icourtland!

i really find it hard to believe that i have not even gotten around to a “happy new year” post, and we are nearing the end of January already. time is slipping by faster and faster these days kids, don’t put anything important off for too long or the chance might just pass you by before you notice it.

we are still here, and helping our little Moggy to fight for as long as we are able to do so. the drip-treatment that we have been keeping up with has helped some of his blood-work numbers came down from OMG’dess levels, but not as close to normal as i had hoped. it is a chore, but one i am happy to do every day if it is helping him. he has the routine down and does not fight or struggle through any of it at this point. he knows.

so part 2 of this little problem is that he has become anemic as well as having the renal failure problem – this is due to a lot of things, but it come down to his little body is not producing enough red blood cells. so what does one do about that? inject hormones. oh joy.

and here is the fun part – they don’t have a synthetic kitty hormone for what he needs, so he gets PEOPLE stuff instead! the lucky thing is that the injection (yeah – kitty shots…) can be done at the same time as the drip, and is an under the skin thing and not a muscle fiber shot. he does not even know it is happening.

the really un-nerving and scary thing is his appetite – or really the complete lack of it. after our first visit to the vet and a week or so of the drip Moggy was up to 10 pounds, a small gain but a gain. on this last trip that was a week or so later, he was down to 9. he lost a full pound in just over a week. he feels so tiny and small to me now.

so how does one combat that – give the cat a pill. also known as taking one’s life into their own hands. have bandaids at the ready. the vet makes it look simple and easy – not so for us. for such a small and sick little boy he can really put up a BIG fight.

we did have to ask the question – is he in pain or is he suffering in any way? the vet seems to think that from his activity in the examination room, and from what she was observing, he likely feels a little “off” and “sick-ish” – but is not in any great pain or suffering right now. i felt a world of weight lift at those words. i have felt so afraid that we were being selfish and subjecting him to living with a lot of suffering, and my heart could not stand for that.

so we keep going, and keep hoping and doing whatever we can. if after reading this any of you can take a moment or two to send a little thought/prayer/healing energy through whatever deity or means you feel comfortable with to little Moggy, he sure can use whatever anyone can send him.

i have always joked that Moggy is full of nothing but Fluff and Love – let us just fill him to the brim with as much more love as he can fit inside.