Drunken Saylor

Saylor's spay went great and she is recovering well. I made her a comfy nest on the bed so she could sleep it off because she was still a little drunk when we brought her home. Thanks for all the purrs and purrayers!!!

Thank You

Thanks to everyone for the purrs for our lady. She is having her shoulder checked out today to make sure she hasn't done too much damage.
Oh and thanks to the Cat of Nine Tails for reminding the lady to check for a memory card in her camera. There was one and the pics were saved on it, yay!
So she wanted to show just how close she was to these speeding boats. Of course, there is no picture of the boat gone crazy :)
Big news!!!! Tomorrow is Maggie May Day! We will be celebrating Maggie May's one year anniversary of her third and final knee surgery! Be sure to stop by Maggie May and Her Luxating Patella and see all of the wonderful graphics Ann of Zoolatry made for her!

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Update on Cal

***Update on Cal***

Cal was dropped off at the vet this morning for a couple of tests. The first test was an x-ray and the second was a maldigestion profile. When the lady and man walked into the exam room at 4:00 this afternoon, Dr. D's face pretty much said it all. The first words out of the lady's mouth were, "you do not look happy!" Indeed Dr. D was not happy. Cal has dropped another pound and is down to around 8lbs - not good. Then Dr. D turned the lights out and the light box on to highlight his x-rays. His x-rays showed lots of activity going on in his intestines, lots of air. Then she pointed out a troubling area, which could either be really angry intestines or a neoplasm of lymph tissue - cancer.

The results from the maldigestion profile will take 3-5 looooong days. This test will show if Cal has exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (maldigestion syndrome). This can sometimes coincide with IBD and can cause the runny stools and weight loss. We are actually holding out hope that this test is positive because it is relatively easy to treat, well, easier than cancer.

During his stay at the vet, Cal was given fluids and a B12 injection. The lady and man purchased Greenie's Pill Pockets to make administering medication easier. Cal's pred has been bumped up to 2 pills 2x/day along with metronidazole 1x/day and mirtazapine every three days. Cal is a pain to pill and nearly takes the servants fingers off. They have to take turns being the piller because it can get kinda painful, not to mention frustrating, when he spits the pill out repeatedly. The pill pockets are working wonders so far!

Dr's orders for Cal (while we wait) are to make him eat, eat, eat, whatever he wants, to hopefully gain some weight back.

As always, we appreciate all the purrs and prayers, please keep them coming!

Things Goin' On

A few interesting things happened over the weekend here on the creek. The servants sold the pool table that was up in the loft and not being used. The lady is unsure what to do with the space now, perhaps an art studio or maybe a very cool kitty playground!
Sometime on Friday night, somekitty puked all over Dixie dog's bed. We don't know who exactly, but smart money is on Cal. The lady took one look at the bed and said there was no way she was cleaning that mess up and decided Dixie needed a new bed anyway. Dixie has been using our blue fishy bed every since. Yeah, it's waaaay too small for Dixie.
So, on Monday, the lady took the money from the pool table sale and hit the Internet. Petco was having a good sale and free shipping! She bought Dixie a very nice new bed that is off the ground, like a cot. We're sure Maizy Grace will enjoy the new bed as well. For us kitties she bought a water fountain!! Cal's prednisilone really makes him thirsty and pee a massive flood. For the first time in his 10 years of life, he has started drinking out of the kitchen faucet. The lady is hoping the new fountain will satisfy his need for flowing water.We can't wait for our cool new stuff to arrive!

***Update on Pop***

Pop had a pretty good appointment yesterday. The dr. believes he is improving. There is still infection in the foot bone, which causes his whole foot to swell and turn purple every time he puts it on the floor. The dr. has decided to cut back on the least potent antibiotic and remain the same on the strongest one. He will need another 3-4 weeks of IV antibiotics and then probably another 1-2 weeks of oral antibiotics.

Thanks for all the purrs, you are all so very wonderful! Now we need to add our Nana to the purr list (she is the lady's mom and was Caddy Caddy's mom.) She learned yesterday at the human vet that she has Hashimoto's disease and high blood pressure. She will be going to see an internist soon to hopefully get both conditions under control.