Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Revolve around this!

Isn't it weird how in 43 days how much our lives can change? A little over a month ago, we were selfish tight wads. We did our own things when we wanted to, and we just blew money. Now everything seems to revolve around Doc and his schedule. I missed a work meeting on Monday night because he needed his sub-q's. After the movie on Saturday night, we couldn't go out for drinks because we had to get Doc his Pepsid (he throws up foamy stuff if we are too late). I have even given up going to the gym until we can get Doc stable for 2 months. It is OK for us though. It is nice to see him feeling better. It is so funny when he plays now, his tummy is all shaved and flabby, and when he stands on his back legs. His belly doesn't even move.


Last night was our best sub-q. Doc just laid there patiently while we did our thing. And it was over in about 2 minutes. I think it was the first time he didn't get wet from them. Normally he either squirms at the end of them and the needle slips out or I forget to turn the wheel to close off the flow of fluids. My bad.



See - I told you our lives are boring. They revolve around a cat. How sad is that? And now that we have spent so much on the vet bills, our lives will be even more boring. Going out will definitely be limited now.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

First time for everything....

Blogging seems to be the thing to do, so here we go. This is a first for us. Andrea - you have inspired me to do this!

A little background - Brad and I got married August 22, 1998. we are coming up on 10 years this year. We live in Fort Worth with our 3 kitties. We have 2 nieces and 2 nephews and another on the way. Since we will not be having kids, we get to live vicariously through them and their parents. But we do consider our cats to be our kids. They are:

  • Doc (the tabby) is our oldest and has Chronic Renal Failure (CRF). Since he has been diagnosed, our life has been a real rollercoaster but we are learning to live with the daily difficulties of it.
  • Chloe (the tuxedo) is our middle and not the most social kitty.
  • Reena (the Siamese) is the youngest and is a spoiled brat.

So I hope to keep up with this blog, and everybody will get to see how boring our lives really are. But we like the boring life - so don't knock on it!