Hershey Highlights

I am 8 years old today!

It's my birthday, it's my birthday! Yippee! I am eight years old. Mom and dad got me some cool catnip filled toys to play with. I love catnip! Ahhh!

WOW! I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD TODAY!

Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! I am 7 today! This is the first year since I was a kitten that I have had no emergency trips to the vet for bladder or blockage problems. Yippee!! Guess the CD food and no fish has done the trick. I am one happy little black cat!

I got some great new catnip toys! So, gotta go...new things waiting to be destroyed.

Happy 6th Birthday Hershey!!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Hershey
Happy Birthday to you!!

Wow! I am 6 years old today! I am a happy, happy cat cause I have a great family that loves me and takes such great care of me. I wish every kitty could be treated this well. Off to get a slice of birthday tuna! C ya later!

No more nasty pills!!!

Woohoo! I've been off the baytril for a week now( after 6 weeks of having it pushed down my throat) and my urine specimen was clean! No crystals and my ph was down from 7.5 to 7.0. No more pills and the cd food and distilled water have obviously helped. I am feeling happy and healthy and hoping to stay this way for a long, long time! Purr! Purrrr!!

Surgery for bladder obstruction

A few weeks ago, I developed another urinary tract infection and had to take Baytril for 2 weeks. Near the end of this, I suddenly was unable to pee...at all. Needless to say, this hurt alot and I did some howling that made mom and dad take notice. Fortunately mom is a nurse and recognized right away that this was an emergency. Once at the vets office, it was determined that my bladder was full and after several unsuccessful manual attempts to release my urine, I was scheduled for surgery. After surgery, I was connected to an IV of lactated ringers, running at 9cc/hr. I had a foley catheter to drain my urine. The foley had to stay in overnite and I had to sleep in a cage at the vets. I had to wear one of those stupid cones for a whole week. Yuck! Embarrassing and humiliating!
Got my urine checked after 2 more weeks of Baytril and it still wasn't quite clean, so back on Baytril for another 2 weeks. I am now officially an expert pill popper. Another urine check in a few days and hopefully a clean bill of health. The other alternative is just too scary to even think about. The vet said that sometimes when the obstuctions continue male cats have to become female cats( to put it mildly). Hey the vet already cut my balls off. No way are they getting the rest of me. After some hard thinking, I wonder if someone knew in advance and that is how I got my name, Hershey. Get it? It is not funny! I am eating my cd food and drinking distilled water and keeping my paws crossed that I do ok.

Happy Birthday To Me

Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Sweet Hershey
Happy Birthday to Me!!!

I am 5 years old today! Yippee! I have the best mom and dad and I know I am getting something special for my birthday!!

Catnip roasting on an open fire...

Only a few more days til Santa Claws arrives. My wish list had only one thing on it. Catnip! Oh, yum, I love catnip! I promise Santa to be extra good for now on. I will even stop chasing Peanut if I have to. Hurry up, Santa!

Life is good...again

I have completed my 14 days of torture and agony. No more antibiotics for me. My pee is clear and I can go in large amounts whenever I feel like it. Life is sweet and getting sweeter. The weather has cooled off here in sunny Florida. The windows are open. Ahh, the sweet smell of fresh air coming in with the ocean breeze. I am so happy. Enough of this for now. Time for a little catnap.

Only a few more days...

11 days of miserable tasting pills being shoved into my mouth. Yuck! Double Yuck!! Doesn't anyone understand I DON'T want anymore miserable tasting pills. I try to hide...they find me. I try to spit it out...they give it to me again. I can pee with the best of them. I don't need those stupid pills anymore. Please, pretty please, give me a break. I promise not to wake you up in the middle of the nite anymore. Anything...just no more pills!

Visiting the Vet...ugh!

Well, I got caught using the litter box too frequently and only going in tiny amounts. Another trip to the vet. I cried out my protests during the car ride but no one heard and turned the car around. I spent the day in a cage while people hovered around waiting for me to pee. Good grief! Mom and Dad came back for me that afternoon. I had not given up a drop. Wonderful words. They are sending me home so that my owners can collect a sample. Back into the carrier and out the door. The sweet smell of clean air. Ahhh! Into the car. Oh no, I can't hold it any longer. I pee all over my Dad. Sorry. They finally get a sample and now I am taking those awful pills again. I have another UTI but no crystals this time. Oh no, time for my pill again. Gotta run and hide...