Barb and Tori
Member Since 2009
Hi everybody. It's been awhile hasn't it? I'm sorry I have been MIA for so long. I had intended to be back much sooner but I guess the grieving process has taken a lot more out of me than I thought it would. Tomorrow marks two months since Tori went to the Bridge. For most of that time I have been in a kind of a limbo just trying to get through each day and do what I have to do. I miss my little Missy Kitty so much but I have come to the conclusion that she is trying to tell me enough is enough and to just get it together and get on with it. That was very much her attitude to adversity- just get on on with it and do the best you can.
Today is my boy Rocky's 14th birthday. I got Rocky when he was 3 months old. He was the last present my parents gave me before they both died. He was such a tiny little kitty. He only weighed a 1/2 lb. He looked almost like a new born. I got him from the SPCA a year after we got Tori. It was love at first sight for both of us. I was looking at another kitten and he reached out his little paw and touched my leg. I picked him up and he started to purr and knead me and that was it. I knew he was mine. Rocky is very much a 1 person cat. My son calls him my Familiar because he is so incredibly attached to me. He knows me so well and is always there for me. He gives the most wonderful back rubs. Yes back rubs but for me only. He was a sickly kitty with longstanding IBD until I started them all on a raw diet and within weeks he started to gain weight and had normal BMs for the first time in his life. He's so healthy now and acts like a kitten most of the time. He has done very well with Tori's passing and has been a great comfort to me and Ayanna.
Malachi our youngest kitty has had a harder time. He didn't want to eat at first (unusual to say the least) but he has gradually come around. He is much more of a cuddler now which is nice and has taken over being the recipient of the bedtime story which was Tori's role.
Ayanna has been doing very well. She turned 4 on April 15th. She misses Tori a lot as well but is accepting of the fact that she is is Kitty Heaven and is happy and healthy again. She wants us to get a girl kitty one day but even said she's not ready yet. Amazing.
As for Tori she has been taking her new role as a Guardian Angel very seriously. A couple of weeks ago my daughter set her mattress on fire. My daughter sleeps like the dead but fortunately she woke up and we were able to but out the fire it got out of control.
My son continues to struggle with his health. He has been getting a lot of migraines and unfortunately because of his kidney status is not allowed to take anything for them. We are still waiting on the MRI which won't be done until AUgust 31st. After that he will have the kidney biopsy and hopefully be able to start on the medication that he needs. We will be seeing the geneticist in Calgary on June 20th. Hopefully they will be able to give such some more answers. So so far we are still going on the premiss that he has Ehler's -Danlos Syndrome which is causing the kidney issues. Some how Daniel has been able to keep a pretty positive attitude towards the whole thing. He's doing much better than me. I am having a real hard time with it all. The thought that I may have passed this on to him is very hard for me to take and of course I worry about Ayanna as well.
So that's the update on us. Again I am sorry that I haven't been around. I have lurked a bit and all of you have never been far from my thoughts and my prayers. Luv you all.
Today is my boy Rocky's 14th birthday. I got Rocky when he was 3 months old. He was the last present my parents gave me before they both died. He was such a tiny little kitty. He only weighed a 1/2 lb. He looked almost like a new born. I got him from the SPCA a year after we got Tori. It was love at first sight for both of us. I was looking at another kitten and he reached out his little paw and touched my leg. I picked him up and he started to purr and knead me and that was it. I knew he was mine. Rocky is very much a 1 person cat. My son calls him my Familiar because he is so incredibly attached to me. He knows me so well and is always there for me. He gives the most wonderful back rubs. Yes back rubs but for me only. He was a sickly kitty with longstanding IBD until I started them all on a raw diet and within weeks he started to gain weight and had normal BMs for the first time in his life. He's so healthy now and acts like a kitten most of the time. He has done very well with Tori's passing and has been a great comfort to me and Ayanna.
Malachi our youngest kitty has had a harder time. He didn't want to eat at first (unusual to say the least) but he has gradually come around. He is much more of a cuddler now which is nice and has taken over being the recipient of the bedtime story which was Tori's role.
Ayanna has been doing very well. She turned 4 on April 15th. She misses Tori a lot as well but is accepting of the fact that she is is Kitty Heaven and is happy and healthy again. She wants us to get a girl kitty one day but even said she's not ready yet. Amazing.
As for Tori she has been taking her new role as a Guardian Angel very seriously. A couple of weeks ago my daughter set her mattress on fire. My daughter sleeps like the dead but fortunately she woke up and we were able to but out the fire it got out of control.
My son continues to struggle with his health. He has been getting a lot of migraines and unfortunately because of his kidney status is not allowed to take anything for them. We are still waiting on the MRI which won't be done until AUgust 31st. After that he will have the kidney biopsy and hopefully be able to start on the medication that he needs. We will be seeing the geneticist in Calgary on June 20th. Hopefully they will be able to give such some more answers. So so far we are still going on the premiss that he has Ehler's -Danlos Syndrome which is causing the kidney issues. Some how Daniel has been able to keep a pretty positive attitude towards the whole thing. He's doing much better than me. I am having a real hard time with it all. The thought that I may have passed this on to him is very hard for me to take and of course I worry about Ayanna as well.
So that's the update on us. Again I am sorry that I haven't been around. I have lurked a bit and all of you have never been far from my thoughts and my prayers. Luv you all.
