Yesterday, Rob and I picked Maggie’s body up from the vet, where they’d been holding her in the freezer. Yep, Maggie the Catsicle. You can tell we are feeling better because the gallow’s humor has emerged. We got on the motorcycle and went to upstate NY where some friends of ours had generously offered a […]
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Thank you all for your thoughts today. They were greatly, greatly appreciated. Rob was able to come in and we spent some time with Maggie before we had her put to sleep. We were sitting on a couch with her in Rob’s lap, so she definitely knew she was loved. Laptime was her favorite thing.
I am at the vet, with Maggie dozing in my lap. Rob is on the way. We are having her put to sleep today. She is inobvious discomfort, but not crisis. As much as we love her and want to keep her around for us, she is not going to get better and the pain
09:37 While sitting in the kitchen seems to be a good strategy to get Maggie to eat, I’m getting a wee bit bored of being in here all day. # 10:18 On the other hand, every time she eats something it is exciting, so at least there’s drama and suspense in here. # 13:01 I
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I feel guilty because I haven’t been posting much lately, but at the same time, life has sort of narrowed down into things that aren’t very interesting. Or, rather, that aren’t very bloggable especially not after the flurry of props and puppetry posts. Yesterday was fairly low-key, largely because I spent the day hanging out
To catch you up, Maggie stopped eating again which is troubling since she hadn’t really gained back the weight she’d lost when she was so ill. Knowing how bad it can be if cats stop eating, I tried force-feeding her this morning and that went exactly as well as you might imagine. Taking the wiser
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Those of you following me on Twitter already know some of this but I’m about to go into a whole heck of a lot more detail about Maggie. She’s been terribly unwell and while I was away, Rob sent me a warning that he thought all we could do at this point was make her
01:10 Just going to dip the entrails in blood and then go to bed. # 01:20 I’ve hung the entrails in the shower to drip dry. Must remember to leave a note for Rob. # 08:36 I gave Maggie her two pills this morning and one of them makes her foam. She is sitting on
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I’m sorry you’re getting a lot of twitter summaries this week. I’m slammed trying to get two shows up before I leave town for the Nebulas on Thursday. And yet, I dropped everything to take Maggie to the vet today. 12:49 Worried about Maggie. Rob and I realized that neither of us saw her eat
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Our twenty-year old cat, Maggie, is a fiesty active kitty, but she’s losing weight the way a lot of elderly critters do. The vet says that she’s otherwise healthy and suggest that we tempt her with some high calorie treats. Our challenge is that our 10 year-old cat does not need anything high calorie, but
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Cherie Priest recommended the furminator on her blog a while back. We’ve been dealing with our two very sheddy cats and keep considering shaving them. So today, I went out and bought a furminator. My heavens. The thing works exactly as promised. Plus you get the added bonus of getting to say, “Careful, or I’ll
You might remember my cat, Maggie? A couple of years ago, she had a hyperactive thyroid. The treatment involved Iodine131 and we got this handout which said, “Upon release from the hospital, your pet will be mildly radioactive.” Despite my fond hopes, Maggie never glowed in the dark. But, thanks to modern science, there are
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I spotted this on Maggie’s journal, but clearly the test doesn’t notice that I’ve moved. Your Score: PORTLAND! You scored 28% Style, 24% Climate, and 64% Culture! You are Portland, Oregon! Portland, the largest city in Oregon and seat of Multnomah County, is located in the northwest part of the state on the Willamette River.
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Last evening Jenny and her fiance, Chris, came for dinner. Well, really, they came to drop off Zoe, their cat, as a trial run for when we take her during their honeymoon. Dinner was just taking advantage of them being here. I was, to be honest, anticipating some fireworks. When I got Marlowe as a
Marlowe caught a mouse today. Suffice to say that the rest of this post will not be for the squeamish. I think Maggie heard it first, but Marlowe was very persistent and caught it. We let him play with it for a little, hoping for a quick kill. Silly us. He was the gentleman and
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