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Blest Sunday: Service Cats Never…

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Well as you can see by da title of meez posty you are all in fur a service cat story today. And it all took place yesfurday. Really it started even afur we woke up, but we can’t really tell ya’ ‘bout sumfin’ we slept fru, right? MOL  So anyways, there we was all cozy and warm wiff da lectric blanky and down blanky and da fuzzy soft blanky me has suckled to not so soft anymore soundly sleepin’ and suddenly mommy sez, “Girls, we gotta get up now.” Even tho’ she spoke in dat soft wake us up voice, it thundered fru da silence of da meownin’ wiff it’s urgency. It was da gotta get up voice dat meant mommy had to visit da pawdee box room and fast. (Fur all our new readers, mommy can’t move anything below her neck in da meownin’ time till her muscles and nerves warm up. She can’t walk till she takes her medicine and it kicks in, so we are respawnsible fur gettin’ her movin’ and drivin’ da wheelchair to da pawdee box room when we wake up) So sis Lexi and me skipped stretchin’ and duin’ all we kuld to avoid steppin’ or pushin’ on mommys belly; sumfin’ you don’t wanna do when she needs to visit da facilities, started massagin’ hers arms and legs. When all of a sudden…well…

Dezi profiled on the cat tree lookin' back from the window

Sissy musta had da same urge as mommy cuz afur we kuld even blink she stood up, stomped on mommys belly and headed down da steps to da pawdee box room. Not cool sissy. Now mommy was turnin’ yellow; and a bit green wiff envy dat sissy at her age kuld still move so fast. Anyways, fankfully by dat time mommy’s arms was startin’ to move a bit. Me has never pushed mommy into da chair by meez self afur and she was still on hers back, so this was gunna be tricky. But me was gunna try. So mommy started to reach fur da bars to pull and me started pushin’ on mommys side. Oooooops, maybe not da bestest place to push cuz me thinks mommy turned another shade of yellow. And outta da blue Lexi came flyin’ back up da steps and right on to mommys tummy/bladder to help. A little girl power later and we was wheelin’ to da pawdee box room wiff a happy mommy. You can just use yous magination fur what might have gone on in there cuz we be purroper Belles and it ain’t pawlite to talk ‘bout such things in mixed company.

 

Anyways, afur ya’ know it we was headin’ down da hall to da kitchen so mommy kuld fix us bwekky and have her a cup of coffee. We always stop off and crack open da front door just so we can see outside. So mommy pulled da door open and da three of us peeked round and…”No Way!!!” All our eyes was big as dinner plates. Mommy quickly shut da door and slowly opened it again. And again da three of us peeked round da door to look out. OMC  S N O W!!! We all sat back in da chair and mommy sed, “Girls, we should just go back to bed.” We didn’t but it did sound like a good idea. Me hopped off da chair and onto da cat tree fur a closer inspection of da fallin’ white stuff as mommy made our bwekky. Sis Lexi went on into da dinin’ room and hopped on da table to wait fur her plate. She didn’t care at all ‘bout all da fallin’ snow. Anyways, mommy sed meez title was posed to be sumfin’ ‘bout da oopsies service cats sumtimes makes, but me sed Service Cats Never make oopsies. Bad idea or not, we must have meant to mush mommys bladder. We are cats after all, and cats always mean what they do, right?

We know you can't see da snow fallin' but it sure nuff is.
We know you can’t see da snow fallin’ but it sure nuff is.

 

Well snow and all weez very blest to have da warmth and coziness of our home and each other. We are also blest to have all of you. Fank you fur bein’ our furiends. Mommy still hasn’t finished meez Cardwood Derby car fur Cat Scouts. She got a reprieve and it’s gotta be finished and posted by this Furiday, so weez gunna be busy this week tryin’ to finish up. She made a real mess wiff meez furst box and weez now workin’ on box 3. Me hopes this one works cuz me dusn’t fink any of da neighbors have any more boxes we can have. Maybe meez posty shulda been ’bout mommy’s oopsies and not those of Service Cats.

Dezi looking back from the window on the cat tree licking her lips

Have you or your cats/anipals ever made a oopsie of sum kind furst thing in da meownin’? 

