Tag: Bloggin’ A to Z

God, Gratitude and Generosity

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Meowllo evewypawdy hope yous havin a gweat week. Weez late getting’ meez posty out today cuz mommy wuz dog tired after all dat cleanin’ yesfurday. Da manager and exterminator wuz here this meownin’ fur ow mumffly inspection. They wuz makin’ all kinds of noises and spwayin’ poisin’ all over evewyfin’. Mommy always waits to mop till after da exterminator comes cuz fur sum weason hims finks hims needs to spway da fwidge, da oven and fwunt of cabinets and 6 inches away fwum da base boards. Sheesh, He makes such a mess. Anyways as you know meez joined up wiff da Bloggin’ A to Z Challenge fur this mumff and today is da letter G. G kuld stand fur so many fings, God, gwatitude, genewosity, and so on. So today weez talkin’ ‘bout those 3 G’s.  

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Weez’ll stawt wiff God, after all He is furst in ow house. We luv God wiff all ow hearts and purray evewy day fur all ow furiends and furmily. Dat includes all of you hoo be weadin’ this. And mommy purrays fur us all da time. Evewynight when we get into bed mommy puts hers hands on each of us and she purrays fur ow healff and happiness, and then we purray fur all of you. We ask God to keep you all safe and heallffy and blest. And sumtimes we send up extwa purrayers when one of you be goin’ fwu sumfin’ and need ‘em. And we have been purrayin’ fur Lexi a lot lately. Sumtimes duwin’ da middle of da day ifin we fwo up or look like weez not feelin’ so good, mommy will stop evewyfin’ and purray fur us wight then. Same wiff y’all. Ifin we wead a posty yous all puts out askin’ fur purrayers; mommy dusn’t wait till night time, hers duz it wight then and there. And of course yous wequest gets added to ow nightly purrayers too. We awe so Gwateful fur God’s Genewosity.  

God bless mommy and sis Lexi and all our furwiends and fwamily. In Jesus Name, Amen
God bless mommy and sis Lexi and all our furwiends and fwamily. In Jesus Name, Amen

And dat’s not all weez Gwateful fur eevew. We awe also Gwateful fur da luv and Genewosity of all of you. You have helped us and so many udders in da blogosphere and world. Sumtimes wiff gween papews and sumtimes wiff purrayers and sumtimes wiff shawin’ and sumtimes just bein’ there to lissen when anudder needed an ear. We awe so purroud to be a pawt of such a wunnewful gwoup of animal luvvers. It gives us faiff dat there is still a lot of Good in this world.

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And dat bwings us to a bad fing dat goes on sumwhere in da world evewyday. Today be a day fur awareness ‘bout dog fightin’. This bawbaric purractice is still going on today. In spite of laws and media and awareness dat this will no longer be tolewated, peeps awe still bweeding, abusin’ and fightin’ poor defenseless doggies. Mommy has always sed there’s no bad doggy or kitty in da world, just bad peeps. These dogs dat awe made to fight weren’t actually born to fight and kill, they were made dat way by peeps. So get da word out…Weez not gunna take it anymowe!!!! This behavior is not acceptable and weez wont support it in any way. No bweed of dog deserves to have a bad name because of irresponsible peeps. All dogs awe good dogs and deserve to have a good life.

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I’z lubz youz mommy. Kin I’z habz sum mower treetz purrleez? Member itz minez Birffday mumff. (mommy didn’t want youz too seez herz legz soz datz da reezun fur da paynt)

Fanks again fur all you do evewy day to make life better fur anipals evewywhere. We awe so gwateful to have you all in ow lives. Fanks fur bein’ ow furiends.

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

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

 

Dezi and Lexi

 

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F is fur Fantabulous

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Hmmmmmm Fantabulous, is dat a word? Oh, Meowllo evewypawdy, hope yous had a gweat Monday. Let me tell ya’ we finally went to bed fwum Sunday at 7 am Monday meownin’. And then we wuz back up at 9 cuz mommy had hers mumffly doctows pointment. So it wuz a busy day as always and then when we got home mommy cwashed. Her kuldn’t even answer da emails cuz she kuldn’t keep hers eyes open. This wuz pawtly cuz she took da day off Sunday to spend wiff us and so she wuz up late duin’ da wesearch fur ow posty yesfurday. Dat bein’ sed, weez gunna lightin’ da load fur her today and post a fwivolous fun posty. Wecently meez sweet furiends Shoko and Kali fwum da Canadian Cats had their fotos dwawn by a pawsum awtist, Thomas Dalsgaard Clausen, wiff a bloggy here. Well we went over to tell him what a gweat job hims did and he wuz askin’ ifin me wanted meez foto dun. Well of course me did, and mommy fur sure did. So, what do ya’ fink? Da furst foto is da owiginal we sent hims. Me finks it’s gweat and weez be vewy impurressed. We fink hims caught meez essence purrfectly. Hims sed it wuz dictator like. Do ya’ fink dat sounds like me? Purrawlly when it comes to da pawdee box fur sure. MOL A meowsy big fank ya’ fur dwawin’ me. Now head on ovew to One Drawing Daily and check out his udder pawsum works.  And meez still twyin’ to keep up wiff da bloggin’ A to Z challenge.

