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!!

Mommy's Hurt

We wanted to let you kitties know that we probably will not be posting for a few days. The bus Mommy was riding on to day hunting this morning had an electrical fire. This produced some very caustic fumes that hurt Mommy's lungs. Daddy took her to the doctor and she was diagnosed with pulmonary pneumonitis - basically the lung damage (inflammation and something akin to burnt or bruised lung tissue) one gets when they are in a house fire or inhale toxic chemicals. Mommy is at home resting and has been given lots of drugs and told to rest rest rest thru Tuesday morning. We hope that she feels up to helping us post, but if not, please do not think we have forgotten you - we're just trying to get Mommy feeling better!! Fires are bad kitties- Mommy said that may have been the one of the scariest moments in her life - barreling down an interstate, smelling smoke, and hearing people scream "FIRE!"

Thursday Thirteen

Look kitties, it's a Thursday Thirteen all about me - Dante!! After reading all of your responses yesterday I have decided to stay with my Mommy and Daddy for now. However, I will promise to stay forever if they do the following Thirteen Things:

1. Feed me only human food and stinky goodness - no cat crunchies, they are not good enough for me!
2. Give me plenty of fresh tuna juice - I do not only have to drink water you know.
3. Banish the Kid from my sight when he begins to annoy me and do not allow him around me until I am ready for him again.
4. The Nip is mine mine mine.
5. The Cat Dancer is mine mine mine.
6. I get to sleep on the bed and no one else unless they have my express permission.
7. Get rid of Beaux - I hate him!
8. Make Jack share the Captaincy with me.
9. I get first picks of sunbeams on the porch.
10. I get to sleep at the top of the stairs and you have to walk around me without saying "Dante, move please"
11. Pearl is to have unrestricted access to the house and can come ofur whenever she wants.
12. Milk should be served at least once a day.
13. You must love me most and I must be your favorite cat. This is only fair as you are my favorite humans.

Oh and one other thing - all next week I DEMAND that it be "Dante Week" - All me, all week! What do you kitties think?

Dante's Day

Hi kitties - Dante here. You may not remember me, because its been SO LONG since I was allowed to have an entire post only about me. Anyway, the Black Furrball does have a first mate, and just in case you forgot because its been A MONTH since I got to post new pictures of me, I wanted to remind you.

What Mommy? You are sorry? HMPH! You only care about the Kid. Even the Captain knows it, but he can take the blog by force because he is the Captain, but what about me? I am just the first mate...What Mommy? You will give me extra treats and love and I can have the blog all to myself for the rest of the week to make up for it?

What do you kitties think? Should I believe Mommy and stay here or should I put my plan into action and run away to live with my beautiful and fierce pirate girl, the Black Pearl? I know Pearl would appreciate having me around. But Mommy did save me and loved me even when I was Frankenkitty. Decisions, decisions....

Tuxie Tuesday

Happy Tuxie Tuesday - the Captain here. I've been watching it rain lots and lots over the last two days. Mommy says that it's rain from Tropical Storm Fay. I say that my beautiful tuxie lady knew how badly my state needed the rain (Georgia is experiencing a historical record drought) so she sent it to me as a gift. Can you imagine? The rain that I am watching right now is the exact same rain that fell on the lovely Lady Boo. Amazing, even to this seasoned pirate captain, just how small the world really is.

Mini ManCat Monday

So I was sleeping on ME couch again this weekend when ME heard the Mommy on the phone and she said thinks like, "Fagin" and "6 months old" and "10 pounds" and "new-ter." What is new-ter and what does it have to do with ME?? Is it a NEW TOY? FOODS? Anything FUN?! Will ME like it?

In other news, it's Not the Mama Monday!! We think Mo is awesome - a true cat hero - and we wanted to join in saying Thank You Mo!! We Loves You!!! YAY!!!!

Finally Friday

Hey kitties, it is your very favorite Purrageous Pirate here - ME, Fagin!! Yay! The big pirates are gone off on their boat to save the Florida kitties and they told ME to stay here and distract the Mommy so that the Mommy did not realize they were gone. Well, ME thought ME did my job very well - but the Mommy did not agree and ME just not understand it.

You see, ME is a fearsome hunter (really ME is) and ME caught this very SCARY and BIG bug. Mommy says it is called a Palmetto bug. Anyway, here is a picture of one - isn't it HUGE? It's like 4 inches BIG!! And that's BIG!!Well, ME caught it and killed it and then ME took it to give it to the Mommy, cause ME had to keep her distracted and how else to distract the Mommy but to give her ME wonderful kill. Well, ME brought it to her and sat in right in fronts of her and she screamed - but not a good scream. No, like the scared scream she does when she sees spiders. Anyway, she actually said to ME "Fagin, thank you very much, let's just squish it to make sure its dead." HA! Like ME would give her a nonkilled bug.!COME ON! And then do you know what she did with it after she squished it flat? She did not eat it or give it to the Daddy to cook. No, she threw it away!! ME do not get it! ME worked hard to kill that BIG bug and the Mommy did not like it, although she said she did. ME so confused.

Anyway kitties, have a Happy Finally Friday and a good weekend. PLAYPLAYPLAY lots and DANCE and EAT FOODS!! YAY FRIDAY!!!

PS: The Mommy wanted me to tell you that she weighed ME last night and ME now weigh 10 WHOLE POUNDS!! Does this mean that ME is almost a mancat?!?!