Posted by bozeman on March 2, 2003, at 23:28:16
In reply to c'mon Zorro! You can beat her to the kitchen!!. » bozeman, posted by IsoM on March 1, 2003, at 1:27:40
Hi IsoM
The boys and I have been sleeping a lot . . . I can't seem to shake this virus or whatever it is. And I know darn well why I have it, it's the fallout of my argument with rabid-wolverine-boy. :-( Some people think I'm avoidant. Maybe I am, because if you get me really pissed off, I have two options -- beat your head in with my bare hands, or the resulting rage-chemical-fallout overloads my immune system and I get sick. Since I've never raised a hand to anyone in my life, and he pushed every last button that I've not yet been able to uninstall, guess which one I'm in right now?
At least I know what causes it. Doesn't make me any less sick, but at least I know why.
Zorro's feeling sassy enough to give me death-dagger looks while I'm cleaning his wound. Vet said it should have kept draining, as we knew he would have a bad infection. The wound crusting wasn't bad per se, but it crusted completely over, hence the pus. So now I have to keep a drain clear until it finishes healing, which it is doing even faster now that I'm doing that. He may only be on meds for another week at the rate he's healing, and we expected at least another three.
Poor Sulley is very lonely, since Wally insists on nursing Zorro, sleeps by his side, grooms his face. Zorro sleeps at the foot of my bed, and Wally sleeps on the other foot, so there's no room for me. Wally loves to sleep on my feet but that hurts too much (joint problems.) So we've worked out a compromise. He sleeps at the foot of the bed until I can't stand being curled into a ball anymore -- then I stretch out and wake him up sliding my feet under him. Then he comes up to the head of the bed and curls up under my right arm, with his head on my shoulder, and stays there until I thrash once too many times, then he moves back to the foot of the bed. Next time I wake up, I pat the bed and he comes back up to see me. Sometimes I wake up and he's laying on my shoulder with his cheek on my cheek (very cute) but his whiskers usually wake me up. If they didn't, I'm sure he'd do that more often. He's a very social cat, bites your chin, presses his nose against yours, sticks his nose in your ear, etc. Once when I had a migraine he came and just pressed his head against my forehead. He's such a snuggle-boy, I can't believe those people at the shelter were going to euthanize him! He was the runt of a large litter that was dumped, and I came along at just the right time. Zorro was lonely and needed a friend, so I went to get him a kitten. Wally was the one I ended up with, as he wrapped his tiny paws around my neck and wailed so loudly when I tried to put him down that I just had to take him. I think he knew somehow, that I was his only chance as they would have done the deed that day if I hadn't adopted him. He was scrawny and sick and had to spend a week in quarantine at the vet, but he's healthy as a horse now and so loving, I don't know what I'd do without him. Sometimes I wake up and he's sleeping in the middle of my chest, with his head tucked under my chin.
Eating butter every day doesn't cure Zorro's hairballs, but he does throw up a lot less often. I guess I'm going to have to start brushing him to get rid of the excess fur, no matter how much he hates it or how much it affronts his dignity. :-) Any ideas on what to use to brush a long-haired, triple-coated, dense-furred cat with an attitude? He's part Russian Blue so he has that triple-layer fur which is nearly impervious. And is crossed with some long-haired something because he has long, silky fur. (Russians usually have coarse fur, so I understand.) Everything I've tried so far, won't penetrate his fur, even one of those bent-wire things that works great on all the other cats.
Hope Medusa's feeling better. How on earth do you know how much to feed her? Trial and error teaches you a lot, I suppose, and Moms can just tell a lot of things. :-)
Zorro's waiting impatiently on the bed, and I must sleep. BTW, I got them a few fresh green beans, and they looked at me like, "Mom, what are these funny toys?" No interest in eating them. Oh, well, it was worth a try. I have another grass crop growing now -- it will be ready in a few days.
Night!
bozeman
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