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Coloration: Brown Tabby
Likes: Meal time & treats. Sleeping in with Mommy.
Pet-Peeves: Loud noises & houseguests. No treats when I yowl for them!
Favorite Toy: My catnip sushi handroll
Favorite Nap Spot: Window seat
Favorite Food: Tuna, Steak, Cheese, Ham & Coconut Macaroons!
Skills: Drinking from faucet & opening doors
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: I was adopted by my mommy from a rescue organization in Los Angeles. Mommy saw my photo on Petfinder.com. My old parents were moving and didn't want me in their brand new house. They had a new baby too and I didn't fit into the picture I guess. From the minute my new mommy set eyes on me, she was in love. I tried really hard to be charming and cute. I was a little overweight at the time, depressed and in desperate need of brushing, love and attention. My first week with mommy I hid behind a bookcase. I had never been out of my old parents' apartment in Burbank. I was a very scared and timid cat. She saw the diamond in the rough though and now I am one of the most handsome cats around town! With the help of my brother I have come out of my shell even more. Now I don't hide when visitors come to the house. I still don't like them but I won't run and hide under the bed anymore! My hobbies are, eating, sleeping, cuddling with my brother and grooming my immaculate white feet!
I'm top cat in the house because I'm so smart. I have a way of manipulating people into giving me food and treats. I'm a true gourmand.
Bio: **I was diagnosed with stage 2 CRF on Oct 3, 2008. Mommy is now taking me to a specialist who is monitoring my condition. We hope to slow the progression of the disease with a special diet and medication. Mommy is not sure how much more time I have on this earth but she's going to take advantage of every precious moment with me!**
Lives Remaining: 5 of 9
Forums Motto: I'm the big boss.
The Groups I'm In: 10 YEARS OR OVER??? DOGS or CATS, All of us who drink from the faucet - or other running water!, Best Friends Animal Society, Catster Marketplace, Chef Skylar's open restaurant, CRF Support Group, Navin and Buds, Olde Furts, SIAMESE LOVERS Around the World Act II
Jake & Micah Shop!:
Jake's silly face:
Jake's favorite drink:
How to make a Jake
Ingredients:
5 parts jealousy
5 parts arrogance
3 parts energy
Method: Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of emotion
Mommy, daddy and I had another date with the vet last week. It was hard for mommy and daddy to go back there (to the same room in fact) where everything bad went down for them the week before with Micah.
Dr. Dave felt my stomach and listened to my heart and lungs. I also got weighed. I'm still my muscular and attractive 15 lb. self! Then he whisked me off for a blood test! UGH! It wasn't so bad though, I like Dr.Dave. He treats me with the respect a cat should get at the vet. No baby band aid this time.
Anyway I got my results a couple days later. **Drumroll... My BUN and Creatinine numbers have gone down!! Yippee! Not down to normal, they will never be normal again. But down enough that's encouraging to mommy and daddy. Mommy just makes sure I get my Calcitriol every day along with a quarter Pepcid. The Pepcid helps settle my tummy so I keep my appetite up. For now I've been active, playful and enjoying life as much as I can without my little brother Micah.
I searched the house for you again today...under the bed, in your favorite bathroom, at the top of the cat tree, under daddy's desk...I even wait for you before I eat.
Mommy said you're my guardian angel now, but what does that mean? Does that mean we can't wrestle anymore, that I can't push you on your back and nip at your belly, that I can't clean your face with my tongue? I listen for your voice to call to me down the long hallway and wait for you to jump into bed with me at night. It's getting cold now and I miss cuddling with you on the couch and when it's cold in the morning. Little brother, I miss you. Your big bro, ~Jake
It’s been 4 weeks since I was first diagnosed with CRF (Chronic Renal Failure). Since then a lot has happened. Mommy and Daddy took me to see a specialist and he got me started on Renal food and Calcitriol. Mommy was so worried and sad but I've been doing really really well. I like my food and my activity level is back to normal. I've been jumping and playing. Mommy is so happy since we caught it early and we're taking preventative measures. I go back for a checkup next week so we'll see where my levels are at.
Today was the saddest day for Mommy and Daddy. My little brother Micah died today. I was his big brother and he really looked up to me. Something bad happened to him and they took him to the emergency hospital in the middle of the night. He hadn't come back and I wondered where he went. I saw them put him in the carrier and he wasn't happy at all.
Mommy and Daddy were crying all day today. It kind of scared me to see them so sad. They've been so worried about me the past 3 weeks and never knew my little brother was sick too. I went looking for him yesterday and today and he's not around. He doesn't try to find me when I'm eating or in his bathroom. Mommy said I'm her only baby now and that I'll see Micah at the Rainbow Bridge someday. I know by then he'll be ready to wrestle me big time! I try to give Mommy and Daddy lots of blinkies and I sit on their laps to make them feel better. I'm missing my brother lots too.
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