Mommy Update Monday

Hey kitties! Someone of you and your beans have asked how our Mommy and little Cabin Boy are doing, so we thought we would use this Monday to tell you all about it. First of all, Mommy has gotten big and fat! We are not kidding, she has! Just look!!

Mommy took this picture of herself last weekend for our Aunt Adri who asked her how big she is. She says she was 27 weeks pregnant here so that means she has 13 more weeks (less than 12 now) to get even bigger! We wonder how Mommy will fit out the door soon - she is bigger than our house!!

On a serious note, we have been doing a good job of keeping Mommy's blood pressures down and of making sure she gets plenty of rest. Her blood pressures are still borderline high, but the doctor thinks all will be well there. Unfortunately, right when we get this fixed, something else pops up. Mommy had to have a test a little over a week ago to make sure the sugars in her bloods are okay - well, she failed that test. Flunked it bad. This means that tommorow she has to go to a LAB place for three whole long, boring, hours to have another sugar in bloods test run. They is going to steal her bloods FOUR TIMES kitties! Its bad!! If she fails it, no more ice cream for us!! Can you believe it?? We really really hope she passes this test! Maybe we should help her study for it. What do you kitties think?

Finally, we just wanted to tell you - all of our bestest kitty, woofie and bean friends, thank you so much for all of your love and support. Mommy says that it has been a challenging time growing the Cabin Boy in her tummy, but it will all be worth it when he gets here. Thank you again. We really appreciate it and are truly touched by the outpouring of purrs, purrayers and love!

Mommy Update and Auntie Deb

First of all, the Mommy Update. The Cabin Boy V-E-T is very very happy with Mommy. Although her blood pressures were REALLY high at the office (they even had her lay down and try to relax so they could take it again), her overall pressures are really good and that is what Dr. J is going by. She said that Mommy looks great and that she should keep doing what she has been doing. YAY!! This means Mommy can still day hunt for a while longer and we still get plenty of time to help Mommy rest and nap. Its the best of both worlds for us pirate kitties!! We want to thank all of you kitties, woofies and beans - we really think your good thoughts over hte past 3 weeks have really really helped Mommy and Cabin Boy stay healthy and well!!!

And now, onto today's business!

What do you feed an invisible cat? Evaporated milk!!!!

What didn't the leopard go on vacation? He couldn't find the right spot!!!

What's worse than it raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis!!!!!

How do you catch a squirrel? Climb up a tree and act like a nut!!!!!!

HAHAHAHA! Yeah, we agree - those were really bad!!!!

Thankful Thursday

This Thursday, we is thankful to have a loving home with our humans. With Mommy having to be home so much because all she can do is rest, we get plenty of snuggle and napping time.

We do have one request though kitties - we needs all of your purrs and purrayers. Mommy goes back to the Cabin Boy doctor tommorow and she is nervous about being told she has to be home with us all of the time because she is worse. Her bloods pressures have been up for the last day (we thinks it cause she is nervous because they have been great for the last three weeks) and her feets were a bit puffy yesterday. She is day hunting now with her feets up at her desk and drinking lots and trying to remain unstressed, but she could use your good thoughts and wishes too!!

Mommy says we will let you know how things go tommorow and to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of your love and support. It makes us happy that you kitties care about our Mommy like we do. So we say again, thank you kitties, woofies and friends. We loves you!!

Wordy Wednesday

First of all, we wanted to tell all of you kitties THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts. Knowing so many of you care and are out there purring and purraying mean so much to us! We're going to get around to thank all of you in person, but it may be a few days because right now Mommy is just not up to helping us blog.

You see, Sunday Mommy woke up feeling pretty awful - she was coughing lots and really warm feeling when you laid on her. She was planning on going to the V-E-T first thing Monday morning by herself until about 4am when Daddy woke up shivering and sick. Yep, Mommy and Daddy are both sick. They were tested for flu and it came back negative but their V-E-T gave them lots of med-a-shun to help them. She also sent Mommy to the heart V-E-T because her hearts was beating really really fast. Mommy had pictures taken of her heart and had to wear these weird things on her chest for a whole day so they could monitor her. She goes back to see that V-E-T next week - Mommy has seen a lot of V-E-Ts lately.

