Category: Doctor’s/Vet Appointments

Da Results Are Here

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Meowllo evewypawdy and happy Caturday. Well weez didn’t get any visitin’ dun yesfurday, and may not get much dun today eevew. And nope it wusn’t cuz we wuz out stwollin’ eevew. We finally got sis Lexi’s test wesults in da mail. And yous know what? They purrppussly sent them to da wrong addwess. Oh yes they did. And yep yous guessed it, mommy’s livid. Then on top of dat when she opened them da furst page had sissy’s urinalysis on it and It clearly shows an infection. Dat’s wight, there’s an infection. And da VET sed in da email she sent us as well as on da fone when she talked wiff mommy dat there wuz no infection whatsoevew. So sissy be havin an infection and maybe even pain and not getting’ any tweatment whatsoevew. Mommy feels just pawful dat all this be happenin’ to Lexi. Well mommy spent most of da day pourin’ ovew those wesults twyin’ to figger it all out, and postin’ ‘em to Tanya’s site so we kuld get sum help figgewin’ all this out. Weez not postin’ da wesults here as we don’t know how many of ya’ wuld care to see them or unnewstand what yous be lookin’ at. 

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Weez hav this new foto ap dat mommy found and well, weez kuldn’t even begin to tell ya’ what she did. Da only fing weez member is addin’ watercolor flter to a weally blurry foto.

 

 

 

Da one fing we did learn fur sure is dat sissy’s phosphorous levels dat we wuz so worried ‘bout actually be low, too low in fact. You know what dat means? She can hav any food she wants and as much of it as she wants. Well gotta tell ya’ dat makes sissy happy. Or at least it will when she figgers it out. She just tried a food dat she luvs, luvs, luvs. It’s callled Soulistic Tri-Fusion Tuna wiff Salmon, beef and duck in gravy. Moommy set da plate down and walked into da livin’ room and set meez plate down and walked back to da kitchen to get hers cup of coffee, and sissy’s plate wuz licked clean. Yep, empty, evewyfin’ wuz gone and sissy wuz smackin’ hers lips. And this is a food dat wuz borderline fur her ifin she needed to lower hers phosphorous levels, but now dat she dusn’t have to worry ‘bout dat she kuld have this all day long.  

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Again wiff da new foto editor. Da only fing we member is addin’ da vignette. And yes, dat be da place they dwu sis lexi’s blood fwum.

Well anyways, we hope to get back to visitin’ soon but mommy duz need to work on makin’ a plan fur sissy’s care furst. Hers got to check on sum supplements dat be wecommended fur all CRF/CKD kitties like B-12, and figger out what to do ‘bout sissy’s infection. So it may be a busy day on da fone/puter/road fur mommy. So weez’ll see ya’ soon. And till then enjoy sum Caturday art. Weez joinin’ Athena and Marie fur da Caturday Art blog hop. Pop on ovew and check out all da pawsum posties. And join up yous selves while yous at it. 

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Till da nex time……………………..Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

Visual Associations

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Meowllo evewypawdy, awe ya’ weady fur da weekend? Cuz It’s Here!!! WooHoo And weez posed to get sum purretty wedder wiff sum sunshine. Dat means…weez gunna go fur a stwoll. Me can’t wait to get out in da sunshine and smell da outside. Okay meez purrawlly gunna stawt sneezin’ a bit but it’ll be fun afur dat happens. MOL Now afur me goes any furder me wants to wemind you alll dat evewy week we join up wiff Rascal and Rocco’s Pet Pawade Blog Hop. And this week weez also joinin’ Create wiff Joy’s Furiday Furiendship Blog Pawty. Go on click da linky’s they’ll open in a new window so yous won’t furget to go visit when ya’ finish up here. Just don’t you be leavin’ afur leavin’ me a comment. Yous know how much we luv hearin’ fwum ya’. Yeah meez feelin’ a little spunky today.

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Anyways, wecently sissy posted da horror dat wuz hers VET visit and we actually got a foo comments dat took mommy way back. So we fawt we wuld quickly give you ow take on dat subject. As you know mommy went back wiff Lexi to have hers blood work and uwinalysis. And as you know it didn’t go well. Altho’ da techs didn’t want mommy to come, they allowed it. Now we know why they didn’t want her there. But twuff is, VETs used to tell peeps to let da tech hold their animal or take the animal out of da room fur all shots and tweatments and tests. They wuld telll peeps dat it wuz to keep yous pet fwum associatin’ bad fings wiff you, their hooman. How many of you have heard dat? Purrawlly most of ya’.

