Check up

Dear Pablo and all my friends,

I know that you all remember how very sick that I was a few months ago and have wondered and asked about my health since. Well, the other day, Tracy called my V-E-T to get a refill of my medicine and the V-E-T lady wanted to see me again. Unfortunately, that meant that I had to get put into a prisoner box and taken to THAT place.

Monica tried to comfort me while I was waiting. But then Joey came along to pester me.

Anyway, we went in the moving machine and the people took my blood and the V-E-T lady poked me, squeezed me and listened to me. She told Tracy that when she got my blood results back she would call to let us know if I am actually better. None of us were sure what we would find out. I am feeling much better now, but you never know if my liver is really all better or not.

Well, much to everycat's relief, my bloodwork came back completely normal! All of the numbers were in the right places - the kidney ones and the liver ones. Even the sugar one was good in spite of me taking my steroid pills. I asked Tracy if that means I can stop taking my pills. She said, "no, I can NEVER stop taking my pills again." We still don't know why I got sick in the first place, but it seems to be related to my being off my steroid pills. Oh bother!

From Tracy: really it was so funny - Phoebe has gained so much weight back that the vet tech came in three times to be sure that it was Phoebe I had brought and not Monica. I think, and the vet agrees, that Phoebe's illness was a combination of some sort of physiological process like an infection and the stress of having Joey introduced into the house. In the absence of the steroid medication, something got out of hand for sure. And then when she stopped eating, the liver just went down hill. It is amazing now to remember how skinny she was and it wasn't that long ago... She's more playful now as well and Joey and her seem to have reached some sort of agreement. She secretly likes to play with him and will initiate it at times.

My Tunnel Toy

This is my tunnel toy. My people got the great idea to buy me a tunnel from our friends Tara and Kavan, who have one just like this. Tracy said that she had to search and search to find one because our local pet-o-rama didn't carry them.
As you can see, it has a peaking-out hole half-way through. this is a very handy place for Denis to drop my toys in so that I can pounce on them. Pablo, do you have a tunnel toy? If you want, you can come to play with mine.

Have you seen this?

This is called a "Wordle". I made it from the RSS feed of our blog. I'm very surprised to find that we write more about Tracy than we do about Pablo on our blog. It just doesn't quite seem right. What will the Wordls of your blog look like? (click to biggify and go to the website where you can make your own.)

A Cozy Spot

The other day I snuck into our "guest room" (we never really have any guests) when the door was left open and I found a nice cozy spot. Can you see me?
Look a little closer...
Ahhhh. Nice and cozy. Tracy wanted to know how I got snuggled in here so nicely, but I'm not telling. Where do you like to snuggle?

A Book Meme

I never done a meme before, but I saw that Pablo did this book meme and it looked very cool. He did a VERY BORING book. But you can see that from my favorite perch, I have lots of books nearby. I'm going to pick an EXCITING book to do this meme with.

These are the rules of the meme:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open the bok to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.

Here is my bookThat sounds like very good advice to me. I'm sure he knows what he is talking about... Here is the stuff on pg. 123:

"We resected fifteen feet of necrotic bowel and sutured together the ends of what was left. Incredibly, the patient remained stable throughout this horrendous procedure. As we began to close the abdomen, our short-lived optimism returned, at first tentatively, but then with growing intensity."

Maybe Dr. Daisy can help explain this to me... I don't understand much of what it says. But at least it is exciting!

Hi Everycat!

Monica here giving you an update. Tracy has been doing all sorts of silly things on the internet instead of helping us blog. First it was puzzles, then word games, now she's so distracted with a game called Packrat. It's sooooo boring - just click click click. that's all we hear from the computer. I have been laying a big fat guilt trip on her and I'm hoping that she will soon come to her senses and help us blog more regularly again. Pablo is counting on us to keep up his fanship! Well, while we wait, we have been watching some moths flying outside our windows.

Phoebe - Arctic explorer

Hello, my friends and fellow fan club members! Several of you have expressed concern about our lengthy absence from our blog and wondered if I was okay (since I was sick before). I want to reassure you all that I am doing just fine. I have gained back all my weight and Tracy says that I am nicely padded again. Unfortunately, I'm back to taking my steroid pills each night.

Well, it has been ages since Tracy helped any of us blog. She has been playing too many games on Facebook, but I think Monica might want to tell you about that soon.

Here are some pictures from my snowy adventure that took place about a month ago. I have seen snow out our windows before but I had never been out for a WALK in the snow. It was very exciting.First, I scanned the horizon to make sure there were no polar bears that had followed our snow down from the North Pole or something.

Then I tested my footing on that white stuff. It was a little cold and wet on my paws. I had to shake off the drips every once in a while.

I made sure to leave tracks so I could find my way back to the house...

Once I was sure that the snow was safe to walk on, I made sure to patrol my garden.


I think there was something hiding under this snowy bush, but I couldn't find it.
Tracy - I think it was melting snow drip, drip, dripping into the bush.

We took some video of my adventures in the snow. I'll see if I can convince Tracy to make it into an action movie for me.