Dude. That is AWESOME. (Also, Tim wants to know if that's her golden lasso. I said I don't think the golden lasso is that long. He said it's magic and can therefore be as long as it needs to be. I told him that was non-canonical.)

Thanks! If I had the energy to make it glow (oh, I should really go back and put glowy marks on, shouldn't I?) it would totally be her magic lasso.

I need to admit I'm not so sure things are good with Mister Kitty. He's not coma-ing or anything, but he's not back to his old self. And I'm not exactly sure if he's happy. I need to call the vet tomorrow (just an update) but I also need to think. I'm willing to give it time, I've got another appt on the 7th. But he's not howling up on my bed at regular intervals. His, um, bathroom habits mean his feet get washed daily and he hates that.

His purr isn't as loud.

If this doesn't turn around...

And then sometimes, he wraps around my arm. Feh.

it would totally be her magic lasso.

Then she could make him tell the truth.

WW: "So...do you have fantasies about me."
Bats: "Gggggg....uhhhh. Yes.
WW: "Do you fantasize about me tying you up?"
Bats: "yes."

And then sometimes, he wraps around my arm. Feh.

I'm sorry this is hard, sarameg. How long has he been on the antib's?

I have to take Kittenish in for a checkup and blood labs next week and I am freaked - even with her eating well and honestly kinda plump.

"don't let daddy lick me again"

An old ad for children's laxatives. It's a little disturbing.

Before I clicked the link, I thought it was licking as in tongues. Which wasn't less disturbing, just problematic in a different way.

Basically, since Monday/sunday night. It's the crash and insulin change I'm not sure about. He's eating and all that. He just seems less umph and less affectionate and tolerant. Hard to explain. He's... restless. His eyes are deeper and I don't know how to explain that (yes, I did the skin check for dehydration, not that.)

I'm in the grey zone. I hate the grey zone. Damnit.

Slinky, who is our little black cat, is 14 years old. In the past 3-4 months she's started getting ravenous, begging for food and trying to steal food off our plates any time we eat. Every time we go in the kitchen she follows and meows for food.

She's also lost weight, which we only really realized this week. And she's drinking more water (we think), and is increadingly irritable and fights with Toke at the drop of a hat. We don't know if her urine output is higher, since the 2 cats share the litterboxes, but Tim thinks it is.

So, we have to get her in to see if it's diabetes or thyroid or what.

Sara, I think about how well you've cared for Mister Kitty, and how well he's done, and it makes me less worried about Slinky's prognosis (although she's not a young cat anymore; she's not even a teen cat). I'm sorry Mister Kitty isn't bouncing back. It's so hard.

I'm glad MK provides some buoy for hope even as I fret.