WCF and Meowzi
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She had been having such a good phase that I was loathe to post an update for fear of jinxing it. But she hurt her leg a couple of days ago, so, post or no post, things can still go wrong. Darn. We don't think it's anything too serious - I noticed her limping slightly on Thurs evening. Friday morning her daddybean reported she was limping quite badly and putting hardly any weight on her right rear leg. We were running late so I didn't have time to observe :sad: It hadn't improved by Fri night, and I noticed she was slightly off balance while trying to get into the litterbox and was hesitant to get in, so I had to help put her in it. She insisted on staying in my lap for over an hour last night, which is quite unusual for her, so we had a mini reiki session. Also gave her some bupe later that night, and it seemed to help; she relaxed and fell asleep. I slept on the floor with her in case she needed help getting in the LB again, but she seemed to do ok overnight.
Gave another dose of bupe this morning, but no more after that. She seems to be moving better now. I've made a dosing bottle of Traumeel to give her later tonight, that is, if the pills will ever dissolve!
She's been very affectionate all day, even after the morning dose of bupe wore off. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the bupe - I gave her the minimum dose for her weight. Seems very happy, has been headbutting me and nuzzling her lemon quite a bit (and nipping me and the lemon, LOL!). Nina, she also nuzzled the toy you made her
I just did another slightly longer reiki session with her an hr ago, and she was even more nuzzly after that
Overall WCR: Aside from these couple of days, things really have been going great. She's content, alert, affectionate. She's been getting lots of outdoor time on the porch as well as in the stroller with the mommybean, and we've both taken up bunny-watching. She saw eleven (ELEVEN!) bunnies on her Monday evening stroll, ten on Tuesday, and six on Thursday. Syringe-feeding continues to go well, and she's been eating her 1/2 oz lunches every day this week except for Wednesday (half-eaten) and Friday (we think she was too achey to get over to the bowl :cry: )
We did a quick weigh-in this morning, to make sure I had a good dose for her bupe. Didn't use the cocoon, and she walked off the scale really quickly, but it looks like she's now close to 12 lbs. Think we'll keep her on her current calorie intake and not reduce anymore until we talk to Dr S next month. She could probably lose a couple more lbs, but I am concerned about meeting her nutritional requirements if we cut her calories further.
WBR: We've been semi-absent for various reasons (see one below), but we have been and hope to continue checking in every now and then and stalk a few kitties ;-)
This post from the old board has been on my mind a lot lately:
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Letter from an Older Cat
Posted by: Maggie & Mousey Tongue (IP Logged)
Date: February 14, 2006 11:06PM
Letter from an Older Cat
I Am Your Cat
Author Unknown
I am your cat, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in
your ear.
I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have
children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and
there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand
things in life.
Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way
my eyes look at yours?
They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are
beginning to ring my soft muzzle.
You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do
you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in
the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong
doing for just a simple moment of your time?
That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with
me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that
screen, of others of my kind, passing.
Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it
wrenches your heart out of your throat.
Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even
seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled
muzzles and cataract clouded eyes.
Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long
sleep, to run free in a distant land.
I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week.
Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when
deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that
you did not have just "One more day" with me.
Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me.
We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me, and look
deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough
we will talk, you and I, heart to heart.
Come to me not as "alpha" or as "owner" or even "Mom or Dad," come to
me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one
anther's eyes, and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of
batting toys, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or
even life in general.
You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share
such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am.
I am a cat, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses,
and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not
think of you as a "Cat on two feet" -- I know what you are. You are
human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still.
Now, come sit with me. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only
for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper into my ears.
Speak with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self.
We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short....
=====================
She had been having such a good phase that I was loathe to post an update for fear of jinxing it. But she hurt her leg a couple of days ago, so, post or no post, things can still go wrong. Darn. We don't think it's anything too serious - I noticed her limping slightly on Thurs evening. Friday morning her daddybean reported she was limping quite badly and putting hardly any weight on her right rear leg. We were running late so I didn't have time to observe :sad: It hadn't improved by Fri night, and I noticed she was slightly off balance while trying to get into the litterbox and was hesitant to get in, so I had to help put her in it. She insisted on staying in my lap for over an hour last night, which is quite unusual for her, so we had a mini reiki session. Also gave her some bupe later that night, and it seemed to help; she relaxed and fell asleep. I slept on the floor with her in case she needed help getting in the LB again, but she seemed to do ok overnight.
Gave another dose of bupe this morning, but no more after that. She seems to be moving better now. I've made a dosing bottle of Traumeel to give her later tonight, that is, if the pills will ever dissolve!
She's been very affectionate all day, even after the morning dose of bupe wore off. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the bupe - I gave her the minimum dose for her weight. Seems very happy, has been headbutting me and nuzzling her lemon quite a bit (and nipping me and the lemon, LOL!). Nina, she also nuzzled the toy you made her
I just did another slightly longer reiki session with her an hr ago, and she was even more nuzzly after that Overall WCR: Aside from these couple of days, things really have been going great. She's content, alert, affectionate. She's been getting lots of outdoor time on the porch as well as in the stroller with the mommybean, and we've both taken up bunny-watching. She saw eleven (ELEVEN!) bunnies on her Monday evening stroll, ten on Tuesday, and six on Thursday. Syringe-feeding continues to go well, and she's been eating her 1/2 oz lunches every day this week except for Wednesday (half-eaten) and Friday (we think she was too achey to get over to the bowl :cry: )
We did a quick weigh-in this morning, to make sure I had a good dose for her bupe. Didn't use the cocoon, and she walked off the scale really quickly, but it looks like she's now close to 12 lbs. Think we'll keep her on her current calorie intake and not reduce anymore until we talk to Dr S next month. She could probably lose a couple more lbs, but I am concerned about meeting her nutritional requirements if we cut her calories further.
WBR: We've been semi-absent for various reasons (see one below), but we have been and hope to continue checking in every now and then and stalk a few kitties ;-)
This post from the old board has been on my mind a lot lately:
=====================
Letter from an Older Cat
Posted by: Maggie & Mousey Tongue (IP Logged)
Date: February 14, 2006 11:06PM
Letter from an Older Cat
I Am Your Cat
Author Unknown
I am your cat, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in
your ear.
I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have
children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and
there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand
things in life.
Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way
my eyes look at yours?
They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are
beginning to ring my soft muzzle.
You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do
you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in
the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong
doing for just a simple moment of your time?
That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with
me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that
screen, of others of my kind, passing.
Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it
wrenches your heart out of your throat.
Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even
seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled
muzzles and cataract clouded eyes.
Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long
sleep, to run free in a distant land.
I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week.
Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when
deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that
you did not have just "One more day" with me.
Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me.
We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me, and look
deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough
we will talk, you and I, heart to heart.
Come to me not as "alpha" or as "owner" or even "Mom or Dad," come to
me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one
anther's eyes, and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of
batting toys, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or
even life in general.
You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share
such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am.
I am a cat, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses,
and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not
think of you as a "Cat on two feet" -- I know what you are. You are
human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still.
Now, come sit with me. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only
for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper into my ears.
Speak with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self.
We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short....
=====================