 

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

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Blest Sunday Vet Update

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Meowllo everypawdy. As you can see by da title, we know you wanna know how sis Lexi’s VET pointment went. As a lot of you know she started showin’ signs dat sumfin’ was wrong December of 2014. Mommy took her to da VET in early January of 2015, and she was diagnosed wiff Chronic Kidney Failure. At da time da VET told mommy sis Lexi needed to eat da RX diet and sold her a hunnerd dollar bottle of Azodyl and claimed he was purracticin’ holistic medicine cuz of da Azodyl. Azodyl isn’t a medicine, but rather a supplement. And then he sed “We’ll just make her comfortable for what little time she has left.” Mommy asked what he meant, and he replied, “ I’ve had a few patients that died within weeks and few lived for a few months. By the time we diagnose this 75% of the kidney function is gone and they just don’t live very long.” Well as many of ya’ know mommy hates those RX diets in general, so she refused da noms and came home to do research. She also wasn’t acceptin’ dat sissy was gunna die any time soon.

Lexi sitting pretty and posing for the camera

Mommy went ‘bout learnin’ everythin’ she kuld ‘bout this disease and it’s treatments. She felt validated when she discovered da research dat those RX diets are based on was itself based on what worked fur dogs and refurmulated fur cats and only purrfurmed by Hill’s. All da other RX diet furmulators base their diets off da “old” Hill’s research. Well as most peeps know cats and dogs are not da same, and just cuz sumfin’ works fur doggies dusn’t mean it will work fur kitties. Mommy found lots of studies dat purrmoted high quality protein and low phosphorous diets fur CKD cats. So mommy implemented what she found in research along wiff tons of purrayers. Our VET was and is not happy wiff mommy’s choices of treatment, but he’s learned it’s bestest to just not argue wiff her cuz she’s gunna do what she thinks is bestest fur us no matter what anypawdy sez. 

 

Unfurtunately CKD kitties are prone to UTI’s because their urine is so dilute from all da water they dwink. And da normal course of antibiotics given fur 2 weeks dusn’t work, they really need to take da medicine fur 3 – 4 weeks to truly get well. So now dat we be all caught up, sissy got a UTI round Christmas time. We kuldn’t reach our VET but we were able to get Lexi started on sum antibiotics none da less. We finally touched base wiff da VET who sed he needed to see her at da beginnin’ of da year. So mommy and Lexi headed fur da VET on Furiday. When he finally came in da room, sissy sed he looked shocked. So me thought she shuld tell ya’ ‘bout her own visit. Take it away sissy. 

Lexi takes a nap in the stroller at the Vets

Lexi:  Fankz Dezi. Yep he shur nuff looked shocked when he saw me. He asked mommy all da questions ‘bout how I waz duin’ and ifin I waz better. Then he started squishin’ me all over. He told mommy dat my kidneyz, liver and bladder waz awl da right size fur a healthy kitty. Nuffin’ waz swollen or shrunken. My furz waz kovered in white flakez cuz I habz a dandruff and dry skin purroblem and we don’t habz a humidifier anymore. It broke a kupple yearz ago and mommy juzt hazn’t had da green payperz to buy another one. She had hoped our fountains wood add sum humidity to da air, but alas, not so much. Anywayz az sissy told ya’ mommy beez treatin’ me her way stead of heedin’ da VETz recommendashunz. I lozt a lot of weight when thiz awl star-did, but I’z been holdin’ my own fur da lazt year. I’z not lozt any more weight, and da VET kuldn’t believe it. He didn’t spekt me to still be alive, much less lookin’ and feelin’ good.

Lexi lating in the stroller at the Vets office

When he asked mommy when she had stopped my antibiotikz, she sed she hadn’t. She told him dat everything she readz tellz her dat I shuld get them fur at leazt 3 weekz and maybe even 4. So he sed, “Well that’s fine. I think she probably had a bladder infection and I treat those for 3 weeks instead of 2.” You know he’z one of those dat can’t ever admit dat he duzn’t know everything and dat mommyz research iz valuable. Anywayz, he then star-did manhandlin’ my head and I skooted back towardz mommy. He grabbed my paw to pull me back towardz him and I’z gave him da hisssssssss of disapproval and he let go. MOL  He sed I shur had a lot of spunk fur my kundishun. And then he told mommy, “Well keep doing what you’re doing, she’s looking good. I don’t know how, but she’s looking good.” Mommy, Dezi and I attribute my duin’ so good to God and all da purrayerz and mommyz research and treatmentz. I shur waz a happy kitty when we finally left dat smelly place  and all da white coatz behind.

