So cold outside, so cozy inside! (and updates)

So cold outside, so cozy inside! (and updates) 01/21/2011

Yawnnnn.... Hello furriends, Bugsy here!
Thank you for all the gotcha day wishes guys, really appurreciate it! I had a very nice day, meowmy made sure of that! She gave me sooo many extra hugs, squeeeezes and kisses that by the end of the day Lucky and Hope were jealous already! Luckily Gracie didn't see it as she stays in her office, otherwise I would get triple hisses from then on!
Furriends, it is so cold outside! So so cold that meowmy hasn't even opened the windows lately! I know some of you live in the white land where that fluffy wet stuff falls from the sky, but here in Texas this cold is not that normal... It is 27F right now, and tomorrow it is going to warm up to 45 or so... We miss having the windows open, but at the same time it is quite cozy laying on bed too... Yawnnnn....
I was all excited to tell you some good news furriends, but it backfired on me, quite literally actually! Well, the good news is, I had 2 days of good poop! Yey! After 98 days of diarrhea, that is really good news, and meowmy thinks the new medicine is really working!
The bad news is the diarrhea is back, and worst than before, much worst, but there is a reason for that - Let me explain:
A few weeks ago meowmy noticed that we started getting finicky with our dry food - all of us, me, Hope and Lucky... We all eat Hills Z/D, as it is All Hope and I can eat... So meowmy noticed we were eating less and less. She thought it was a bad bag, so she bought a new one, from another place... Same thing happened - no good, we still didn't like our food... So, meowmy bought another one from another vet clinic, and sure enough the same thing happened. Then meowmy weighed all of us, and all of us had lost weight - I am down to 16.4lbs (from 18.3 on 11/08 and 16.8 just a month ago), Lucky is down to 11.4 (from 12.5 a month ago)... So meowmy got on the phone with the V-E-T and asked him if it would be ok to change food to Royal Canin.
Meowmy is changing the food very very slowly, but as you can imagine, any change will affect my system... But for meowmy, her biggest worry is to have me eating well, as she always says, "I can deal with diarrhea, but I can not deal with Fatty liver disease" whatever that means, I agree with her!
The new food tastes SO yummy!!! I can't wait to be eating ONLY that one! It is the Royal Canin Hypo Allergenic HP 23. Strange, we are all vegetarians now, but it sure tastes good! We love-it!
Anyway, meowmy hopes that once we are done with the food transition I am going to be fine since this new medication proved to be actually working... We are all hoping this was just a bump on the road. We are going to call the V-E-T tomorrow to see if we need to refill the medicine. He will need to steal my blood for a liver test though as this medicine can affect the liver and needs to be closely monitored (Sulfasalazine).
As far as Gracie goes, she is going to the dentist Saturday for a follow up and for a T-4 test to check her thyroid levels. Then we will schedule her second surgery... Should be in the beginning of February or so... We have high hopes for her, since she had a wonderful recover from the first one!
Thank you for reading furriends, and sorry for the loooong post! Have a wonderful Friday!

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Fuzzy Tales

01/21/2011 6:45am

Continued purrs to you and Gracie, Bugsy.

The mom had to Google that food, because cats are obligate carnivores and she wondered where the heck you were getting your protein. We see it's soy. Wonder what the long term effects of that will be down the road (generally speaking, on all cats who are eating it). But you know what? If it works for you, that's all that counts!

Cheysuli link

01/21/2011 10:27am

We will purring for you and are glad that so far things are doing okay.

angel and kirby and mac link

01/21/2011 10:22pm

It has really been cold here in North Texas. We are ready for some warm. We hope the new food helps all of you feel better!

The Creek Cats link

01/22/2011 6:56pm

Hope the new food helps!! We are on Royal Canin Special 33 and we love it!

Fuzzy Tales link

01/24/2011 5:56pm

We just saw the update on the CB about Bugsy's high ALT value and came to offer more purrs and universal healing energy. Lots of (((hugs))) to your mom and kitty kisses to you, Bugsy.

jansfunnyfarm@gmail.com link

01/24/2011 5:57pm

We came by from the CB after reading Bugsy is having more problems. We send hugs, purrs and tail wags.

Lee County Clowder link

01/24/2011 6:08pm

Sending purrrrss and purrrrayers to Bugsy & Gracie. Hang in there, kitties.

Brian Frum link

01/24/2011 6:22pm

We are all sending tons of purrs to sweet Bugsy.

Harry Spotter link

01/24/2011 6:31pm

We are purring and praying for Bugsy and Gracie to get well quick.

MoMo link

01/24/2011 9:31pm

We heard from the CB that Bugsy's test if not so good. We don't understand the problem but want to come and leave purrs for him. Hope the change in mdeicine would help.
PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

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