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Da one we like is, “your pet does so much better without you there.” Ya’ wanna know why? It’s cuz ifin yous not there to speak up and purrtect yous pet, they can do whatever they want or feel they need to in order to make yous pet comply. Da only time dat sayin’ be twu is ifin yous one to fweak out at da sight of blood, needles, or da sound or sight of yous pet squirmin, fightin’ or yelpin’/mewin’. As fur yous pet associatin’ you wiff da bad ifin yous purresent, dat’s just not twu. And ifin these fotos of Lexi don’t purrove It to ya’, well then keep sendin’ yous baby off wiff da tech. Dat’s okay and nopawdy be judgin’ ya’ least of all us. It took evewyfin’ mommy had to maintain her cool and not lose it or jump all ovew those girlies at sissy’s pointment. And twust us, they haven’t heard da last fwum mommy. We just wanted you to know dat yous not have to believe dat myth anymore. We also say no matter how well you like and twust yous VET it nevew hurts to be purresent at least once in a while. Ifin fur no udder weason than to keep them on their toes. We also wanna fank all of ya’ dat be wecommendin’ Tanya’s CRF site to us. Weez awe alweady aware of da site and dat’s da suppowt gwoup we wuz talkin’ ‘bout.   

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Now today be shoppin’ wound da world wiff Bacon and Fozziemum. Twuff is mommy hasn’t bought gwocewies in quite sum time, so weez gunna give ya’ da purrices we found in da local stowre here. Which by da way now has a new owner. They purrawmissed lower purrices, but most peeps be complainin’ dat they waised da purrices. We didn’t find dat to be da case, but it’s not owned by a local anymowe and in a town this size, dat be enuff to cause peeps not to like anyfin’ ‘bout it. Anyways, on wiff da shoppin’ list.

Da furst item up is Milk. A gallon of da off/stowre bwand at da Dollaw Genewal be $4.65 and .10 cents mowe at Fwamily Dollaw and da gwocewy.

Da next item is tomatoes. Romas wuz on sale this week and da only ones da stowre had in stock. They wuz .79 cents a pound We don’t know how many dat wuld get ya’ as there’s no scale at da gwocewy store. So yous kinda take yous chances on by da pound stuffs.  

Da next item…a canned purroduct. Da stowre bwand of corn, gween beans, peas, etc. be $1.29.  

Then Bacon asked fur a Random item and a homemade dish. Mommy dusn’t make much these days, but she checked da purrices fur a one of hers favowit meals fwum her yunger days when she worked and had munny. She luvved a good ole steak dinner. So, da NY stwip(small) wuz: $11.69, da Filet wuz: $12.58. A nice size bakin’ potato wuz: $2.00. Butter be $4.25 fur a pound and mommy weally likes da butter so fur a nice big tater she wuld need at least a 1/2 stick so ‘bout .60 cents fur butter and she likes cheese on hers tater. Hers favowit cheese is Cabot Sharp cheddar at $9.75 fur 2 lbs. so it wuld cost ‘bout $1.21 fur cheese. And she ‘cided a package of dinner rolls wuld be cheaper than makin’ ‘em herselff, so they wuld cost $1.89 fur da stowre bwand. This be way too much munny so mommy didn’t add in a salad or any udder sides. So a homemade dinner wuld cost $17.39 to $18.28.  OMC dat’s one meal. No wunnew mommy dusn’t buy gwocewies.

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Anyways, ow random item wuz low phosphorous cat food. Da Solistic bwand 3 ounce packet wuz $1.29. Well so there it is, anudder wound of Shoppin’ wound da world wiff Bacon and Fozziemum. We can’t wait to see what evewypawdy else is payin’.

Till da next time……………………….Be Blest!!!

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Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

No News…=No News??

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Meowllo evewypawdy. Can you believe it weez alweady half way fwu this week. Mommy sez weez gunna get sum visitin’ dun today. We do hav a pointment wiff yet anudder new case manager. Da last one got fired fur sleepin’ on da job. hers fell asleep here duwin’ hers last visit wiff us. She had asked moommy a question and while mommy wuz answerin’ she just fell asleep. So mommyh wuz assigned anudder new case manager and she’s posed to come out and meet wiff mommy tomowwo. Da pointment wuz schedulled 2 weeks ago and she’s not called since then or even weconfurmed da pointment so mommy sez shez will be supwised ifin da lady shows up. But hey, anyfin’s pawssible, wight?