 

We went to Wally World to get Dezi and me sum treatz. Dat place waz buzzin’. I’z not member da lazt time I saw dat many peepz in one place. Mommy waz tryin’ to drag da buggy and da stroller down da ailez and a man kame up behind us and sed, “Lookz like you’ve got your hands full.” Mommy smiled and sed, “Just about.” He walked past us and then turned to look my way and himz jaw dropped. He sed, “That’s a cat!!! I thought you had a baby in there.” To which hiz wife responded, “that’s her baby.” Mommy smiled, I meowed and we all went on ‘bout our shoppin’. It stormed da whole way home, but I was glad to be back home with da lektrik fireplace and awl my stuff and Dezi. It waz kold out there. When we got inside I star-did runnin’ round and aktin’ like a kitten again. I so lubz to go placez wiff mommy. I juzt wish we didn’t habz to go to da place of evil.  

Dezi among shades of purple stormy skies and purple rose

Me was glad y’all came home too sissy. And me is sooooooo glad you got a good report from da VET. We are so blest dat you’re still wiff us and feelin’ good. And we are so blest to have so many pawsum furiends who help us and purray fur us. We do have a little bad news today, but everything will be okay. Mommy has carpal tunnel and every once in a while it really acts up. Tryin’ to maneuver da stroller and da cart made mommy twist hers wrist and so it’s hurtin’ really bad and she can barely use it. We will visit as soon as she can purr-opurrly type again. It took 2 days of peckin’ keys to write this posty, so she needs to rest it. We are feelin’ very blest today and everyday to be part of such a pawsum community. Fank you all fur bein’ our furiends. Meez gunna go join mommy and sissy and snuggle sum. It’s cold and rainy outside but weez all cozy and comfy in here. Hope you’ll join us next time when we take da Pet Blogger Challenge.  

 

Do you always agree with your VETs recommendations? Tell us one blessing you are gwateful fur this week.

 

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

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi      

First Blest Sunday of 2016

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Oh meow it’s da furst Blest Sunday of da New Year. Our furst blessing to give thanks fur is dat we are all still here to spend it together. Dat’s a huge blessing of course. Me wuld also like to take a minute and pawlogize to meez furiends on Blogger. Pawently there was a weather phenomenon on Furiday dat messed wiff sum lectronics and well, we can’t comment. We keep gettin’ told our Open ID can’t be verified. This happened a while back, pawently this phenom wasn’t da furst of it’s kind. Anyways, da nice helps peeps had us clear our cache and all was well again. So we spent a whole day duin’ just dat, and…nuffin’. Didn’t work at all!!! And those nice helps peeps are closed fur da holidays. So we purromise we are readin’ your postys, but we just can’t comment, lessen you allow our name and website option. We know a lot of ya’ don’t fur reasons of da spam nature, so all we can tell ya’ is dat we hope to be back in commentin’ business soon. Mommy has her monthly doctors’ pointment tomorrow so we won’t be able to get any help till at da earliest, Tuesday. Da blessing here is dat you all will be patient and still luv us, and we can get help. 

Dezi in purple heart frame with lilies

Alright now dat da business be outta da way let’s get on wiff meez posty. Mr. W sez there’s a new little stray ‘round our pawtments. We haven’t seen him, but mr. W sez it’s a him and he looks like sis Lexi wiffout a tail. We made sure mr. W had sum noms to give da little guy cuz pawently he likes to go and visit wiff mr. W’s kitty Buddy. We just hope him’s not mr. bobcat dat used to visit our other neighbor at night when he used his exercise bike, or dat visited our other neighbor who can’t see 2 inches in front of her face. You know we be inside only kitties. But fur da furst kupple years dat mommy lived here one of da neighbor ladies used to tell mommy dat she fed her cats or gave them milk while mommy was gone up town. At furst mommy thought she was just feedin’ a stray or feral kitty cuz she knew her kitties was tucked away safely in da house. Dat is till da day mommy came home to find da sweet neighbor lady feedin’ one of da wild bobcats from our woods and yellin’ at mommy dat she wuld send her kitty home after it finished eatin’. And then she purrceeded to attempt to pet da bobcat. Mommy knew she kuldn’t see a thing and hollered back dat we wasn’t furiendly and she shuldn’t twy to pet us. MOL  You know old folks will feed anything. Da town’s figgered dat out too and generally when sumpawdy has a kitty they don’t want anymore they drop it off out here. Amazingly enuff we didn’t have any drop offs this last summer, but it’s pawssible da little kitty mr. W is feedin’ is a winter drop off. Till we get a look see we just can’t say fur certain.

