Still recovering from upper respiratory infection. I don't mind taking the antibiotics, but that steroid inhaler makes everything taste funny, even if I rinse and brush ( Read more... )

Last Sunday, when walking around a corner to MiL's favorite noodle house, I walked into a thick cloud of cigarette smoke. In one day, I went from an asthmatic with seasonal allergies to having a severe upper respiratory infection. The high fever gave me something else, too, but hey, gotta keep something out of the public ( Read more... )

And it did, last night.

We had our first feline interloper in our back yard last night. It walked around the back yard, unchallenged. Without the voice of Loki, Lord of the Manor, and his scent lessened, if not totally washed away by the recent rain, it was bound to happen.

I just didn't know it would be so soon.

Loki's absence is truly felt. No snoring which could be heard from across the room. No rumbling purr. Even the kittens (who aren't really kittens anymore) aren't as vocal. They keep looking for him. I know how they feel ( Read more... )

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Loki is dying. Medication he’s on is slowing the progression of the cancer.  But I did something stupid this morning ( Read more... )

Loki got a bit of food stuck on his back teeth, and bit down, biting his tongue. Yes, it bled. Then I noticed he's sneezing, and checked him. Sure enough, the yearly sinus infection ( Read more... )

If because of over load of drool because of the medication, or just difficultly in his picking up something to eat, I dump the bits of beef into a paper towel, and blot the slobber off of them, and wipe dish, replace beef bits and he eats them all. And Dr M did say the length of time left is linked to his being able to eat.

I went to chop up Loki's food, as his gums are still sore from the dental scaling. Put the cat food in the receptacle, applied stick blender, but just for one second longer than needed. It turn the cubes of cat food into mush. Oops

So, that means one of two things:

1: Beef is tough

2: Turkey is more tender.

We can't go reading more than what is normal cat behavior as something nefarious ( Read more... )