Happy Cat Family

This past week has been very difficult for meowmy...
Sissy Lucky stopped eating, and then meowmy found a mass on Bugsy's belly. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Being unemployed, and barely having anything in her wallet for food and bills for the next couple of weeks, this was no piece of cake for her... Meowmy was very very sad, and didn't know what to do... She spent a lot of time on bed, didn't really wake up, for anything, just to give us food and change our litter box... We sure did give her lots of purrs and headbutts, but we never seen her so sad...
She does have a credit on Bugsy's Dentist office, which is also an animal hospital, and had to make a very difficult decision - to cheat on Bugsy's dental stomatitis treatment (Bugsy won't need this credit for a couple/few months), and decide if these things they are going through right now are indeed an emergency "worthy" of touching that $$$.
They do have insurance, so that money would go towards paying the deductible and some of the bill, and would be replaced ASAP, when the insurance check was received...
Anyways, The vet was only available on Saturday, but the vet tech, who is VERY good, told me to bring them both in to look at them, he would help me to make a decision.
First Lucky - She has a cross bite, and basically her bottom teeth are punching holes through her top gum. So she stopped eating because it was too painful to do so... poor baby! What they will do is they will file/sand and cauterize off the excess gum on the top of her mouth, so that there is enough space to close her mouth without her teeth punching holes on her gum. Her surgery is scheduled for the 23rd... Meowmy is super worried, as she only eats dry food, and she will need to eat stinky goodness for about a week... She hates it! Meowmy is worried about her not eating... Right now she is on Pain medication 2x/day so that she can eat comfortably. 
Lucky's surgery is not going to be covered by Insurance, as it is a dental procedure, and Insurance does not cover dental...

Anyways... Now the really worrisome news...

Bugsy has a tumor. It is not an abscess, it is a tumor... He said it needs to come out, as it is attached to the muscle, and it has a very nonuniform shape; it has a lot of edges, and it is under the skin, not on the skin. So, he is schedule to have surgery on the 22nd. Meowmy is freaking out to no end.
WHY????? WHY this has to happen to our boy? Our poor sweet boy, sooo sweet, the sweetest of the kitties...
He told meowmy to not freak out, that the doctor will make a small incision, and when he takes it out, he will decide by the shape of it if it needs to go to biopsy of not. We do think we would feel better if it goes to the biopsy regardless... We would not like to wonder about something like that... 
We just hope, pray and hope it is not the "C-word"... We don't know what we would do...
It is on his belly, close to his chest, about an inch in size. We do notice that he doesn't like when we touch it... Which is kind of strange to us... 
So, yes... in the end they did end up being emergencies, and Bugsy still needs to carry on his stomatitis treatment, of course... That is a lot of bills, but most of all, a lot of worries for meowmy... We just want my babies healthy... We just want next week to come, and go, and never to come back again... 
Please , please send vibes and prayers to our babies, our boy and girl... they are what keep meowmy going every morning... They are all meowmy's family here in the US... They are furry, but are her kids... 


Pee Ess: Thank you so much ML and KC for coming to our rescue... You have no idea how much that means to us...

Hi, Lucky here!
I knew it! Remember when meowmy had the brilliant (not) idea to let us experience the great newness of our first snow? Well... we had been inside only for a long time, so not treated for fleas or anything... Fast forward a few weeks and ta-da! What do we have? FLEAS! Meowmy caught one flea on me! It took me a whole five minutes in a frigid frozen outside experiencing the great wet snow.... and what am I left with? Fleas and a run of stinky Revolution! What's worst, I am sure that flea has been on me for quite a few days... Oh boy!
Has anybody ever told you we have atomic bugs in Texas? Oh yeah, psss they could care less about a feet and half of snow! 
By the way, Here is what my friend Simon the cat has to say about Snow - I tend to agree with him now - completely senseless!

......................................... say no more...................................

Hi, Lucky here!
I don't know about you kitties, but I just LOVE a good box! Actually, I love any box... Big, small, new, old... They are my favorite thing, and the best place to hang out!
This one below is my favorite! Meowmy put it right next to her computer, so get to spend a lot of time together! It is big, and to make it extra special she put a bunch of tissue paper on the bottom... so cozy! LOVE IT!

We like boxes so much, meowmy even built a fort for us! We have been using it for months and months, and it still stands strong! So much fun to play hide and seek, jump on it, or just chill on it!
What about you, do you like boxes too? Do you have a box fort?
Have a happy weekend Everybody!

Pee ess: Hope Update: She is doing much much better, eating playing, and getting to be her happy little trouble maker she used to be! She did have a loose stool yesterday (yucky, sorry folks), so she is not all better yet, but meowmy is diligently working on rebuilding her intestinal flora with Bene-Bac. She still has to sprinkle a little dust of Fortiflora over the food just for flavor, but not much... Meowmy doesn't like it - she says it has yucky stuff in it... Anyways... At least she doesn't have the bad runs anymore (the loose stools happened only once too), and she is eating normally again! Oh, that is the part meowmy is the most relieved about! 
Meowmy will continue to keep her on Bene-Bac as long as needed, and she will be visiting the vet soon, as she needs to take her shots before the 24th. 
Please keep the purrs coming for our sissy Hope... Thank you so much! <3

Good Friday Everybody! Bugsy Here!
All is well here in Happy Cat Family Paradise! Hope continues to get better every day, eating more and more each meal... She is still addicted to that Fortiflora thing, and meowmy is concerned about weaning her out of it in a couple of days... Oh Boy... That little girl trained meowmy well... For Some reason humans like to think they are the smart ones... yeah, right!
By the way, did you guys notice I now have a yellow beard??? Yep, before meowmy bought our Klaw Kontrol bag, let's just say she just had a very bad aim... Well, it is not all her fault really, she says I am a very BIG and STRONG boy! Anyways, as you can see, say good bye to my majestic, sparkly white mane, and say hello to my funky yellow Hollywood-style beard!
Well, I'll have this look for a little while - meowmy is trying to figure out a way to get rid of the stain... Do you guys know a way to remove tough stains from white hair? Meowmy already tried ACV and Rubbing Alcohol (the vet told meowmy about the alcohol), but neither really worked... Meowmy is looking for a really good shampoo, if you guys know of something, drop her a note!

