Hillary & Maui (GA)
Member Since 2009
Recently I wrote about how Maui came to into my life and all the ups and downs we faced together. It wasn’t until Maui was diagnosed with FD that life changed for us in so many both good and bad, but mostly good.
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I found FDMB, asked questions and learned. As is my way with life, I tried to bring humor to her situation and that is when Roving Reporter Alphabean came to life. For the longtimers on this board, Roving Reporter Alphabean was Maui’s friend and troublemaker. He attended all the OTJ parties and tattled on everything that our kitties did. He got himself into much trouble and caused angst to Miss Maui.
While Maui was on insulin, she became the diva that we all know and love.
She had to learn how to eat wet food and we all remember the photos of this experience. Any self respecting kitty, would never be caught with food all over her face.
Maui did not care. She wore her food proudly and as it turns out this was the first of many times that Maui would wear her food, especially her chicken treats and Stella & Chewy’s food.
One day she wasn’t feeling well, so I brought her breakfast in bed. Well that is all it took was one serving and Maui thought this was how it was always supposed to be. She expected and even demanded to be served in bed.
I would prepare their meals and call her. Normally she would come when I called, when I said breakfast is ready come on Maui, there was no Maui. I called again and nothing. I walked into the bedroom to find her laying in the middle of the bed with her front paws crossed and this look on her face telling me well I’m hungry and waiting to be served.
I knew I created a diva! And I her lowly servant obliged.
It only became a problem, if I left the food in the middle of the bed and got into bed and proceeded to put my foot in the food. Yuck! That’s when the food was moved to the corner of the bed and when she was hungry during the night, I would hear her get up and go to her bowl and eat.
Maui also loved to go outdoors. I have two chairs on my little porch, one for me and one for Maui. When she first wanted to go outside, I used a leash, because I didn’t know what would happen. She quickly only wanted to sit on her chair and soak up the summer sun. I soon realized that I could trust her outside and if I needed to run in to answer the phone, get a drink, she wouldn’t move from her chair. Every summer we spent days on the porch, me reading and Maui enjoying the sun.
After she went blind, I was concerned that she would “get lost” outside, but I swear, she knew exactly where her chair was positioned and I think she even counted the steps, because she would lift her front paws in the air searching for her chair.
Maui had lots of friends and adventures in Lantus Land. After she got her OTJ Condo at the Falls, she acquired a yacht, a roadster and a jet! She also acquired my credit card to pay for it all. She threw awesome parties and knew how to have fun with her friends.
Maui made a knew friend in Elsa, Mannie’s friend and roommate and Elsa became Maui’s co-pilot and was called Lil BIT PIT – which stands for little barista in training and pilot in training. Elsa my darling you are no longer a Lil BIT PIT – you are now a full-fledged KBP – Kitteh Barista Pilot and Maui is giving you her Pilot’s license along with her jet so you can fly the kitties to all the OTJ and Full Moon parties.
Maui also tried her best to hire kittehs to do her bidding. She always had lovely uniforms, err outfits for them, with their names on them. Whenever she hired a kitteh, he or she always ended up nekkid and losing their outfits. Many a time Maui came back from her Condo with a wagonful of strange clothes.
In true Maui style, I know she is at the bridge directing and bossing all the kittehs that are already there. I hope they have a party to welcome her and serve her favorite niptinis and nipjitos!
Maui truly was magnificent is so many ways and I am stunned at the suddenness of what happened. Smooch your kittehs and make sure to take photos of them at least once a month if not more frequently.
The following are the photos I happened to take last night of Maui the Magnificent. Her last photos…in typical Maui form, she has litter dust and food on her face!
Goodbye my love, until we meet again.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=109923
I found FDMB, asked questions and learned. As is my way with life, I tried to bring humor to her situation and that is when Roving Reporter Alphabean came to life. For the longtimers on this board, Roving Reporter Alphabean was Maui’s friend and troublemaker. He attended all the OTJ parties and tattled on everything that our kitties did. He got himself into much trouble and caused angst to Miss Maui.
While Maui was on insulin, she became the diva that we all know and love.
She had to learn how to eat wet food and we all remember the photos of this experience. Any self respecting kitty, would never be caught with food all over her face.
Maui did not care. She wore her food proudly and as it turns out this was the first of many times that Maui would wear her food, especially her chicken treats and Stella & Chewy’s food.
One day she wasn’t feeling well, so I brought her breakfast in bed. Well that is all it took was one serving and Maui thought this was how it was always supposed to be. She expected and even demanded to be served in bed.
I would prepare their meals and call her. Normally she would come when I called, when I said breakfast is ready come on Maui, there was no Maui. I called again and nothing. I walked into the bedroom to find her laying in the middle of the bed with her front paws crossed and this look on her face telling me well I’m hungry and waiting to be served.
I knew I created a diva! And I her lowly servant obliged.
It only became a problem, if I left the food in the middle of the bed and got into bed and proceeded to put my foot in the food. Yuck! That’s when the food was moved to the corner of the bed and when she was hungry during the night, I would hear her get up and go to her bowl and eat.
Maui also loved to go outdoors. I have two chairs on my little porch, one for me and one for Maui. When she first wanted to go outside, I used a leash, because I didn’t know what would happen. She quickly only wanted to sit on her chair and soak up the summer sun. I soon realized that I could trust her outside and if I needed to run in to answer the phone, get a drink, she wouldn’t move from her chair. Every summer we spent days on the porch, me reading and Maui enjoying the sun.
After she went blind, I was concerned that she would “get lost” outside, but I swear, she knew exactly where her chair was positioned and I think she even counted the steps, because she would lift her front paws in the air searching for her chair.
Maui had lots of friends and adventures in Lantus Land. After she got her OTJ Condo at the Falls, she acquired a yacht, a roadster and a jet! She also acquired my credit card to pay for it all. She threw awesome parties and knew how to have fun with her friends.
Maui made a knew friend in Elsa, Mannie’s friend and roommate and Elsa became Maui’s co-pilot and was called Lil BIT PIT – which stands for little barista in training and pilot in training. Elsa my darling you are no longer a Lil BIT PIT – you are now a full-fledged KBP – Kitteh Barista Pilot and Maui is giving you her Pilot’s license along with her jet so you can fly the kitties to all the OTJ and Full Moon parties.
Maui also tried her best to hire kittehs to do her bidding. She always had lovely uniforms, err outfits for them, with their names on them. Whenever she hired a kitteh, he or she always ended up nekkid and losing their outfits. Many a time Maui came back from her Condo with a wagonful of strange clothes.
In true Maui style, I know she is at the bridge directing and bossing all the kittehs that are already there. I hope they have a party to welcome her and serve her favorite niptinis and nipjitos!
Maui truly was magnificent is so many ways and I am stunned at the suddenness of what happened. Smooch your kittehs and make sure to take photos of them at least once a month if not more frequently.
The following are the photos I happened to take last night of Maui the Magnificent. Her last photos…in typical Maui form, she has litter dust and food on her face!
Goodbye my love, until we meet again.
You two had a one-of-a-kind relationship that would be hard to put into words or even unbelievable if I hadn't seen it myself.
