V-E-T

Smoke is home from the V-E-T. Daisymae Maus' mom noticed an abcess on his face while she was here for a visit with Lucy-Furr and Ben Fuzz's mom. This morning Mom and Toni took Smoke to the V-E-T. The very nice V-E-T said that she could make him all better. They called just a couple of hours later and said he was doing well and could come home. He's in Mom and Dad's room by himself where he's supposed to be taking it easy for a couple of days. Instead he's doing every thing he can think of to get the big (clown) collar off. Mom said "so much for following the instructions to keep him calm and quiet!"

On another note, we had a wonderful visit with the moms and got lots of Pit'r'Pats and Temptations! It was great to have more people here to pet us and love us and Cha-Ching even came out from under the bed (with a lot of coaxing) for a visit too. We hope they have a safe trip home but come back for a visit soon.

Finally, because Mom took the whole day off work, she took the afternoon off as an opportunity to go get her hair cut. It was finally long enough that she could donate it to Locks of Love and still have enough left for herself. They took off a whole foot! It's gone from long enough to tie in a knot on its own to just about chin length. While it was an easy thing to do to help out others, it was getting pretty long and heavy. Mom's pretty happy to have it shorter again with all the warm weather coming. Altogether it's been a great experience and she's pretty sure she's just going to grow it out all over again so she can donate again.

Thank your vet

First, here's a picture of me getting my fluids on my favorite Tony Stewart #20 blanket. I know it came out pretty dark so you can't see how happy I am, but I really am purring. Caesar's mommy is going to learn tomorrow how to give fluids to Caesar, who was recently diagnosed with renal failure. Although it doesn't look comfortable, it really doesn't bother me at all. Anyhow, we sure hope you'll all stop by Caesar and Princess's blog to leave purrs and prayers for Caesar and his mommy.

Second, many of us don't like the v-e-t, but often times these furry special people play a big role in making our lives happier and healthier. This is the last week that you can enter your v-e-t in a special contest thanking them for making our lives better. You'll have to write an essay of 300 words or less explaining why your v-e-t is the best in America (we think that there are probably really good v-e-t-s efurrywhere). By the way, 300 words really isn't a lot; it only took Mommy and I about a half an hour to fill out the entry. Rules and entry form are on the web at http://www.thankyourvet.org/. Entries are accepted until 11:59 p.m. on May 31, 2007 (they don't say what time zone). We think our v-e-t-s, Drs. Laura and Robert Archer of Ash Creek Animal Clinic, are the best but we welcome lots of competition.

Finally, I am very proud to announce that I was quoted in the Bad Kitty Cat Meows on the Bad Kitty Cats blog. Please check it out!