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I miss you. I catch myself watching and waiting for you to come out of your hidey-hole in the closest. Or waiting for you to come into the bathroom when I'm 'busy', to demand pats and pets. Looking for you in the window, 'solar charging'.

I miss the feel of your light landing on the bed, and the delicate way you would start walking up my foot, ankle, leg, hip, side, to sit on my arm/shoulder to bat and paff me on the cheek, or nose. Or to gently bite my cheek, purring so hard.

I miss you peeking at me over the curtain, meowing because it was "Time to eat!". I miss that when you were standing at the side door, you would look at my reflection, right into my eyes, and know that was me, meow to be let out to sit on your cushion. I miss you knocking on the door to be let back in. I miss you meeping at me when I said "Echo, bedroom light on" thinking I was talking to you.

I miss how you never left my side when I was sick, or would stay with me after I got home from being at the hospital, and how you would let me 'cry in your fur' when I was down.

I miss you in a myriad of small ways, that has left a hole in me, that will take a long time to heal.

I miss you.

#Keito

Current 'Tude sad

Had the MRI on my left knee after an exam by Mr S (osteo surgeon)

My silver lining is this: if it wasn't for the lack of sensitivity/feeling in my left leg because of spinal surgery 9+ years ago and the nerve damage occurring when the disc collapsed, requiring said surgery, I would be in considerable pain.

You see, my left knee is bone on bone, with the small exception of an itty bitty piece of meniscus on the outside left of the knee. The weight bearing inside right of the knee.. it's gone. I also have nothing but serous fluid behind my knee cap. Yup, I need another knee replacement.

So, my 'silver lining' is preventing me from feeling pain. Mr S said I would know when it's time. Right now, I can get around without much of a problem. And since I am still struggling with the nerve pain, and recovery from the surgery for the compartment syndrome, I'm rather grateful for my dead-ish feeling leg.

On happy/sad news, I got a stainless steel bracelet for "Keito's Heart Pendant". I also had his fur filled pendant engraved with a small ornate K and Ziggy's fur filled pendant engraved with an equally ornate Z. I'm still crying about the loss of Ziggy and Keito. Last week, I got tired of waiting for the mythical "time" to be found to help me, so dug a hole in the back yard, sprinkled some of both Keito and Ziggy's ashes in it, and planted a young rosemary shrub. I cried my eyes out afterward. I miss them more than I thought I would, especially Keito.

Current 'Tude depressed

I've placed the toy mice he would hoard, and the laser pointer that gave him so many hours of play time trying to catch the red bug next to his urn. My heart is both breaking and numb at the same time.

Current 'Tude broken

Keito, my 'babykitty', who I have had since he was 5 weeks old, is gone. We helped him cross the rainbow bridge at 11:38pm, October 5, 2019.

This morning is the first time I haven't greeted by him. I wasn't followed into the bathroom, my glasses ear pieces weren't snogged and chewed on, my fingers weren't licked and nibbled on, and my jewelry/watch cheek rubbed on. I miss his sound, his silky soft fur, and his calm loving personality.

He was mine and I was his. I feel as if I've had a limb removed, or a big chunk of my heart. I think part of me has died inside as well.

Current 'Tude crushed

He's definitely put some weight back on. He no longer has bony face/cheeks. Also, his back doesn't feel like a stegosaurus, meaning weight gain. Called South Street Vet to postpone Keito's fructosamine test, as he was at the vet overnight a few times the past month, and his BGLs were fine. Since we are concentrating on his having Chemo, the fructosamine test can wait.

Ziggy still has her cough, but it's not as severe. The Bisolvon works to break up the mucus, but turns her into a very sleepy cat. And when that happens Wing wrings his hands in worry. Today, Ziggy has only had one coughing episode, and it was over in less than a minute. If she has another, we will dose her with the Bisolvon, and she will end up sleeping the night through. As long as she isn't in any discomfort, is eating, drinking, and doing other cat things, she will stay with us. We know time is limited, but we will love her as long as she is with us.

Current 'Tude grateful

Vet report on Keito - the vet was very pleased at Keito's recovery. Not only has the surgical site healed perfectly, our moggie has put on some weight. He should be seeing how much he's been catching up on missed meals.

Regarding the diagnosis of lymphoma: There are three treatments.

We could just treat the symptoms, which would suppress them a while, and it will come raging back in 3 to 6 months.

