Saturday, March 2, 2024

Ms. Lucy Bear

I must apologize, I've been hogging all the Lucy cutes, not sharing with you all. I will try to make up for my selfishness...


She's a tiny bundle of fluffy love. 

She goes to specialist on Tuesday, and I'm hoping we get a plan to cure her urinary issue. 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Theo love


Theo is doing much better now. He's getting regular potassium supplement and is back to his furosemide. I'll be taking him in to vet on Thursday to check his potassium levels and his kidney values. I suspect the potassium is back to normal and I hope the kidneys are bouncing back. 


It's so good to see him back to normal. And it was so scary seeing him really struggling. 


I cherish every day with him. ❤️

Monday, February 26, 2024

Theo heart

Back in late October, in Oliver's final days, Theo was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. It was so hard to face that diagnosis while Oliver was dying.

Theo's diagnosis wasn't a surprise, he's been seeing a cardiologist for a number of years now. Usually these visits indicated little change, but that wasn't the case this past fall. He had a significant amount of fluid around his heart and lungs that needed to be drained. He started some basic heart meds to help keep the fluid off and to reduce chance of clots.

Since then we have been watching him slowly go downhill. These last few days he's not been wanting to eat much, moving around slower. Then today he had some episodes of incontinence and being out of it. We rushed him to vet, who did blood workup.

We learned his potassium was super low and his kidneys were not doing well. About a week ago, his cardiologist had, switched his diareutic to Torsemide, noting this is getting closer to end of the road. That big jump in diareutic really did his kidneys in. 

For now we have him on a potassium supplement and went back to the other, less potent diareutic. Our vet will consult with cardiologist to see what we do going forward. 

Meanwhile, I'm loving him up as much as possible. It feels like we might be losing him soon, which is so heartbreaking. I'm taking the day off from work to be with him all day, keep, eye on him and love him lots and lots. 

Purrs and prayers appreciated. 

Saturday, January 6, 2024

new cutie in town

Please join me in welcoming Lucy to our family!!

She's a 4 year old, long furred tortie. Very soft, affectionate, and playful. And tiny, only 7 lbs! 

She was very stressed in her home, with big dogs (one being aggressive toward her) living in basement, a baby and a new baby due today. Her kitty BFF passed away last spring and now her humans were needing to travel a lot to take care of aging parents. So, they didn't have the time to give her to help her through her stress. 

Her people were very sad to give her up, but they recognize with everything going on in their lives right now, Lucy would be better off in a calmer home situation and preferably with other cats. 

She's been having some chronic urinary issues, probably due to chronic stress.

She's currently acclimating to us and our home. Once she's comfortable with us and her space we will start introducing her to her new kitty friends.

Welcome sweet Lucy! 

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Theo thankful


I was recently going through old pictures when I remembered that it was a year ago in early November that Theo had his second brain surgery to remove another meningioma.

After the his first surgery years prior, I felt super grateful to have extra time with him, and now what is even more the case. 

He's such a lovely gift. He still keeps us on our toes, as even with his advanced age, will still take advantage of every opportunity to steal food! We was going to town on the Thanksgiving apple pie the other day! Oh Theo! 

We did get some hard news about him recently. In the midst of Oliver's final week, Theo was having a lot of problems, the result was a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. His vet and cardiologist removed a significant amount of fluid from his chest and abdomen. He's been feeling a ton better since then and his diuretic medicine is helping to keep the fluid from building up. However, the danger with such meds is the impact on the kidneys and the last two kidney values indicated them worsening. So, now we try to balance heart health and kidney health. Sigh. 

He always insists on helping prep his meds for the week!

Every new day with him is a gift. All extra time. I'm so grateful for him and his big, lovey personality. 

Monday, October 30, 2023

fly free sweet Oliver


Oliver crossed the rainbow bridge this afternoon. Letting him go was one of the hardest things I've ever done. He was such a beautiful soul, pure joy. 


I will always miss you, my sweet boy. Thank you for being you and gifting me with 12 years of you. I love you always. ❤️