The good news is Mommy's blood pressures are continuing to be good (she took some readings to her Cabin Boy V-E-T and she was satisfied with them) and she is not swelling at all since she is staying in bed lots more than she is on her feet. We hope that the good news continues, and that her blood pressures stay low and that the heart V-E-T finds nothing wrong. We is being good kitties and are taking turns laying on her so she stays in bed. Samwise dog is helping us too!! Its hard work being nursemaids for Mommy and Cabin Boy - especially since we has had no break since Thursday because Mommy has not been able to go day hunting - but we kitties think its worth it to make sure Mommy and Cabin Boy are healthy!!

Mommy Update

We have a Mommy update for everyone. She went back to her V-E-T today and the V-E-T was encouraged by her progress. She is still coughing lots and lots but it's getting better and the wheezing is too. The V-E-T said that pneumonitis takes a while for anyone to recover from but Mommy is going to take longer because of complications arising from being asthmatic. Mommy is experiencing one of those complications - she has some sort of infection in her lungs. The V-E-T put her on Auntie Botiks to keep the infection from becoming pneumonia. The V-E-T wants her to continue to take it easy and get plenty of rest. Mommy has to go back to see the V-E-T if she is not lots better in 10 days so she can see a special V-E-T called a Pulmonologist.

We want to once again thank everyone for their purrs and their purrayers. We really think that they are helping Mommy to get better. Thank you everyone!

Mommy Update

Heya friends! We wanted to update you on how our Mommy is doing after her scary experience.

As a reminder, on Thursday the bus Mommy was riding on had an electrical fire and the bus coach filled with very caustic fumes. Mommy is an asthmatic so the fumes caused her (and three others on board) to have an asthma attack. Though she was able to get the emergency symptoms under control (wheezing, gasping for oxygen, not being able to breath, etc) with her rescue inhaler that she always carries with her, she developed a very painful, deep cough that caused Daddy to take her immediately to her V-E-T. She was diagnosed with pulmonary pneumonitis (smoke/chemical inhalation) and the V-E-T put her on lots of meds and sent her home to rest with express instructions not to go anywhere for at least 48 hours or do anything that would cause her to breath in chemicals, etc (the doctor literally told her she was not allowed to clean the house all weekend). She was also warned that because her lungs are inflammed and somewhat burned and bruised, any bacteria or infection that got into her lungs would likely go straight into pneumonia.

Mommy is feeling better which is very good. We've been making sure that one of us is with her at all times. For example, last night she went to sleep with Captain Jack lying on her legs and Samwise lying beside her and woke up with Dante on her ankle and Fagin curled up to her neck. She is still coughing and it hurts very badly, but she is coughing less. She slept for 12 hours last night but we think that she needs to sleep lots so she can heal. She is trying not to think about how bad things could have been (her great uncle died from a bad asthma attack) for her and her fellow passengers but when she does it really scares her. We are taking care of that by purring at her as well as playing together in front of her so she is distracted. Dante is allowing her to brush him too so that she has something to keep her mind off of the scary stuff.

More than anything Mommy and us want to thank you for all our your good wishes and purrs and purrayers for her. Mommy has been moved to tears more than once when she realized how much love the kitties, woofies, buns and beans of the blogosphere were sending to her. We love you all and are grateful for the positive energy and love we have felt from you all. We'll update again soon and hope to get around to see some of our friends as well. Take care everyone and thanks again, truly.

We do have one favor to ask. We would appreciate it if we could all send some of our love and good thoughts to the people on the Gulf Coast who are watching Hurricane Gustav. Uncle Dave is from New Orleans and still has lots of family there. Last night Aunt Susan called and asked if we would be willing to lend our guest rooms to some of Uncle Dave's family that may flee from the Hurricane. Mommy told her to tell them to come on over and to bring their furries too. We purr and purray that everyone is okay and that the bad storm goes away!!