Another option: there is a treatment for small cell lymphoma. It does work, but it's toxic. Keito doesn't have small cell lymphoma. So gave that one the flick.

Third option: It's the most used one. It has a 25% chance of cure (wishful thinking) and a 75% chance of a 1 to 3 (or longer) year remission. The protocol is given by weight, so his low weight isn't an issue. AND because the lymphoma was caught early, gives him a damned good chance of remission. We have chosen option three. The vet said I have reasonable expectations. Sure, a cure would be great, but that is a slim chance. He said remission is very likely.

Also discussed Ziggy and her coughing. We were given the name of an OTC cough remedy that would work to break up the mucus. It's not a cure, but it will help her breathing. As long as she eats, does other cat things, and her gums are pink and her ears are pink and warm, she will stay with us.

Current 'Tude determined

Keito was xrayed and a mass was seen in his gut. Surgery was scheduled immediately

He came though the surgery just fine. There was a 6cm necrotic blockage in his intestine. It had ruptured slightly, which is what caused the infection, and what was quashing his appetite. The blockage was removed, an extra 4cms from either end of the resection removed to get clean margins, and stitched back together. A swollen lymph node near the blockage was removed just to be safe.

Kidneys, liver, spleen heart, lungs, all good. Pristine was the word the vet used.

Sent the blockage off to pathology for testing. The results. Keito has lymphoma. Don't know what stage it is, or how involved it is. Will be seeing vet tomorrow to discuss palliative care (low doses of presnidone ) vs chemo.

I'm gutted, because the surgical vet said he did open the mass and it didn't look like any sort of cancer he had ever seen.

First Ziggy, with lung cancer, and now Keito, Mister Meow-Gi, the Purrminator?

Current 'Tude crushed

Before dawn, I felt a nip on the back of my upper arm. This isn't anything unusual, as it's something Keito has done for years. But when he didn't get the response he wanted, he *bit* me. Hard enough to bruise and break the skin, but not hard enough to bleed.

I yelled at him, swatted at him, and told Wing to put him outside.

My upper arm looks like I have a healed miniature vampire bite.

Current 'Tude annoyed

Managed to get to Sculptures By The Sea at Cottesloe beach for some sunset photos. I got one in particular that probably pissed people off standing behind me, but it was so worth it.

Funny thing happened though. A little boy, about 3 maybe 4 years old… if I had taken this shot below a few seconds earlier I would have gotten a photo of him wizzing on the placard in front of it. Oh well, when you gotta go you gotta go. His parents took out a bottle of water and some wetwipes and cleaned it up. Kudos to them.

The next day, we took Keito, our 16 yr old moggie to the vet for a dental cleaning. There is a lot of inherent problems with putting a 16 yr old cat under anaesthesia, but he had no problem. I was told to just offer him some water to see if he would drink and if he didn’t throw up, to give him food.

Really? He RAN into the kitchen and YOWLED and demanded to be fed. I gave him a little bit, and he yodelled for more. I gave him the rest of the cat, and he pretty much polished the bowl clean. After that, I was a MEAN HUMAN, and made him resort to the kibble in his dish.

Today, I had appointment with Dr H. Change up on medication. No more Ativan, as the seizures seem to be under control. Going to be taking Lyrica for nerve pain. Hoping for the best. My mother swears by it.

Just feel incredibly tired today, but it has been non-stop running around, or tension. Don’t really want to take a nap, because then I wouldn’t sleep well at night. Conundrum!

So, I will just slog through the day as awake as I can be, and go to bed early, Purring Godlings permitting.

Current 'Tude tired

“Hey! Where’s my dinner!”

If it wasn’t for him having to have an insulin shot after his morning feed, and having three scheduled feeds through the rest of the day instead of just two feeds and letting him graze on kibble, and the way he chases after “The Red Bug” aka laser dot, you wouldn’t know he was a 14yr old moggie with diabetes. Vets have said his heart/liver/kidney/lung functions are fine. No sign of arthritis, sight and hearing is fine, and even his teeth are good conditon.

Current 'Tude grateful

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Entries tagged with moggie

I miss you

Silver linings aren't always great

Keito is home

RIP Keito

Keito, two plus weeks post op

Vet report on Keito

Take another little piece of my heart out

Keito has turned into a cranky old man

Busy and tired

Keito, still going strong!

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