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Well hope yous all wead sis Lexi’s account of da “new” vet visit yesfurday. Weez waited and OMC mommy got madder than a wet hen. Not know why a hen gets mad when wet, but mommy wusn’t even wet and hers wuz sum kinda angwy. Mommy sez dat ifin those tests hadn’t been so purrtant and weez kulda found anudder VET to do da blood work she wuldn’t put upp wiff any of it. She’s mad at hers sellff fur makin’ sissy go fwu dat specially since weez bein’ tweated like dirt by da overpurriced VET. She opened a email fwum da VET’s office dat shulda contained all da test wesults. Stead, here’s what it sed:

We have reviewed the lab report and urinalysis for Alexandra. All are consistent with kidney disease, and not likely due to an infection. Dr Dunn recommends continue all current therapy, and suggests Hills Science Diet Prescription K/D. We have this available at our clinic. Keep track of appetite. Alexandra could have an increase in BUN/creatinine levels at any time. Please do not hesitate to call the clinic and schedule an exam if Alexandra’s condition changes. Return to the clinic in 1 month for bloodwork. You may call 226-1818 to get this scheduled. Alexandra may also have  her blood pressure checked at this time.

Thank you

 

Yep dat’s a copy and paste. No fone call fwum da VET as wuz purrawmissed and no test wesults of any kind. Just those foo lines, dat in ow email wuz a total of 6 lines. So mommy called da office and OMC dat didn’t turn out well eevew. Finally da VET called and sed they kuldn’t email da test wesults cuz their scanner wusn’t connected to da internet. Yous all know how unsmawt we awe ‘bout all this tech stuffs. Well even we know dat’s nuffin’ but an excuse. So da doctow tells mommy they will snail mail her a hawd copy and send them out tomowwo. (which at this point is today). All da VET kuld talk ‘bout wuz Lexi comin’ back in fur a wepeat of tests and dat blood purressure check. Gotta tell ya’ weez just got chawged and paid $160.00 fur sumfin’ we haven’t even seen yet. Weez not be in any hurry to put sis Lexi  fwu all that again wiffout seein’ sumfin’ to show fur dat munny. VET’s wound here ain’t hurtiin’ fur business so they pawently don’t hav to tweat their patients wiff any kind of wespect or kindness. Quite fwankly ifin sissy wusn’t actually sick not sure we wuld see a VET fur a while mommy’s so fed upp wiff ‘em. Anyways, all dat too say weez still weally got nuffin’ to tell ya. Once we get da wesults weez’ll let ya’ know. Sumtimes no news isn’t good news, it’s just No News.  

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Now onto sumfin’ ‘bout me. Me wuz hangin’ out on da top of oow twee yesfurday and weally enjoyin’ da sunshine. It wuz actually warm enuff dat da a/c kept comin’ on. Anyways, me was loungin’ when me heard a buzz. And then sumfin’ flew by me. It wuz goin’ fast. me jumped up and down da twee me came. Me wuz gunna get it. Mommy kep sayin’ she sure hoped it wusn’t a wasp. You know she be dat deadly lergic to those and no epi pen in da house. Guess what? Dat’s zactly what it wuz. Me chased him into da curtains and mommy captured him wiff a empty coffee can. Now me knows why she saves all those cans. But mommy kuldn’t hav caught him ifin me hadn’t skeered him into da curains. Me purrtected mommy and kep her safe. She wuz so purroud of me. She told me so. Mommy not be as gentle natured as Fozziemum is wiff fings dat can kill her, so weez not hav any fotos. Mommy smuddered himand squished him. So hims didn’t show up in da foto. MOL Anyways,  

Till da next time……………………………….Be Blest!!!

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

HISSssssssssss

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Datz Cat Speak Fur BACK OFF!!!

Hay y’all Lexi here and mommy takin’ dictation. Herz sez sum of ya’ hav a little bit if a harder time makin’ out minez Texas drawl so shez gunna help me keep a little more hooman in minez speak today cuz OMKC (oh my kitty cats) I’z want eberpawdy to know what I’z beez sayin’. I’z alwso wanna pawlogize fur not gittin’ a post out sooner but we wuz kinda waitin’ on da VET to call. Datz what mommy sez. I’z say she wuz just too tired and herz hands and feet and legz wuz too swollen last night to write fur me. But let me tell ya’ I’z wuz so riled up I’z kulda wrote fur myself ibin only weez had dat speak to text app. Youz wanna know why? Of course youz do. Datz why youz be here today; youz wanna hear bowt minez VET pointment and minez day out wiff mommy.  

