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Mercy Me!

Shopping and Stuff!

We are very honored to be the special winners in Skeezix's Halloween Purrade! Mom misses our Wizard of Oz pages but she decided to have us trot towards the Thanksgiving holiday.

For the gift card, we had a choice of Petco, Petsmart, or Amazon, so we decided on Amazon. We started looking to see what we could buy and that's when we discovered that Drinkwell has come out with a stainless steel 360 water fountain which we hadn't heard about, but we're not going to buy it. We thought that was really cool, but we just replaced our Drinkwell Platinum with the plastic 360 because it started leaking. There is also one negative comment so far about it on the Petsmart website.

I think we had Amazon on the brain because my friend TT told me earlier that they sell the C.E.T. dental chews at a great price! I know that sounds boring, compared to a nice new bed, toy or furniture, but we have lots of those and no chews, so I have a feeling that we're going to end up buying the bag of 96 chews! We haven't had them in awhile so I guess we'll be chewing like there's no tomorrow.

So last night, we had an unexpected visitor, and it was a dog! Mom took Quincy out for a walk in the dark last night and they ran into his best friend Casey, another Golden Retriever who lives in the neighborhood, walking with his parents. Since they were close to our house, she invited them over to play in our backyard.

At one point, the patio door was open with the screen door closed and Casey spotted me sitting at the door looking at him. He has two kitty siblings of his own and walked over to check me out! We were nose-to-nose at the screen door for minutes, sniffing each other out real good. He really wanted to come inside to play with me because he was wagging his tail! If Mom had the camera outside with her she would have taken a picture but she didn't.

Mom has decided she's not going to bring me back to see the vet for another blood poking for maybe a couple of months, even though the vet suggested a month. Too much poking and she's not sure for what. I don't think I mentioned that I also had a special thryoid test done the last time along with a pancreatic test, so I think I've been tested for ALOT of stuff already.

I also got this new report called Patient Trending to compare numbers from visit to visit. I could have told them that I'm very trendy! I've been taking my Pepcid in Pill Pockets and licking up Lysine. Reebok and Pebbles are sneezing a little also, so they're getting the Lysine too. Any other nosey cat who wants to see what's on Mom's finger also gets some!

Seriously, I am acting normal, and will be under Mom's watchful eyes for any changes.

Thank you very much to all our friends who have been stopping by to visit with our family and leaving us rosettes, gifts, treats, pawmails, and comments. We've not been so good lately with keeping up with all our friends because of Mom's busier schedule these days, but she still has 15 days left of vacation days to take this year, and she's taking one tomorrow for Quincy's treatment which also means she'll get to spend more time with us!

If you read this entire diary entry you are a patient friend! MOL

Love,
Mercy

Not so bad!

We got my results from my long vet visit last weekend. Without getting too technical, all of my abnormal numbers got better, including my red blood cell count. The biggest improvement was that my high BUN went from 59 to 49, so it's still high but much better.

I really didn't need that B12 shot. One of the tests they ran was for IBD, even though my vet didn't think I had it, but now it's confirmed that I don't. And, I got a special thyroid test and that's normal too.

I have the sniffles but it's not too bad because I've been eating and drinking like normal and climbing and jumping and all that cat stuff. I also like the Lysine because I lick it off of Mom's fingers just like I do hairball gel.

Mom is going to continue to give me extra feedings, which I seem to like, to make sure I don't lose anymore weight. I think she would be happy if I gained a pound. Plus, we're getting that good boiled chicken breast. The challenge is to sneak me food when no other cat is around!

I'll also continue getting the Pepcid and my vet thinks I'm showing signs of needing a teeth cleaning but Mom doesn't want me to have it done just yet because even the vet said with my numbers I'm at a higher risk for being put under anesthesia. So we'll give it some time and see how it goes when I go for another recheck in another month or so.

In the meantime, Mom thinks she's going to start brushing my teeth! OMC...who does she think I am...Rocky Ann? Wish me luck!

Okay, now onto other stuff. We had to change our email address for Catster/Dogster for the second time because our provider was bouncing their notifications on comments, gifts, group posts, etc., so we didn't get them for a few days!

Since Dad started a new job a couple of months ago, he has a different work schedule so Mom has spent more time after work taking Quincy to the dog park. Of course she brings the camera, and if you've ever read my bio, you might remember that Mom found me in a tree just outside of the dog park, so tonight she took a picture of it so it'll stay on my page somewhere to remind me where I was found! I think it's more of an overgrown shrub myself, and one that has obviously been left unpruned!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Love,
Mercy

Angel Calvin

Calvin left a huge hole in the heart of Catsterland when he made his journey to the bridge today. His Mawmee gave him a wonderful farewell gift by staying at his side on his way to heaven to receive his overflowing heart basket, even though it was painful for her.

We will never forget you, Calvin. You also left us with an overflowing basket of fond memories, and you'll forever be missed by your family and friends. The angels are going to learn a whole new vocabularly now with all your words.

Love,
Mercy and family