Today is Monday!!! And I am still home!!!

Hello My Friends,
First let me say how much all your get well messages have meant
to my mommie and daddy and me....it is just so overwhelming!! We
can't believe how kind and caring you have been.
Mommie is still feeding me six times a day...they are trying to work it
out so the last feeding won't be around 11:30 at night because my first
feeding is around 5:30AM. Does not leave much sleep time! hehe
I still am not eating on my own....but, the good news is that I am
keeping the feeding tube food down. I think I miss chewing but, hey,
I just lay there and purr while mommie feeds me and daddy pets me and
tells me what a good little boy I am...can life get any better? I must be
getting stronger each day because I have actually meowed once or twice.
That seemed to thrill my humans! hehe
Well, my friends, I will close for now.
Again, thank you for being so kind to me!!
Until later,
Buddie

I AM HOME!! YIPEE!!

Hi Friends,
Well, I am H-O-M-E!!!! WOW!! My doctors, Dr. Stenske (the good looking blonde)
and Russ Reel (my main man) let me go home with mommie and daddy today
with my feeding tube in place. Mommie has fed me once already since we
have been home. (I have to be fed 6 times a day) Russ told them I was so good when he fed me..that I would
sit and purr....well, guess what friends?? Remember I told you that I would make
my humans pay?? Surprise!! It is PAY TIME....no sitting still...squirming is the name of the game along with lots of gurrs and squeaks!! Mommie was a nervous wreck
by the time my two BIG tubes of food were down me....I honestly thought I saw
a tear or two...hehehehe I think I feel somewhat better since my personality
is slowly coming back....
The doctors have found 7 things that are wrong with me
BUT nothing that can't be managed and no cancer!! We will continue with the feeding tube until I feel well enough to eat plus my meds that I have to take for
a long time.
Friends!! Thank you SOOO much for your prayers and good thoughts....I am just
happy to be home with mommie and daddy and, yes, McKenna too!! I can't tell you how much your well wishes have meant to my whole family!! Thank you does not seem enough.....until later,
Your happy to be home Buddie

Saturday is the day!!!!!!

Hello My Friends,
My doctor called mommie and daddy a few minutes ago....all my test are
back and the main thing is that there is NO cancer in my little body!! I do
have several things that are wrong with me but, they all think, nothing that can not
be treated. I will come home with the feeding tube which will require mommie
to feed me five to six times a day. She is afraid but daddy tells her she can do it!
The best news is that they will let me come home tomorrow....I am so excited
but will miss my main man white coated new friend, soon to be doctor, Russ
Reel....friends, when he becomes a doctor, wherever he goes, you will be very lucky!!! Anyhow, I GET TO COME HOME....feeding tube, loaded up on meds
but who cares!! I will be back home surrounded by MY THINGS!! Heck, I even
miss my sister, Mckenna...yes, friends, I am really sick. hehehe
My recovery will be slow...maybe a month or two of meds and constant care
but soon, with lots of prayers coming my way, I can resume my year long Honeymoon with The Beautiful Miss Hazel Lucy of Catster Fame!!!! YAHOO!!!
Mommie baked a chocolate cake to take to the doctors tomorrow and they are
leaving about five thirty in the morning to come get me.....so I must be special.
I mean, FIVE THIRTY AM on a SATURDAY MORNING???? hehehheh
Well, let me get my beauty sleep now....want to look good for my release
tomorrow!!
Bye for now, my friends, and thank you so very very much for all the kind
emails and thoughts and prayers AND, yes, I am wearing ALL my Healing
Rosettes and will continue to wear them untill they disappear!! Thank you one
and all....I love you,
A happy Buddie

Hospitals and Hospital Smells....

Hey friends,
They have been feeding me food thru this feeding tube since yesterday morning....well, I don't call this liquid blender stuff food since I can't crunch it in my mouth but I guess it makes the humans happy! I had planned on breaking out last night but some big human
in a white coat kept checking on me all night long so I never had a chance....maybe they will leave me alone today and I can case the joint and plan my exit again. I did overhear them saying they were going to do a 'thyroid test' on me late this afternoon which will require me to be moved back to ICU!! Rats, they had just moved me out this morning!! Rats!!! Well, if I am not groggy again, I might be running down the streets of Knoxville in one of those little gowns cut up the back.....my tail flapping in the wind. heheheh
Thanks for your prayers!!
Meow,
A homesick Buddie

Operation is Over!