I'z doent wanna go mommy. I'z jiz wanna tayk a nappee.
I’z doent wanna go mommy. I’z jiz wanna tayk a nappee.

Mommy sez we habz a sekund since bout fingz and we didn’t wanna get up yesfurday meownin’. And she wuz habbin’ trubble movin’ so she had to wait on us to help her. Of course when she sed she had to go to da pawdee box room and couldn’t wait any longer, we helped her get up and get rownd. I’z didn’t eat much of minez brekky and neever did sis Dezi. Dat sorta upset mommy, but she knew dat we knew sumpin’ wuz up and so she didn’t get too upset wiff us. She figgered weez wood eat a good dinner. Anywayz she checked our emailz and replied to a foo and then hopped in da shower. Weez helped drag herz head outta da water 2 timez afur she got finished. And then she put on da purretty purrfume dat makez me smile, and put me in da stroller. And we wuz off.  There wuz road kunstrukshun allmozt frum da git, but we wuz got to minez pointment on time and akshully a foo minitz early.  

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Well weez heer, rite owtside da awffiz.

 

 

 

No reazon fur bein’ on time there; cuz we sat in a room lissenin’ too doggiez bark fur over 30 minitz afur da doctor finally came in. She asked ‘bowt minez overall healff and how I’z been duin’ and poked and pinched and grabbed and skweezed me all over. I’z HISSSSsssssssed several timez to let her know I’z didn’t approve not one bit of all dat skweezin’. She asked mommy ibin I’z had been in any pain. “Well why youz be azkin’ mommy lady, can’t youz hear me HISSSSSsssssss?”  Then she tellz mommy she kin get a little urine, but dat we wuz gunna start wiff takin’ minez blood. finally she left da room and mommy held me tight. I’z started purrin’ and in walked sum ditzy blonde reachin’ out fur me. 

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Weez didunt habz to heree abter awl. Deyz beez runnin’ beez hind heer seemz.

“Come on girly, get dat hand a little closer. I’z might not habz teef but I’z kin still put a bitey on you. Hissssssss” She told mommy she wuz there to get me fur minez blood draw. Mommy told her dat based on da way I’z been actin’ it wood be better ibin she kame wiff us. Blondy reluctantly agreed after sayin’ dat animals generally do better wiffout their peeps. Mommyz heard dat a million bazillion timez and knows dat it generally be da truff, but sed we be da sepshun to da rule. Then she turned rownd and sed what I’z fink she fawt might scare mommy off, “Okay, but we do a jugular draw.” Mommy didn’t say anyfin’, she just kept on followin’ girly wiff me in tow.  Hmmmmmm, jugular, now what did she mean by dat, I’z wundered. And just what habz mommy gotten me into? So we walked into this big white alcohol smellin’ room wiff a towel covered metal table. Never a good sight to see. Dat almost always means TRUBBLE! Blondy had a furiend waitin’ there fur us. And after they threw out da rezident cat and doggy and closed da door, mommy set me on da towel covered table. Da udder girl grabbed me by da skruff and yanked minez head back. I’z gave herz a foo really loud HISSez and a low rumblin’ growl. I’z made kitties eberwhere prowd.

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(Mommy wantz me to tell ya’ dat she did cut me outta da original foto of me on da kitchen table and put me here in da vetz office cuz she hadn’t had time to clean da table and didn’t want youz all seein’ da mess.) I’z jiz want youz to lookit da mess on minez neck. It ain’t rite, jiz not rite at awl.

Then blondie turned on this shaver fing and zip, minez neck fur wuz gone in an instant. Udder girly lost her grip on minez skruff and I’z turned minez head to her and…HISSSSSssssss, GRRRRrrrrrrr Dat meanz back off girly, in case youz don’t speak cat. Youz been rownd too many doggiez. Well at leazt she got da message cuz she backed up and let go and sed, “Watch out she’s gunna bite!” Mommy gently held me and started to sing. Dratz mommy, now I’z habz no choice but to calm down. Datz what we do when mommy sings to us. Second girly came back over and grabbed me again. This time she pulled out minez frunt legz and tried to grab minez skruff again. I’z pulled minez arm back and she lost herz grip on one of minez pawz. Mommy told her dat she wuld hold minez head and pulled minez arm back out fur girly to hold. And then da torture started!!!  Blondie jabbed dat needle in minez neck 9 timez afur callin’ fur help.

