There is bad news and good news since I last updated. Yesterday morning when I called the clinic for an update, the news wasn’t promising. The vet techs said that she still wasn’t eating and that she didn’t seem to have the spunk she’d had before. I started slowly falling to pieces at this point. [...]

I twittered about it last week, but here’s what’s going on with MacGyver as of 5:20pm today: On Thursday morning, I dropped her off at the vet clinic for observation. I am constantly amused when I walk in with my pet carrier and declare that I have MacGyver for a visit and all the people [...]

Mac snoozing a few moments ago Over the past two weeks Mac’s appetite has really fallen off. She had a check-up at the vet eight days ago where the vet checked her for thyroid issues and other things. At that time the vet explained to me that studies have shown in very elderly cats that [...]

As a reward for her not biting anyone at the vet, and also because she’s old and spoiled, I got Mac a window perch for my office. I think she likes it.

Mac looked especially photogenic this morning so I took a bunch of pictures of her. If you’d like to see more (including some extreme close-ups), click the picture:

Yes, Jenniffer, I am alive. I’m currently sitting in the airport in Columbus, Ohio waiting to see when/if I am going to get out of here tonight. I’ve been here since Sunday night for MySQL training for work. Four full days of classes along with attending the worst loss in Iowa basketball in the last [...]

What a long day. Oh how I wish I didn’t have to go to work tomorrow. I was just exhausted to the point of yawning all day long. I’m sleeping at night, but the stress between Mac’s health and stupid stuff at work is wearing on me. Mac went back to the vet this afternoon [...]

Mac and I are hanging in there. She got up and ate a little bit this morning, but I still tried to syringe feed her some. Lost part of my left hand to her claw. I came home from lunch and she ate and drank again, but I still didn’t feel it was enough so [...]

I got home from work in a panic ready to force feed my cat so she wouldn’t die and found her still on her bed in the office. But then she got up all on her own, walked to the kitchen, ate a bit, then went to her water bowl and drank for five minutes. [...]

My vet finally called me back (she was in surgery) and she’s very concerned that Mac isn’t eating or drinking much. Apparently, I should have started syringe feeding her last night when she wouldn’t eat much on her own and I should not have left her be for an entire day. Now I feel like [...]