 

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And till da next time……………………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

 

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Early Renal Damage

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Meowllo evewypawdy, we hope you had a wunnewful Easter weekend. Mommy took most of da day off yesfurday to spend wiff Lexi and me. Weez even got a little supwise fur ya’ later on. Now ifin yous member weez joined up wiff da Bloggin’ A to Z challenge fur this mumff and we left off wiff da letter D fur me. So dat means today is E’s day. And we told ya’ we wuld be writin’ ‘bout da test dat da doctow used to diagnose sis Lexi’s kidney disease. Ifin yous missed ow udder posties on Kidney disease yous can wead them here at The 3 A’s and B is fur…. So wiffout further adieu let’s get this show, or post on da road as they say. 

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Heska E.R.D. – Health Screen Feline Urine Test is a tool that can be used to help diagnose Kidney disease in not only cats, but there are also tests for canines and humans. It is a rapid immunoassay that detects low levels of albumin in the urine. It is specific and easy to use, and only takes about 5 – 10 minutes and requires only a small amount of urine. It is intended to be done in house for quick results. It is said to be able to detect the lowest levels of microalbuminuria in the urine, thus resulting in diagnosing at approximately 25 % of kidney function loss. Early detection, means longer life possibility and more management opportunities.

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Kidney Disease is the number 2 cause of death in pet cats. And in the past it’s detection went undiagnosed until symptoms started appearing. A few of those symptoms are prolific drinking, and therefore an increase in urination, weight loss, reduction of appetite and bad breath. By the time symptoms appear typically kidney function has been decreased by 65 % in canines and 75 % in felines. At which point the assumption is the condition can’t be reversed, only managed as it progresses. So early detection could mean reversal and prolonged life for your cat or dog. 

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While the Heska E.R.D. is a wonderful tool used in the early detection of albumin in the urine, it is important to remember that there are other causes for those results and further testing should be done to confirm the proper diagnosis. Again you can read our previous posts by clicking the links above for more information on the importance of other testing and types. It is important to know that the method of urine collection can have an effect on the outcome of results. Urine can become contaminated very easily therefore the preferred method of collection is through Cystocentesis. This is where a doctor inserts a small needle through the skin and into the bladder to withdraw the sample. As horrible as it sounds there is little to no pain associated with this method and can be done quickly without anesthesia.

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So Lexi has now had a general urinalysis that led to the E.R.D. where she was diagnosed with Kidney disease. We believe the fact that she was 15 led our VET make that diagnosis without further testing. And altho’ he was correct, we do think it was a bit unprofessional because the presence of albumin in the urine can also be caused by inflammatory, infectious or metabolic diseases. Further testing is and was required to properly diagnose and formulate a plan of treatment.  So early detection of albumin in the urine is a great step in feline medicine and a great tool for early detection of a deadly disease. Just remember further testing is always a good idea. If there are underlying problems such as diabetes, IBD, dental disease, etc., the E.R.D. should be repeated 4 weeks after treatment to determine if albumin is still present.  

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Well we hope we shed a little mowe light on da scawy subject of Kidney disease. And now fur da supwise we purromissed. And we hope you enjoyed da fotos featurin’ sissy today. Ain’t she just bootyful? While playin’ yesfurday mommy wuz able to get a little video of sis Lexi havin’ a good time. She’s fixin’ to be 16 years old da 29ff of this mumff, and meez gotta tell ya’, meez sissy…she’s still got it. Fanks fur all yous luv and supppowt and purrayers. Kidney disease or no, meez sissy is da bestest!!!

Ifin you can’t see da video, purrlease click here.

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

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

 

Dezi and Lexi

 

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http://www.drugs.com/vet/heska-e-r-d-healthscreen-feline-urine-test.html

http://www.heska.com/Documents/RenalHealthScreen/erd_datacat.aspx

http://www.manhattancats.com/Articles/erd_heska.html