Oh, one more thing! We found this really funny kitty, who likes to make a perch out of his meowmy's head! Can you believe it? Funny kitty!

Hi, Meowmy Here!
Today our Thankful Thursday is dedicated to our little Hope! I have been waiting to post an update until I had definite good news...
Last Thursday I went out of town 5am, and I was VERY scared... Frankly, I was scared I was coming back and she would be in a bad bad shape, and God forbid I don't know what was going to happen... (this was 2 days after the vet visit).
Her appetite was just not there at all, and in the morning I left, her belly was really swollen, felt like she had a lot of gas... I couldn't spend a lot of time with her, to make her eat, as I had a plane to catch. There was not vet to leave her with. All I could do was pray she ate. I did make sure she ate at least a little bit...
The day before I believe she had her breakfast, but not her dinner, or had 1/2 of it.
As soon as I arrived in Vegas for a job interview, I called my vet, and I swear, I have no Idea how I pulled that interview off - I was frantic... Crying like a baby.... But I spoke to the vet assistant, and she calmed me down, and assured me she should be fine.
All the while, I was PM'ing a member from TCS for instructions on what to buy for force feeding her in case she hadn't eaten breakfast and dinner... Got home, went to the pharmacy, got the baby food, syringe...
Anyways....... THANK GOD - she had eaten her breakfast!!! Not her dinner (I had left in the wet food auto feeder). So I made some fresh one and she ate 1/2 of it and then came back for some baby food...
Now as of yesterday I can say that she is finally getting back on track as far as her appetite goes. She is finally licking her plate clean again. It takes her several trips, and she doesn't do it at once anymore like she did before... A lot of times she turns her nose and I need to pick her up and bring her back to her food, but nonetheless, she is eating the whole thing. I know it is just a matter of time before she is completely back to normal. 
She is now back on ZiwiPeak exclusively, which will break my bank to feed her, but at least I know that she is getting the best food she can possibly get, and will not get sick from it... And after this scare.... I Tell you that is PRICELESS....
It was SO scary having her not eating, with an inflame bowel, and a diarrhea on and off for over 20 days... My poor sweet little baby
My vet told me to give her between 5-10 days of metronidazole ... Yesterday she had her last dose;  I gave her 8 days, which is the advised for giardia - this way I covered all basis... He said that he felt the way her bowels were inflamed she was probably going to need more that 5 days anyways... I do not want to risk it.
Anyways, she is doing ALL better, playing, running around, happy, cute, trouble maker sweet little girl that I came to love so very very very very very very much!
Thank you all so much for your support and vibes and purrs!
Here are a couple of new pictures of my little trouble maker!

Hi, Hope here!
You guys are not going to believe this! Remember how I got the runs about two weeks ago or so, because meowmy fed me some dry food? Anyways, since then I have been having the runs on and off... I have been mostly fine... Meowmy picked up some yummy yummy stuff from the vet called Fortiflora, and that made me feel good for a while... But a couple of days ago I felt really bad at night, and didn't want to have my dinner... Then the next day I didn't feel like eating either, and all of the sudden I had the runs again... Not only that, but guess WHO took 2 baths again? TWO baths! Ok... Ok... I was pooped all over... Meowmy even tried to cut my fur, but there was no way... 
So yesterday morning I ate just a little bit... like half of what I eat... that is when I heard meowmy talking to somebody on the phone, and next thing I know... I am INSIDE OF A BAG!

I was being abducted and taken to the V-E-T! NO fair folks! 
Luckily my vet is super nice (he is Santa Claus), but he poked me, stuck things in places he should NEVER dare to stick, and then shoved two huge pills down my throat! 
Did you ever dream Santa Claus did that??? See with you own eyes - HE IS SANTA!

Hello folks!
I am not sure if you all watched the Ice skating dance last night... If you didn't, no worries,  meowmy recorded our appearance to post here for you guys. It was a performance of a lifetime! It was not enough for a medal, but we are proud regardless! Oh, the emotion to be in the Olympics, wow, wow, WOW! 
We will double our efforts now to practice much more for the next Olympics... We are also training for the Summer Olympics, and for the World cup, of course! Busy busy busy! 
So, what do you guys think about our appearance? 

After our presentation we all went sledding down the mountains with meowmy... It was soooo much fun! It's kind of hard to stay on the Sled thingy though - see the guy on the back who flew away? Poor guy! We all made it down - You know, kitties have way more balance than humans, and if we fall, we sure are way more gracious at it too! 

Whose couch is it anyways? That is a question meowmy often asks herself when sitting on the floor to use her computer. Well, as you can see, our cute faces and adorable poses always wins... she just can't get herself to wake us up! Poor humans, so predictable and easily trained!