-O tastes like, but I don't think it would be good. YUCK! To make matters worse, when Daddy was taking me home I got really scared and kinda-sorta peed. I got messy and so did my carrier. So, after all the bad news and all the scary stuff going on, what do Mommy and Daddy do??? They throw me in the bath tub and DROWN ME! Ok, I'm overreacting a little, but it was CLOSE! Even after I protested, they just kept spraying me and rubbing this smelly stuff in my furr... Then when they finally let me go I felt awful, I looked awful, and Teddy was hissing at me cause I smelled weird. I didn't stay too mad at them, though. I'm a pretty laid-back guy. Everyone's always surprised at how tolerant I am. Just keep purring for me, guys. And think of me on Friday the 27th when I'm going under the knife. I won't feel too good for the next few days after that, and I'll be lonely having to spend the day in that scary place. At least I have my guardian angel kitty, Max, to look after me. I can beat anything now!

Purrs and mews,
Nigel

P.S.- We're in our new house now and I LOVE IT! We have so much fun there!

My appointment...

It went ok, I guess. It was what Mommy called a little "sobering" for Daddy. He took me there himself this time. It's usually Mommy. She said she didn't think that my condition had quite "sunk in" with him. The vet told him how I would probably have to lose all of my back teeth on one side of my mouth and another one on the other side of my mouth. That's a lot of teeth. She said it would seem that I'm just ultra-sensitive to the bacteria and that my snotty-head problems and my mouth problems probably won't go away but they'll just have to be treated. We don't know why I'm ultra-sensitive. I guess I just am. We don't think I have a virus. I guess that's good. I will just have to keep going to the nasty doctor all the time and I will keep having to get that icky stuff in the syringe. The good news is I am better today with my sneezing and snottiness. I guess maybe I'll have my good and bad days. Heck, I'll settle for some of each instead of all bad. Thanks for listening, Catsters! You're good friends!

-Nigel

The start of it all...

Hello, everyone! I'm so glad to be a Catster now. I have been to so many new places and now I think I've finally found a family. It wouldn't be complete without all of you. Everyone else I'd ever met kept giving me away because I was so much of a "problem!" Now I come here and you all shower me with purrs and pretty gifts! Thanks so much. I'm feeling ok now. I'm not looking forward to going to the V-E-T on Thursday, but Mommy says it's necessary. Hopefully they will see that my mouth is a little better. I hope they don't say I need to lose more teeth. I'm sort of...attached to them by this point! Plus, I couldn't be FANG without my teeth. Mommy calls me that because I have really big and sharp fangs that stick out of my mouth. She says I look like a sabertooth tiger. I don't even know what that is, but it sounds cool! I will let you all know what happens on Thursday. Keep purring for me!

Love,
Nigey Bear