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16 years

Dear Diary,

it's my 16th birthday today!

Last autumn I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and CRF. I also had one epileptic seizure.

Mom was really worried about me for weeks, but soon after getting medicine I started to recover slowly.

Nowdays I take two kind of medicines daily (Mom gives them both at the same time) and I'm on strick renal diet. Mom wants me to eat at least once in 3 hours so that I wouldn't get any more epileptic seizures (because of low blood sugar.)

So Mom taught me to wake her up at nights! Can you imagine!

I wake her up every night, several times. I put my paw on her chin and she wakes up immdiately, gives me food and goes back to sleep.

Even though I'm old and have cronic diseases I feel fine. Mom gives me extrastrong vitamines for my energy and it works - I love to run and play with Vieno every day, I even ask Mom to play with me at evenings!

I'm quite skinny but that's because of CRF, I can't gain any weight no matter how much I eat. But that's ok, we are happy as long as I'm feeling good.

If you want to visit my blog you're most welcome!



Helsinki, Finland, 20.3.2007 , 8:48 am

My thoughts

Dear Diary,

it's been a long time.
Vieno has been very busy with her blog lately but now she left computer and went to the balcony and I rushed to write this entry.

Summer has been good, I've liked it a lot.
Mom took us to take our annual shots few weeks ago and it was quite an experience for all of us. Vieno almost got a heart-attack (I'm not kidding) and I drooled and panicked because I saw her horror. Mom says it was one of the most terrible vet visits she'd ever had, and she's seen a plenty. But our doctor, Tuija Salminen, took good care of us and made the experience as easy as possible. She even tricked Vieno to think that she was there just to keep me company! She's a good vet. She also complimented me on my weight. I guess many cats are fat because they eat all kind of junkfood and she was happy to see DSH which has been fed healthy food. That's not so common, unfortunately.

Mom has promised Vieno that she will bring us a kitten some day. I don't really know what to think about that. I guess I can handle two babies the same way I can now handle one... Somehow I like to play the mommy role but don't tell anyone, that's too embarrassing. It's just that I lived alone for 10 years and now when I finally got company I really want to enjoy every moment of it. And it's easy to like Vieno, she's adorable girl.

What else... oh, yes. I haven't vomit since Mom stopped serving me food with wheat. It was that simple. It took few months for her to figure out the reason for my vomiting. Wheat, dairyproducts and some preservatives make me feel sick. That's why I get to eat Almo Nature jellies every day. Think... 70 gr tin costs 1,10 €. That's 1,35 US$ and 1,8 AU$ (that's for Keiser :)) and it's not even 100 gr. I think it's very expensive but ah, so tasty and healthy. Mom says "in this family cats come first."

Sun has set while writing this and it's only 10 pm. It means autumn is coming soon. I'm waiting for those cosy, warm evenings we're going to spend together, all three of us. Soon we'll celebrate our first anniversary together. It's been a good year. After my Old Man died I thought I couldn't ever like anyone again. But time heals. Now I can easily say that I love Vieno and Mom, very much indeed. And I know they love me, I feel it every day.

I'm also happy for Mom. I feel she's overcome her sorrow for Rommi and Sissi. She cries only once a week nowdays. I guess time will heal her sorrow as well. I know she loved those souls very dearly but now she has us in her life. She often says she feels very blessed because she's been able to connect with such an amazing spirits as Misu, Piukku, Rommi, Sissi, Vieno and myself. Sometimes I think she must have been a cat, or some other animal, in her former life.

Now I must rush to play with Vieno. Thank you diary for being here for me.

Kirre


2005-08-21 22:26:15

Mom's cat

Dear Diary,

Mom found long time ago a good petshop (4Pets) from where she buys most of our stuff; food, toys, beds etc. If they don't have whatever she has in mind they always try to get it for her.

Sometime ago Mom asked for natural brand called Almo Nature and today it arrived to the shop and ofcourse Mom rushed there. She bought all different kind of jellies, patés and tins, different flavors. The meat is 100% free range and fish 100% sea water fish, so it's hormone free. And needless to say there's no additives. My stomach loves Almo Nature! As it does love Animonda's Vom Feinstein Menue and Carny's Fisch Menue! I myself love all wet food but unfortunately my stomach doesn't agree with me. It knows better, so to say.

Mom was talking with the vendor who said that the other vendor told her earlier that if she could choose in what form to re-born, she would choose to be Sari's cat in her next life! (Sari is my Mom.) It was so funny and so sweet! I know what it's like to be Mom's cat and I can't imagine any better deal.


2005-06-17 18:59:49