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Jiz lookit what dey did too me. GRRrrrrrrrrrrr Itz undignifide!!

 

 

This brunette walked in and blondie sed, “She’s got old lady veins and they’re rollin’.” I’z fixin’ to be 16 yearz old, of course I’z habz old lady veins. What’d’ya’ spect blondie?!!” Anywayz da brunette stuck me again, and da blood flowed. When she pulled out da needle, mommy quit singin’ long nuff to tell her to make sure she had all she needed cuz I’z wuz wize to her and wuldn’t be lettin’ ‘em get away wiff this again fur a while. Brunette sed she had enuff and dat she needed to get sum urine now. I’z continued to HISSsssss and show minez dispurrleasure wiff all this pokin’ and proddin’. And now brunette wuz skweezin’ and grabbin’ at minez bladder. She better be glad I’z a lady or I’z might’a givin’ herz a purresent she didn’t want. Mommy held minez head in herz soft purretty smellin’ hands and I’z buried minez traumatized head and neck into hers sweet smellin’ chest. And then brunette started pokin’ me wiff a needle again. 5 times she poked at minez bldder and 5 missez she made. She sed, “I can’t get it. It keeps rollin’ too. So we’re done here. Y’all can go back to your room now.” Mommy picked me up an I’z looked back and gave them each a final HISSssssssss and we went back to our room and sat down and waited.       

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Weez waytin’ agin. Iz dat treetz youz gittin’ owt mommy? Heree, I’z enjoyin’ da sunshine frum diz windoe. but I’z wood enjoy dem treetz lawtz mower.

 

Finally da VET showed up again and brought yet anudder brunette wiff her and told mommy she wuz sure she kuld get minez urine. Up on da table I’z went again, and mommy started singin’ once again. I’z hissed a foo timez, but da doctor hit minez bladder on da furst go, so all testz wuz finally completed. I’z kuldn’t wait to get back into our stroller. Mommy gave me a foo of da Wellness Kittles we had gotten and told me I was her purrfect angel girl and dat she luvved me. Da doctor told mommy dat da resultz wood be in da next day and she wood call mommy and let her know sumpin’ at dat time. She sed minez urine is really dilute, but dat wuz all she kuld say till after she had da resultz. Mommy made sure we wuz gunna get those resultz emailed to us, and then we went to check out. $158.90 later we wuz off to Wally world. I’z got lots of attention and lotz more of those treatz and then we came home.  

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Da blacked out parts are identifiers and have been blacked out fur owr security only. Not cuz weez be tryin’ to hide sumpin’.

When we finally made it home mommyz feet and legz had swelled up to twice their size and herz handz and shoulderz wuz achin’. So I’z had minez butter spoon and mommy made Dezi and me our dinner. And yep, we boff ate a good dinner. Mommy fawt ‘bout tryn’ to take dictation fur me, but she just kuldn’t hardly hold herz head up or herz eyez open. So we went to bed a bit earlier than usual. Altho’ it’z purrawlly still purretty late fur a lot of ya’. Da truff iz, dat minez torturerz wuz all reallly nice to me and I’z liked ‘em just fine. It’z a really bizee office and therez a lot of doggies dat goes there. I’z fink udder than da rezident cat I’z wuz da only udder feline there durin’ our almost 2 hours. After da doctor callz wiff minez resultz, weez’ll let ya’ know. I’z really purreshayt all of youz purrayerz and support and a meowzy big Fank you to all of youz dat helped us. This CRF/CKD disease be sumpin’ dat really needz to be monitered wiff bloodwork. We do purray and hope there’z good newz in minez blood rezultz and again, weez’ll let ya’ know when we know.   

Can't have a posty wiffout a foto of me.
Can’t have a posty wiffout a foto of me.

Me wuz so glad to see mommy and sissy. Poor sissy’s neck is all bwuised up, but she’s okay and has been luvvin’ on me and mommy evew since they came home. Me also wants to fank you all fur evewyfin’ and ask fur yous continued purrayers. Mommy still be purretty swollen and tired so we purrawlly won’t get a lot of visitin’ dun today. We will get wound to visitin’ you all very soon tho’. We miss ya’ when we don’t get by. So…

Till da next time……………………Be Blest!!!

 

Lubz and Hugz and Kitty Kissez 

Lexi and Dezi