weight

my original weight when I started on Catster was 7 lbs. I just want everyone to know that from now on I will be just changing my weight in my bio as I get bigger and bigger!

new update

Its been so long since I wrote that I thought I would give an update. I am doing very well. I have taken up to sleeping in the garage where I find peace from the other cats and dog. They want to play with me and I am just not intrested. My red blood cell count is down again but the vet said this is normal and i will go up and down. We go for another check up this next week. I have started to forget the sancuary and have really wanted to start going outside. Every chance I get I run for the door. Mom has taken me out a few times and sits with me while I roll in the rocks and bask in the sun. She even let me sit on the patio all afternoon one day. I was so happy. I just loved laying in the sun. She decided to move the litter box into the garage. While the handyman was installing a kitty door in the garage door i made a run for it. I was gone 16 hours. Mom was frantic. She walked the whole neighborhood asking all the neighbors and looking under every tree or shrub. At 6 am a neighbor across the street found me in her yard. She fed me salbury steak and brought me home. Mom put me in her bed and I didnt move for 8 hours. I had quite and adventure running around the neighborhood like my old days, but my little old man body was exausted. I think I got the outside thing out of my system for now. I am now on a diet of only dry food. It has completly cured my diarrea. I can only eat Iams Hairball Control or Natures balance. Any other canned or dry food brings back the diarrea. mom is suprised that I enjoy the dry food so much but I don't want the canned stuff. I never ate it before so maybe thats why I just prefer it. I don't really sleep in my mom's bed anymore. I go through stages where every few weeks I switch to a new spot in the house and thats where I stay. I'm still 9 1/2 lbs. Mom cant get me any higher but at least I'm maintaining. Chaos is just getting fatter and fatter, He has a huge fat belly that sags down. mom says I need to take some of his fat. Rascal is also getting big. But he is all muscle. Mom says thats because he rolls around and plays with the dog so much that he is getting very strong. He is solid when you pick him up. Me? I just sit back and laugh at these crazy cats playing all day when they could be relaxing like me.

hip hip horray!!!!!

My mom is jumping for joy!!!! She was so excited when the vet called her today with such great new that she rushed home to have a talk with me and tell me the great news!

ALL my blood levels are NORMAL!!!!!!!
My enemia is gone. I am in normal range for the whole blood panel done on me!!! My mommy is just so happy she is the one purring and doing flips.

I am just doing so well. I am off antiobiotic compleatly, I still eat lots of good powders mixed in my food but I don't mind. The vet told mom that it is a absolutly amazing how I have bounced back. The vet told mom to try not to get to excited because at any time things could turn the other way, but mom cant help it, she is so hopefull.

GOOOOOOOO CABBIE is all my mom keeps saying. I just rub against her and purr. She know how happy I am to be home. She saved me just in the nick of time when I was ready to give up. Know I have a will to live and it's her.

We don't have another vet visit for 1 month unless I slide the wrong way but I don't see that happening.

As to my balance, hahahaha I walk sidways and put my butt up aginst objects to hold my balance. It is cute my mom says. I also shake my head alot and when I do this I fall over, but I don't seem to mind, I can live with this. It might never return but thats okay. I know I have all my moms love and thats all I need.
xoxox

PLEASE EXCUSE THE MISPELLING I AM ONLY A CAT. LOL

10-4-07

I am doing so well, My mommie is so proud of me. I have been eating 2 cans of food per day. My weight is 7.13 We are back at trying to get over the 8lbs hump. Today My mom was in the shower. I decided that I wanted fresh water to drink, So I tried to jump in the shower while mom was in it. I ended up falling in and then realizing that the water was on. lol My mom very quickly moved the shower head to point at the wall but it was too late I was all wet. So daddy came and got me, dried me off and gave me a fresh bowl of water. I drank half of it. I really only like fresh water. I guess I'm kinda picky about my water. But I think I have a right to be picky after all I have been through. Mom told me she is gonna check into one of those water bowls that pours the water so it's always fresh. We were gonna make a vet visit this week but since I am doing so well we are gonna wait till next thur to have all my blood checked. I still can't walk straight but I walk diagonally really well. I have learned to deal with this balance thing. Like I said I did fall in the tub today but i am fearless, I can get anywhere in the room I want. If I fall I just get back up and keep walking diagonally. My voice is also starting to come back slowly. I have meowed at my mom at least 2 times per day for the last 2 weeks. When I first came home I never meowed. I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I am definatly feeling better. I also know that my mom loves me so much and I am just so happy to be home with her. I purr alot and love to cuddle with her on the bed. When she leaves to work I like to sleep on the bath mat in the bathroom under her sink. For some reason I don't like to cross the bathroom floor. maybe the tile is cold to me. But it is hotter in the days so I like to hang out in the bathroom on the mat only. But as soon as mom comes home I return to the bed. I really liked the all natural food that another great cat's mom sent me. I had no diarrea while I was eating it, even blended up in the blender with pedilight. I like to drink my food. It makes it easy for me to eat it. My teeth are really bad so it hard to chew or even get the food to stay in my mouth. Mom ran out of the natural food but had 11 cans of A/D so she gave me that thinking it was good for my weight gain. WRONG! I have had nothing but diarrea since the first day on it. Mom ordered a month supply of the natural food. We can't wait till it comes in the mail. It shipped today. I have also started getting soars on me. Like little scabs. Mom is sure that its because of the FIV. She told me to leave them alone. I don't pick at them.
Rascal has decided that he is the new boss cat of the house. He tries to sneek in my room and fight me. I don't know what his problem is. I lived with him in that terrible dessert all that time. And he has the whole rest of the house to roam. But I have news for him even when mom brought home an akita/chow mix dog 4 years ago I showed that dog I was boss. (he was very old and died last year, but still). So I told mom to let me out of the room to teach Rascal a lesson but she says I am no longer allowed to fight other cats. Oh well I know I'm the boss and thats all that matters. Also Miss Swenson HaHa she thinks she is so sneaky. She sits at my bedroom door waiting for anyone to open it, then jets under the bed. She only stays under the bed for about 5 seconds before running for my food bowl. She thinks knowbody sees her. But she gets swooped up and evicted out of my room right away. I don't even have to hiss at her. They kick her out too fast. She only wants more food anyway. Little pig. Mom weighted her she is 2.7lbs. She is growing fast. Well that about sums up everything that has been going on. I'll let you all know how my vet visit goes.
Love Cabbie

