It's been a little over two years since I was diagnosed with HCM, but I'm still here. I take six medicines now plus aspirin twice a week and sometimes an appetite stimulant. I feel good though and still do all my usual stuff. I see Mommy look at me sometimes with a sad face. I'm not sad though. I fight with Benjamin, chase Hershey and wrestle with AnnaDee. I lay on my back with my feet in the air, and let Mommy drop my medicine treats in my mouth. I sit on the window perches in the sun and sniff the fresh spring air. I make the most of every day!
There are a lot of special treats in the house these days, but I wish there weren't. The only reason they are here is because Mom uses them to try to bribe me into taking my medicines. I went for my check up on Friday. Now I have eight medicines that I'm taking. Every time I wake up from a nap, Mom is trying to stick some treat in my face or grab hold of my ears. I'm just tired of it. The best treat would be no treat at all!
I am so tired of Mom shoving treats in my face. In the morning, after work, at night, it never stops. Sometimes, she even comes home from work at lunch at does it again. I was really liking them, those Party Mix treats, but after almost two years, I need something new.
Yesterday, Mom lured me into the bathroom and brought out a plastic container. Boy, did it smell delicious when she opened it. "I want some of that," I said. Freeze-dried salmon. Yum! Of course she had to go and stick it onto those stupid pill pockets, but I barely noticed. Ben was stuck on the other side of the door. Mom hid the treats but gave him one little bite. I'm content to wait for the next time, but Ben is on a hunger strike. He's not eating anything else until he gets more salmon treats.
In the middle of he night, I also helped myself to the baby's breath flowers in Mom's Valentine bouquet. She was hiding that too. Into the powder room, it goes overnight, but she didn't shut the door tightly. They were tasty, but then I got sick and left bright green piles of 'sticks' in the living room.
And how could I forget the peacock feather? I ate almost a whole peacock feather two weeks ago. Love those.
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