Lexi stands in front of Way Basics X scratcher

We were blest to win a give away dat Playful Kitty held right afur Christmas and yesfurday da FedEx man dropped off a kupple boxes fur us. We got this cool X shaped scratcher and a sisal wrapped rollin’ weight shaped scratcher.  

 

I tried out dat X scratcher when mommy got it put together Dezi, and it’z purretty cool. I’z a little wobbly on minez feet these dayz so I don’t know ‘bout da rollin’ scratcher. I fink dat’z awl yourz. MOL   

Lexi in pear diamond with red rose

Y Fank you sissy, but me hasn’t given dat one a try yet eever. They call it a scratchin’ wheel, but we think it looks like a barbell. But yous so  right, dat X scratcher is purretty cool. And they look really nice. You know mommy likes da darker colored woods and these scratchers are trimmed in an espresso colored wood like finish. They seem purretty sturdy too. Our other really big blessing is havin’ all of you in our lives fur another fun filled year. We hope and purray fur many more years to come. Well, all dat talk of scratchers has me itchin’ to scratch. So me will wrap it up fur now and go scratch a bit. And we actually membered da Sunday selfies this week, so weez joinin’ our furiends over at The Cat On My Head fur their furst selfies of da new year. 

Dezi in blue frame with green butterflies and Lexi in green frame with blue butterflies

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

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Blest Sunday Vrooooooooom

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Welkum Sunday, we’ve had so many blessings this week. We have received so many beautiful Christmas cards thru da mail and e-mail. Mommy’s twyin’ to help me make a purretty with them so we can post ‘em all on Christmas Eve. Each one came with da most wunnerful wishes fur da holiday season and da New Year. Weez a little behind ad haven’t got all our Christmas wishes out yet, but will be wrappin’ dat up this week.

Dezi laying on the floor

Now You all member me tellin’ ya’ ‘bout dat hot rod scratcher mommy finagled fur me? She went back over da email to see what was said and altho’ me can’t use it in da derby at Cat Scouts, me will be postin’ it there purr our purromise to receive it. But meez also gunna be showin’ it to you all today. Mommy finally took off da wrapper and let me have it. OMC it’s sooooo cool. Da racin’ stripes make me feel like a Mario Andretticat.

 

Check it out.

 

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Me also wants to send out a meowsy big Thank you to awnty and cousins Anonymous who sent us a gift card. Mommy’s gunna be getting’ a paw purrint kit to make paw purrints of sis Lexi and me. She’s so ‘cited ‘bout bein’ able to do dat. Me also wants to Thank awnty Sylvie, Cleo, Mika and Patteron. They sent us a little package dat mommy sez is fur Christmas, so we can’t see it or have it yet. And a meowsy big Thank you to awnty Belinda fur donatin’ to sis Lexi’s care fund. Weez both doin’ good right now. We be eatin’ well and playin’ and workin’ and luvvin’ mommy, each other and life and all of you. You can donate directly thru PayPal (our account: lexi.dezi@yahoo.com), or thru da fundraiser here. Monies donated thru da fundraiser or PayPal are used for sis Lexi’s care and then meez care unless da giver notes it fur sumfin’ else.

Dezi and Lexi's purple Christmas card

We wanna thank you all fur readin’ our blog, followin’ us on social media, sharin’ our posts and fotos, and bein’ a part of our lives. We are so blest to have you all and to share in your lives as well. We hope this holiday season is joyous and peaceful and full of luv fur each of you. As you go ‘bout da purrepurrations and hustle and bustle take a moment to remember da reason fur da season and give thanks fur all da blessings in your life. 

 

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

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi