Happy Halloween!

We've had a lot of doorknocking bell ringers yelling "TRICK OR TREAT!!!!!!!". I have been hiding. We did have one little boy come knocking who made mum's heart melt a bit. He was about three years old, with his siblings, and he was dressed as a mummy. He was wrapped head to toe in toilet paper. Scented toilet paper. It was beyond adorable. Well, my mum said so anyway.

There has been a delay on Fui's pathology results. Hopefully we'll know tomorrow.

NOM

Thanks for all the nom vibes everybuddy. They appear to be doing the trick.I'm not eating a lot, but I am eating enough to keep me out of being re-admitted. Because of the surgery and my vet wanting me to stay on a hypoallergenic diet the most likely option if I didn't eat was a feeding tube. Avoiding that is awesomesauce.I've been a super snugglebug since I got home, and spend most of my time snoozing. I'm glad I didn't have to serve out my time in the post-surgical area. Mum picked up some dvds and enough food to last several days on the way to get me so we've been camping out on the couch together. I have chewed off my dressing, but since getting rid of that I've left the incision alone. Mum thinks I'm being good and brave, but really I just think I would look silly in an Elizabethan collar and want to avoid it. It's all about my street cred, really.

Have a happy snuggly weekend everybuddy :)

Home

Hey dudes. I have now had my surgery done. I haven't eaten since the surgery, so not for 48 hours now, and the vet let me come home early incase being back in my usual environment got me eating again. If I don't eat by lunchtime tommorow I have to go and be re-admitted, so if you could send some nomming vibes I would really appreciate it.

My brother and sister are very happy to have me home. Mum told me that while I was gone they were both wandering around the house calling out for me. Suey has been giving me huge smooches, and Lishy thinks I'm the most interesting thing he's ever smelled.

I have a big dressing on my tummy over the incision. The good news is that they didn't see anything obviously scary during the surgery. Now we're just waiting on the pathology results which should be in on Monday.

I want to say a very big thank you for all the lovely comments and the purrs left for me and my mum. It was so kind, and so comforting. You are all wonderful.

Love Fui xoxoxo

Hooray!

Hi everybuddy! We did it! The All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup final! I am a very happy mancat today. It was an exciting, clawr biting game that had me on the edge of my blanket right until the final whistle.It was great to watch captain Richie raise the Webb Ellis Cup after a 24 year drought. After all that New Zealand has been through in the last year, it made my heart warm to think how happy all the people will be. There is a perfectly timed public holiday today, Labour Day, which I think a lot of sore heads will be thankful for! ;)
Photo taken by Paul Estcourt, from the NZ Herald.

After the presentation, some of the players even made confetti angels! This is Corey Jane and Israel Dagg.Photo taken by Richard Robinson, from the NZ Herald.

As for me, I have news about my latest vet visit. My vets and my mum are not happy with my response to the antibiotic trial and believe the time has come to take more action. I am scheduled to go in for surgery on Wednesday and have full thickness biopsies taken from my stomach and intestines. My mum is just about beside herself with worry, so I am doing my best to be a brave strong mancat and tell her that I will be just fine. I have been going to one of the best teaching hospitals in Australia, so at least we know they get a lot of practice and my risk of complication should be lower. I have to stay there for 2-3 days so that the vets can keep a close eye on me. I am being brave and know I will come home safely, but if you have any spare purrs I would really appreciate some. See you when I get home!

Love Fui.

Welcome!

Welcome everybuddy to my Rugby World Cup party! I'm so happy that you could make it. We've got our super cosy kitty blankets on the couches for your comfort (including my favourite super special Ginger blanket, which you can just see a little bit of in this picture). There are some good vantage points on the cat tree. Just tell Lishy to move over if he is in the way or trying to swish you in the face with his tail. Sparkle had a great game suggestion in tub hockey. If you feel like a game just head into the bathroom. I spent the morning in the kitchen making all the noms I could think of, make sure to fill your tummies as much as you can or I will get very chubby eating leftovers.

If you're not keen on the game, you can head in to the spare bedroom and hang out on the wardrobe with Suey. She isn't interested either.

Now, it's time to cheer! Go the All Blacks!!!!

I'm Having a Party!

Hi kitties! On Sunday I am having a party to watch my team the All Blacks play the French in the Rugby World Cup Final. See, I might have been born in Australia but my mum says when it comes to the rugby your team is determined by who your mum cheers for. And my furs are the right colours! Everybody is invited! I figure as long as the treats and nipbeer is hypoallergenic I can have as much as I want, right?

My mum will be distracted by the game, so we don't even have to worry about the mess we make. I hope you can make it :)

Anatomy of a Yawn

... and shake it out.

Wordless Wednesday

Today

Parker Pie, my brothers and I are sending you many many smooches from across the sea. We love you pretty lady. We're also sending your 'rents and your siblings great big snuggles. We'll be thinking of you and your lovely family in the days and weeks to come.

Much love xoxoxoxo

Found Out on Friday

Hi kitties! It's Lishy here. Last week mum and dad went to Phillip Island to see the Fairy Penguins. Mum told me they were very adorable racing up the beach. While they were there, they saw eleventy billion gulls nesting on one of the headlands.

Some of the gulls had little babies with them, like this one.

I've never seen a baby gull before, and I never would have guessed they were so crazy adorable! There are no baby gulls for me to look at in my garden, so I just have to pretend. Have a fun weekend :)

Thursday in the Garden with Saussy

I call this pose Baked Tortellini. My furs get all toasty delicious and I radiate warmth. It's pretty awesome.

Mancat Monday

This bit of grassy weed stuff has a smell. I don't know if I like it.

We were asked in the comments why we have word verification and comment moderation turned on. We did turn word verification off for a little while but got a lot of spam and decided to turn it back on. We have moderation turned on for posts more than 4 days old as

sometimes people comment on our older posts. The moderation means that they are sent to our email and we don't miss them. We love our visitors and when people take the time to interact with us we want to make sure we see it.

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Thoughtful Thursday

Today I am thinking... I shoulda been a supermodel.

Maybe it's not too late?

Mancat Monday

Hi everybuddy!
I thought it was about time I gave an update on how my vet visits have been going. My latest biopsy results were not 100% conclusive and left us with a result of more likely Irritable Bowel Syndrome and less likely lymphoma. The only way we have left to get a real 100% conclusive result that will absolutely rule out lymphoma or absolutely diagnose it is to do a full thickness biopsy, which means they have to do a laparotomy. They would then need to take samples of the full thickness of my stomach and intestines, with the focus on the areas that are swollen or show signs of haemmorage. This is a really major surgery and there are lots of potential complications associated with it. It's something we're desperate to avoid if possible, and my vets agree with us.

We've decided to treat on suspicion of IBS for the time being, with antibiotics and antacids. The first antibiotic trial I was on had to be stopped as I stopped eating, but after a weeks break to make sure my appetite came back I started on a second antibiotic which has been more agreeable. My appetite has dropped a bit, but my weight is fairly stable. At the moment we are not treating with steroids as would normally done as it would mask the presence of lymphoma if we do need to do further testing and that is the root of the problem.

I'm still a happy bouncy boy, and my vet thinks I'm the bees knees. I'm halfway through the antibiotic trial and haven't vomitted since it started which is a big plus. If things are looking good in another weeks time, the trial will continue for another two weeks after that.

If it is IBS, we don't know what set it off. That will be something we have to look at in the future. I am still on my hypoallergenic food, but am hoping that wont be a forever thing.

And that is what's been happening with my insides. It's a lot of words for no answers, isn't it :)