Tuffy has had another episode. The underlying cause could be anything from an inner ear infection to a brain tumor. We're treating the inner ear infection and praying there is no tumor. Her strokes have left her blind, but she isn't ready to give up yet, so we're not giving up on her. Nobody put...
Tuffy is doing much better. She still falls over sometimes, but she gets right back up and walks. She can jump on and off the furniture, and has her "meow" back. We do wonder if the stroke has left her hard of hearing, though, since she doesn't seem to hear "feeding time" as the other cats...
I once had to do that for a cat, Seyorni. He had FUS and couldn't go unless I squeezed his abdomen. He showed me himself how to do that for him. I would place him on the shower chair, propped up in a sort of a "squat" position, and squeeze against his bladder, aiming the results down the bathtub...
There is hope.
Tuffy ate her regular food for breakfast this morning, and will climb in and out of her litterbox, although she has to be carried to it. Her head wobbles, and she has not meowed since Friday night, but she snuggles, purrs, and grooms herself.
And, after breakfast, when Tiger...
Hubby Mike and I have been married a little over a year. I've known Tuffy as long as I've known her "daddy"--which will be three years in June.
Left an orphan when her first owner died, Tuffy had been fostered as a temporary mascot in a carpeting store where Mike went to shop. Mike bought no...
The year my oldest daughter was 13, my uncle gave us a venison roast he had from a deer he had hunted. Daughter asked me a few vague questions about how one would cook venison. All I told her was, put water in the pan and drape it in aluminum foil. I didn't tell her how hot, how long, what...
My husband pulled the opposite stunt on me a couple of Christmases ago. I am a (very!) amateur keyboardist, and I wanted a keyboard. I would have been content with a basic model like this:
I was blown away when I received this:
Which is altogether out of my league and intimidates me...
I want to thank everyone for their input and support.
ftv, I appreciate very much that you took the time to post funny videos for me. :hug: Humor is sometimes a bandaid, a temporary fix, but it is a good coping skill while waiting to resolve the longer-term medical issue that underlies it.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong on *any* of this.
My grandson is ten months old, and this is his first Christmas. In about two hours we'll be picking up him and his mommy to join us. I've got a terrible cold, and I figured the most festive way to protect him from my germs was to wear a...
The depression I'm in is lifting a bit, and as a result, so is the "invisible feeling." What's worse than feeling invisible, though, is feeling like I live on a slide under a microscope! And that can also happen to me when I'm depressed or under a lot of stress.
The hospital put me on...
Sometimes I can't figure myself out.
I have been diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder. I am extremely shy, I have faced an incredible amount of bullying and rejection for a good part of my life, and therefore I don't want to stand out and be noticed very much. Although, when you are...
Yeah, me too.
I'm sure it has a lot to do with a medication I've just started and haven't had time to feel the full effect yet. But sometimes I just think Life has me in its Ignore list.