Here are some more options for outdoor time, on the same theme as the cat tunnel above - some more elaborate, some simpler. [link]
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Mar 19, 2008 4:13:46 pm PDT #629 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
javachik - Mar 19, 2008 4:26:45 pm PDT #630 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
sarameg - Mar 19, 2008 4:39:22 pm PDT #631 of 10001
Kristin, my aunt and a friend's mom built chickenwire outside tunnels for their cats who really couldn't be free-range but didn't get that. Also, as sad as it is, the enforced inside-time post surgery may make it easier to eliminate the outside habit. It did with one of my childhood cats. OK, there was a lot of whining, but it was harder on the human than the feline.
I wish you guys the best. I've been on a similar cat-health rollercoaster and, yeah, I get it. Good thing cats like salt, for all that we end up crying in their fur.
beekaytee - Mar 19, 2008 4:41:22 pm PDT #632 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
When I lived in San Diego, my kitties, Sabastia (she started out as Sabastian, but you know how that goes) and Saturday had enormous kattieries. I built them out of a simple wooden frame and wire mesh. One was even two stories, with a ramp down to the ground and an exit out the kitchen window. They loved it and I didn't have to worry.
P.M. Marc - Mar 19, 2008 5:02:04 pm PDT #633 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Kristin, best of luck for poor Byron. May he live a long, three-legged life.
Scrappy, your family is in my thoughts.
ChiKat - Mar 19, 2008 5:33:37 pm PDT #634 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{Scrappy}}
{{Kristin and Byron}}
All kinds of ~ma to the people and pets that need them.
SuziQ - Mar 19, 2008 6:15:24 pm PDT #635 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
{{Scrappy}}
{{Kristin and Byron}}
To lighten the mood - I offer you some office silliness. As much as I grumble about work, we do have some fun moments.
Pix - Mar 19, 2008 6:15:32 pm PDT #636 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Well crap. I might only be buying a year. I really shouldn't google. I know better.
Despite aggressive surgeries, 65% of cats develop new tumors one year after surgery and 91% after two years. The outcome is better for cats who are treated with one initial aggressive surgery compared to those who are treated with multiple conservative surgeries. The median average survival time following complete surgical tumor removal is approximately 16 months. Combining radiation therapy with surgery improves the overall survival to 23 months but local recurrence still occurs in 28-45% of cats. Metastasis (spread) to other organs such as the lungs has been reported for 12-26% of cats, with a median time to metastasis of 265 days.
ETA: Sorry Suzi. Let's talk office silliness instead. Seriously, I need to step away from this.
billytea - Mar 19, 2008 6:19:28 pm PDT #637 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh no, Kristin, I'm so sorry for you.
brenda m - Mar 19, 2008 6:20:51 pm PDT #638 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, poor baby. That goes for both of you. But I'm still hoping the doctor gives you some better news than it looks.