Well, I had to cancel my usual trip to visit my folks for Christmas. 

Unfortunately, the vet gave me the news I was expecting, but just not this soon, Gotham’s kidney issues have gotten markedly worse and he found a mass on his lower left tummy area. I asked him if we were looking at a couple of years and he said “weeks, months max”. I’d taken him in as the appetite stimulant was finished and he’d stopped eating again. Well, he ate, but only a few bites. He gave me some steroid pills to give him and asked that I come back in 2 weeks. We went back and he’d made some improvement, but not much.

We decided to give him a steroid injection instead of the pills and I went home. Everything seemed fine until I got home the next night. I walked in the door and he took a while coming to where I was. When he finally came in the room, he looked weird. His head was crooked and was walking oddly. He looked at me, but looked blank. He managed to get on the bed and laid down, but looked really flat and wasn’t breathing much and didn’t raise his head. I put some treats dow, but he ignored them. I thought I was losing him. I spent a couple of hours telling him what a good boy he is and he could go now.

After a while, I guess he heard a noise and lifted his head. I pushed a treat towards him and he ate it. Then he stood up and ate the whole pile of treats. Slowly he started to get back to normal. I don’t know if he was having a reaction to the injection or a seizure or stroke or what. What I decided at that moment is, if he starts failing like that, I’m going to keep him at home where he is comfortable and loved.

I’ve had this silly cat for 16 years and he’s just the best. Going to the vet really agitates him and makes him so unhappy. I wish he would eat more though.

Now, I’m aware time is short. I don’t want to deal with losing him in an empty house….so I adopted an 8-week old kitten. And Gotham fucking hates him! In fact, I think the hatred is what’s keeping him alive. So far I’ve kept them separate, apart from trying to introduce them last Sunday. It resulted in a guttural growl and hissing from Gotham, lol! The kitten is MAYBE 2lbs!!! So scary! I’ll try again this weekend. I got him a week ago today and the papers said to wait a week to introduce them anyway.

This kitten is a teeny, tiny monster! His micro-poops and pees smell worse than anything that ever came out of Gotham, lol! I have him closed off in the sun room and it constantly sounds like he’s tearing the joint apart! He is literally the size of my palms! I noticed him eyeing the curtains and just bought nail clippers. He’s very sweet though.

Anyway, I didn’t feel like I could leave for a trip. Plus, we moved our office to the new location last week and some clients have waited until the last minute to get me year-end paperwork. I guess I’ll see my parents in either January or February. Probably January. I have a short business trip in February and I may take a couple of days off beforehand.

Who knows?

I love this darn cat so much (he’s right here). Christmas here at home will be fine! I can’t believe it’s supposed to be 81F though!!!

Enjoy your weekend everyone. Darn! I forgot the Christmas roast in the work fridge! I’ll get it tomorrow morning. It’s a better fridge than mine anyway.