Hello Friends,
My operation is over...I am groggy but standing up...they didn't see
any cancer from my throat down to my tummy!! They did take little
pieces of me to send off...that will be back soon...I will be here for a
while longer till they get that infection to go away, tho. Mommie and
Daddy called me on my kitty cell phone and said they would be over
this upcoming Saturday to visit me again...I wish I could go home..I
miss my 'stuff' 'and my humans and my Hazel Lucy!! But, I am being well
taken care of.
Thank you, friends, for your prayers!! They have worked!
Your groggy pal,
Buddie

Monday 6/12/06 Prayers Please

Hello Friends,
As my paws write this, I am in the big Vet Hospital in Knoxville..about
four hours from mommie and daddy. They drove over yesterday to see
me and I was very very happy. The doctor called today and said I was still not
eating and they would have to do a small operation tomorrow. If they
can not see anything, they are talking about inserting a feeding tube.
I would appreciate your prayers that they find something and can fix
it.
I am also taking fluids and meds by IV due to a massive kidney infection.
So far, the infection is getting a little better!!!
Thank you fur friends...I want to be back home and also want to see
my furwife, The Beautiful Miss Hazel Lucy of Catster Fame too!!
Meow,
Buddie

Ricki, my Brother.....

Hello Everyone,
This week I lost the best brother a furguy could ever have..he was a brave
boy who faced so many health problems but always had a sweet purr
for his family. He taught me to respect other furfaces and to always be
kind...that life is short and there is something better waiting for all of
us.
I miss and love you, my brother Ricki....
Your Buddie

Brother Ricki and HIS Catster Love, Midnight!!

Hi Friends,
Well, I am NOT the only married furboy in our family any longer....Brother Rick
decided to marry Little Midnight one afteroon and - BOOM - they were married that VERY night! HA! Boy, we were so happy to see ALL the Catster furfriends that decided to drop all their plans for that special night and attend!!
The Beautiful Miss Hazel Lucy of Catster Fame took Midnight clothes shopping the next day for a whole new wardrobe for her Honeymoon trip....we gave them our Jet for their romantic getaway and, now that she has ALL new clothes, and Ricki on her arm, she is set! hehehe They will have a blast...they deserve it!!
Well, friends, Ricki said he would update his diary and write all about the party
(after the wedding) very soon while he is on board the Jet...he loves computers!!
The Beautiful Miss Hazel Lucy of Catster Fame and I are sitting on a clean
white sandy beach sipping delicious fish drinks....we will be here for a while in our
little rented home away from home....thank you, anonymous beneficiary!!
We love you!! And thanks for lending the Jet to Little Midnight and Brother Ricki!
You are the greatest!!
Your Pal,
Buddie

Tornadoes and Stones....

Hi Friends,
Mommie took me Friday morning to get my staples out and she got
my reports....good news..my bladder stones were the same type as
sister McKenna has so we can still dine on the same kitty food!! My
masses were NOT cancer but are some other weird thing (figures) so
mommie and daddy will think about what treatments to use but I am fine...
we were home a few hours and then the TORNADOES struck....mommie
grabbed sister McKenna and me and put us in our carriers and we ran
to the basement to Ricki's bachelor pad where we were safe and sound.
Friday was a very lucky day for us--good health reports for me and no
tornado damage for our family. Please pray for all our neighbors who
did have damage and their pets!!
Your Pal,
Buddie

Honeymoon Interrupted due to STONES and not the DIAMOND- kind!!

Hi Friends,
Well, I sure messed up my year long Honeymoon with the Beautiful
Miss Hazel Lucy of Catster Fame...yesterday I had an operation! Mommie
and daddy put me in the carrier without food or water or even a goodbye
kiss from my sweet Hazel Lucy. I was crying for her but the humans would
not heed my tears....well, anyhow, I got to the vets (and I must say a FAR
cry from the FIVE Star Hotels we have been enjoying since our marriage in
September).....they gave me a shot and I lapsed into a deep drug induced
sleep in which they removed 20 small stones and one large stone from my
bladder and removed two separate masses from my stomach. They will be
sent on a trip with results to return in about a week. I am home now but
expect to be up and running when my staples are removed in ten days to
resume my FUN FILLED Honeymoon with my Sweet Petite. Until then, she is spending quality time with her Mommie Julie and checking out their new digs.
Well, that about sums it up for now.
Meow to everyone!!
Your Pal,
Buddie