Thankful Thursday

 We are joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday blog hop today because we have a special reason to be thankful today.

Some of you might know that Dad Terry from Brian's Home - Forever is my best friend. That's right, he is a saint and puts up with my babbling away at him every single day! 

A lot of you who know Terry know that he has 9 kitties and a wonderful wife named Celesta. Today is Celesta's birthday, and we are thankful for HER today!

I don't know Celesta as well as Terry, but here are few things I DO know about her:

• Celesta's favorite color is purple (I love purple, too!).
• She is a good cook. Terry is always making me jealous by telling me what he's having for dinner. I wish I could go and taste some of Celesta's delicious cooking myself!
• Celesta loves kitties as much as I do.
• She loves Christmas movies, and she reads a lot of books. 
• Celesta is thoughtful, kind, and sweet! 

I have even gotten to talk to Celesta a few times before, which was really cool! 

The boys and I hope you have a most wonderful birthday today, Celesta! We are thankful for you and your friendship, and we love you!

Purrs and love,

Tylan, Giovanni, and Mom Sierra 

Thankful Thursday: Good Days

 Hi everyone! 

We are joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday blog hop today.

Today, I am thankful for the good days Tylan is having. For over a week now, he's been eating more (still not enough, evidenced by the fact that he lost another 1/3 pound these past two weeks, but he is definitely eating more!) and acting much more like his old self. In fact, he no longer sleeps with me, which is bittersweet because I loved having him sleep with me, but it means he's feeling better. 

He spends a few hours in the basket on his tree sunbathing every afternoon like he always used to. And the past couple of days, he's even tried to escape into the building hallway and make me chase him around the building like he used to do! In fact, he made an escape once these past couple of days, but he didn't get very far before I brought him back in to the apartment.

I honestly don't know if Tylan is rallying or if he's actually getting better and will stay that way for a while. I guess time will tell. In any case, I'm so happy he is feeling good and enjoying his life again.

What are you thankful for today? Please share with us in the comments!

Thankful Thursday

Carmine watched over Lita when she didn't feel well.

We are joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday blog hop today.

Today, we are thankful for Angel Carmine. You might have seen that his brithday was earlier this week. He would have been 20 years old.

Even though Carmine is no longer here in his kitty body, he is still here in spirit. I have seen him several times in the past few weeks after not seeing him for a while. My animal communication instructor has told me more than once that Carmine has been around in the past few weeks to help support Tylan and me as we go through this difficult time with Tylan's end-stage kidney disease and other health issues. She says that Carmine is often right by Tylan's side. 

Happy Birthday at the Bridge, Carmine

Happy Heavenly Birthday at Rainbow Bridge, Tiny Lion! It's hard to believe, but you would have turned 20 today!

I sure hope Lita, Jewel, and all of your other friends are helping you celebrate today. I miss you so very much but know that you are still watching over us. 

Carmine loved boxes of all kinds - cardboard or soft and squishy. To celebrate  this day in Carmine's honor, please find your favorite box and curl up on or in it for a little while. 

We love you, Tiny Lion!

Love, 

Mom, Tylan, and Giovanni

Thankful Thursday and a Tylan Update

Hi everyone!

The Mom here with another update on Tylan. 

It's been about a week and a half since Tylan came home from the hospital. The first few days were pretty rough as he did not want to eat much. After talking to Tylan's Internal Medicine (IM) vet, we decided to raise his Zofran dose, and that does seem to be making him feel better as he is now eating more. 

He went back to the hospital on Monday to have labs done for his Internal Medicine specialist. 

When he came home from the hospital, Tylan's creatinine was 5.8. On Monday, his creatinine was 6.1. His IM vet warned me that his creatinine would go up once he was off the IV fluids, so I wasn't surprised to see it go up a bit. I was surprised that it didn't go up more than it did. I am thankful that, for now, he is holding relatively stable. His creatinine isn't good by any means - he is now in end-stage kidney disease, but I truly am grateful that he is doing better than he was before he was hospitalized.

Do you know what else I'm thankful for? PET INSURANCE! 

Tylan's hospital bill (for 5 days) was nearly $6,500.  His insurance is reimbursing me at 90%, which means I'll be out hundreds, not thousands, of dollars. I am so thankful I decided to get pet insurance for Tylan when I adopted him six years ago. It has been a real blessing and has helped me tremendously with the costs of his care.

That's all we have today. We are joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday blog hop. Please let us know something you are thankful for today in the comments; we love hearing from you!

I'll continue to keep you all posted on how Tylan is doing. Thank you all so much again for all the love and support you have been and continue to give us.