Tam Kitteh is home. He’s going to be getting a lot of antibiotics, some fluids and a wee bit of insulin daily. We’re still not sure if the diabetes is here to stay or will be heading out the door. We’ll know more once the pancreas is all happy.

BUT he is home and resting. Neko has already been to see him and the old man dog is lying down next to him. So life is good. I’ll let him wander around a bit later. But for now, he’s in the large open kennel in the living room so he can rest.

The second bit of news today is that the shirts came in. They are definitely silk screen…printed right on the fabric.

They look pretty good. It’s always difficult because what you see on a piece of art isn’t what you always get on a shirt but I like how they look. They are quite old school t-shirt. If you ordered a shirt, I’ll be sending them out after Labour Day.

Tam is ready to go home. He is alert and complaining. If complaining were an Olympic event, he’d be tested for doping and fail.

We had some sort of miscommunication with the vet on call. He seemed to think the cat wasn’t eating. We seemed to believe he was eating alot.

After going back and forth a bit, he wanted to have Tam in a 24/7 hospital and a feeding tube. We were very confused because the decision to NOT put in a feeding tube was made on Friday. Because he’s eating. He nearly bit off my fingers to get to the tuna.

The tech came in and he’s the guy who we actually knew from our Old Vet before he hied off to Utah. Tony’s a great guy. So I asked him, Hey, is the cat eating or are we insane? He said No, he’s eating. He straightened the vet out on that issue.

Thank God. Sheesh.

I am worried about the infection, pancreatitus and diabetes from the pancreas going wonky. The infection mostly. He’s on some pretty hardcore antibiotics and that’s going to take some time to work through. But he’s alert… and WANTS DOWN! DOWN!

So I agreed he should stay one more day and we can assess from there. The vet didn’t have the greatest bedside manner. One of the things he said to me was “I was surprised to see he wasn’t dead.” Well, I’m not paying him for cuddly but dear God! Tact, man! Tact!

He is QUITE alert and wants cuddles. Oh and naps. A sunbeam wouldn’t be amiss either. Because damn it! THERE ARE NO SUNBEAMS! So hopefully he’ll be home tomorrow. He’s a love. They adore him.

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Woke up early and headed down to the Vet. They open at 7:30. We were there around 9. Tam ate a few ounces of tuna and was ravenous. We also brought them cookies. Always bribe the staff. It’s like taking red fish to the monks at temple. Always bribe the monks with food. They will take care of the spirits better.

I got as far as opening the tuna tupperware when his face was in it. So, I’m guessing he’s a bit hungry.

My sister’s cell phone doesn’t take the best pictures so bear with it. He’s actually pretty pitch black. Although right now he’s got a catheter on one side and bandages on the other from his previous catheter.

He is looking good. Flaky skin because he was dehydrated but doing well.

Now I am home with McDonald’s coffee I had to doctor and some food. I might actually write later now that I feel better about the cat.

But he’s all purry and happy. He was falling into a food coma. He was all.. belly is full! Sleep nao.

The tech who came to get him was quite proud she got him to nom some yogurt. With the tuna, she’ll get even more into him. He was quite happy. There’s also some chicken there but tuna seems to be the protein of choice right now.

Just came back from seeing Tam. He’s doing well. Ate the hell out of the low-fat tuna we brought. Bit my finger while nomming which is a good sign. Very alert. Purred up a storm then threw a bit of a pissy fit because he wasn’t being allowed to roam thru the room.

He’ll still be there, probably over the weekend but ah, looked so much better. Thanks all who sent him best wishes.

So if you are one of the tens of people who follow this site, you’ve been following rhysford.wordpress.com. Today, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and just outright purchase rhysford.com and have my blog and pages point there. You probably won’t see a change and it’s really just so I can have a smaller address on my business cards. Which I still have to design. Right after I finish this chapter.

Yeah, add something else to the Do-Now list.

I appreciate all of you that are with me in this. Truly, every word I write really belongs to you. Haato.

Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Yes, I’m writing a review for this book. Honestly, I’m not leaving a review for reading it. I’m leaving one for writing it.

Scribbling down this book was a fantastic experience. Through Dirty Kiss, I met so many lovely people and interacted with fantastic readers. This book really belongs to everyone who read DK and told me they fell in love with Cole and Jae.

I hope you find them interesting and engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed writing them.

So thank you. Every one of you, my deepest thanks.

Now, off to Book Three… Dirty Laundry.

Haato and Kamsamida!

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