my vet visit

my vet visit went very well!! The vet was very happy to see me playing with a stuffed mouse when she came into the room. She completely checked me out and said my ear has healed very nicly. Were still unsure if my balance will return. They gave mommy a new I.V. fluid bag and took my blood to check my red blod cell count. The vet called mommy with the great news! My red blood cell count is 25!!!! It just gets better and better every check up! Everything else is good. I have been eating much better too. Mommy still has me on one antibotic and drops in my ears. Thank you everybody for all the great support.
love Cabbie

Cabbie's thoughts today!

A really nice woman sent my mommy a whole bunch of natural cat food and some really great enzimes and vitamin powder to mix in my food. I seem to not mind the powder in my food because i am eating it. If I don't I know she is gonna force it down me one way or another. So I eat about a half a can and she forces the other half down me in the evening. She is still giving me I.V. fluids every night. I drink a little bit of water or milk but it is not enough.
This afternoon I was doing really good at eating my mommy was on the floor watching me. I was doing some funny things with my mouth. She thought I had a loose tooth that was moving around cause I kept pawing at it too, like it was really bugging me. So after I finished eating she wrapped me in a towel and checked my teeth. I didn't have any loose ones but my gums were bleeding on the top and bottom of the side that was bugging me while eating. She called the vet and they said we really should not do anything about it because all they could give me is steroids and we think those would be really bad for my body with the FIV. Maybe when I get better I can have my teeth worked on. They are really bad and rotting I also have lots of gingervitis on my teeth. But mommy says that is on the bottom of the long list of things wrong with me. The vet did say that if I continue to have a low appetite that he may give me some valuem. (however it's spelled). Maybe my gums are bleeding too because I haven't been eating and now I'm starting to. Or maybe I got a little piece of bone stuck in there. In the nine lives I was eating there are tiny ground up pieces of bone. Mommy is so happy all this new food came tonight. She put a fresh bowl of some canned rabbit flavor in the room for me with all the goodies mixed in, And there were no little pieces of bones in it. I picked a little at it but she said I can have till late tonight to eat it cause I ate that half a can around 5pm so I'm not hungry yet.
Also we have decided that I have a clogged tear duct. Mommy has been putting medicine in my eyes for over a week now and its the second time we have tried this. My one eye just keeps dripping down my face. This is also near the bottom of the list since it does not seem to bother me and they have to stick a pin down the hole and flush it out. THERE IS NO WAY I WILL SIT STILL FOR THIS ONE. Maybe when I get real healthy and get my teeth done this is something the vet can do at the same time.
I am feeling better today and slowly each day become a little more active. I am getting used to tumbling over on my side when I try to walk to fast. I have even tried a little trot to mommy when I am happy to see her come in the room. If I fall I just get back up and keep moving. It would be nice if my balance comes back but I think I can cope with this too.
For the time being mommy says were just gonna take it one day at a time and thats fine with me.
Cabbie

I ate

I am so happy today. Cabbie finally ate a half a can of cat food on his own. This is the first time in over a week that cabbie has eaten on his own besides some sardines a few nights ago. He lost intrest in the sardines after 1 night. He is also feeling much more active. He is back to trying to sneak out of the bedroom and explore the house. He is also trying to jump up on the bed for some love at night. His balance is still really off but I think he is learning to live with the wobbleness. We hope his balalce returns but it is a possibility that it may not.
Well he is on the couch down stairs and I can't leave him a lone long.

first entry

well I know its kinda in the middle of our long ordeal but i have to start somewhere. I will update cabbies condition here and let everyone know how he is doing. I also decided that this may be theraputic for me and would be nice to have if he does not stay with us for very long.

So today Cabbie had a vet appoitment. He got a new antibotic, A new IV bag of fluids, and a pill that he takes twice a day that is suppose to make him want to eat.
He is very weak and still has no balance. He will not move from his very soft bed I made him unless its to go to the litter box. I pray for him daily and I lay on the floor with him a lot. At night I don't want to fall asleep because my head is on the edge of my bed looking down at him on the floor next to me. I just reach down and pet him till we both fall asleep. I wish I could put him in the bed with me but if he tries to get up in the night he will fall off the bed.
This morning I forced him to eat a 1/2 a jar of baby food and tonight so far I have made him eat a half a can of A/D I will make him finish the can before bed. I am really concerned about his weight. It is slowly going down. His little body can't handle losing much more weight. Today at the vet he weighted 7.02. This is so under weight for him. He used to weight 17 lbs. Everybody keep praying for him that his balance returns. I think he may eat more if his balance comes back.
I need to stop now because I am crying writing this.