tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37683583662337303922024-03-14T04:58:27.364+08:00POPPYMEOWZCAT JOURNALmummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-17542237566062702162010-06-18T00:10:00.005+08:002010-06-18T01:28:52.541+08:00Ramblings<div style="text-align: center;">It was only a month ago when I was in bed and realised with a jolt that I had forgotten the anniversary of MeowMeow's death. I had been so preoccupied about my new venture that I had completely forgotten all about it. A huge wave of guilt descended upon me and left me whimpering in tears till wee hours of the morning. It feels like I am forgetting my baby - and if so, would he have forgotten me by now as well? Would he still wait at heaven's door for me? Or was I destined to hell for being such a lousy person in general? Moody, grumpy and curt most of the time. Now, forgetful as well.<br /><br />I read all my old posts one day and realised I am completely unable to write in that sort of humour anymore. Each time I read an old post, i actually cringe at how happy and naive I sounded then, thinking that my pets will be with me for a long long time. Childish and enveloped in my own warm, furry cocoon where happiness comes in the form of a random headbutt or a wet nose kiss.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xNA-I2H-5bLIo4t0QlEaOqPncjZIw_lfWqKaBBi3DbPR9McNmpUKSUrQ_TAH3sHMUpeQQNsBeWqjZlfvTlrXu1NDIqAn2N2c1an_HYuEiSMGpGLlInpkRmRQlXHHsqPi236ARFYyChQ/s1600/catsjpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xNA-I2H-5bLIo4t0QlEaOqPncjZIw_lfWqKaBBi3DbPR9McNmpUKSUrQ_TAH3sHMUpeQQNsBeWqjZlfvTlrXu1NDIqAn2N2c1an_HYuEiSMGpGLlInpkRmRQlXHHsqPi236ARFYyChQ/s320/catsjpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483795680467190066" border="0" /></a>Poppy is managing well. And little Le Poo still has some growing 'out' to do. Small head, small body but big tummy. Incredibly good at opening our bedroom door and sauntering nonchalantly in and loves eating PU off my single seater, which by now, is the single most embarrassing <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="furniture" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dfurniture%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dfurniture%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_underline="true">furniture</leo_highlight> - makes it look like we are terribly poor, living with tattered chairs.<br /><br />And an avid feet and toe nibbler as well.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4K1aT-IranWxYcNUJHJx2ch4kFhdfwtx2nv_foy8J4wOCa6MO6XOu7DHuGlORdxtCn-iZ8Aqe8mx8sUvtYOikAxstHhyv-fGOthBKK4J6kvooKcmEq7V5o_QyuLKga4HGrEhv-UIzxM/s1600/poo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4K1aT-IranWxYcNUJHJx2ch4kFhdfwtx2nv_foy8J4wOCa6MO6XOu7DHuGlORdxtCn-iZ8Aqe8mx8sUvtYOikAxstHhyv-fGOthBKK4J6kvooKcmEq7V5o_QyuLKga4HGrEhv-UIzxM/s320/poo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483784191184398146" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I really like this touching of feet picture.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4nmqqC8lR1Ut2-hrZT3O0UJSt98xlyNIysg6Njyg-LQPW2pGffvTr4GMJsmuykkNJhDmRvuvkURx0aGW6nu4Qm3TSM7TiRlNW6QdwuQsgnNMNQ45NReKA5zTyY_bDrZ-q9KV5e507vY/s1600/poo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4nmqqC8lR1Ut2-hrZT3O0UJSt98xlyNIysg6Njyg-LQPW2pGffvTr4GMJsmuykkNJhDmRvuvkURx0aGW6nu4Qm3TSM7TiRlNW6QdwuQsgnNMNQ45NReKA5zTyY_bDrZ-q9KV5e507vY/s320/poo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483784195519119602" border="0" /></a><br />2 weeks ago, I woke up thinking of my tortoises. My brother and I had many tortoises as pets when we were young and the last bunch we had were somewhat more special. There was Bubu, who was unlike any tortoise I had ever known. He was surprisingly pale green unlike the ubiquitous dark green shade most tortoises have. Lovely face, most adoring, imploring eyes. Bubu loves sleeping on my lap, on my bed and basically would always crawl towards me when we let him out of the aquarium. One of a kind. Just like MeowMeow.<br /><br />But it didn't exactly have a happy story at the end. We were growing up and my brother was due to leave for uni overseas. I was just about to enter high school. My father told us one day it was best to let the tortoises go in a nearby lake. I don't exactly remember the gist of it but I do remember clearly till today, me cradling bubu in my hands and him looking at me with trusting eyes as my dad drove us to the lake. And the last look on his face as my dad push him into the lake. I think I cried buckets when I got home.<br /><br />I always think back and wonder how and why my brother and I agreed so easily to let the tortoises go. Why didn't we put up a fight? Was it that we were too young to argue? I texted my brother 2 weeks ago and asked him that question and he said dad was insistent and we had no voice then. I cried after that, saying to daddy meow it was such a terrible thing to do - you don't just throw your family away just like that. Perhaps that's why I never have good karma as I never stopped my dad from doing so. I just stood by him silently.<br /><br />I miss Bubu and the rest. But I also recently understand that perhaps it was never right to keep animals like that, even fishes and hamsters in an enclosed space. It is not their nature to be captive animals. I spent years thinking how wrong my dad was when just recently, it dawned to me that perhaps he may be right all along with the best intention of setting them free from captivity. His was a bigger picture vs mine. Perhaps it was for the best. 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqk-mreVmc8nNdtn-AO4jDV6lN6_WQfQ_XEY3OQCWrohrONPT4wUm-7Ll1jlUi7ptyHNVOCiwMtnUi71Xm6raf1IyyXo0Q7r_PSSo1dPfVWYNcaUj2SV0K-tA5NnF2zBj6tv9KinvAWA/s320/photo4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443973286801606306" border="0" /></a>Buy a cat and you get 2 pairs of shoes for free. Is that a good deal?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I couldn't resist.<br />She's naughtier than Poppy!<br />Jumped into my paperbag as soon as I turned my head. She fitted in so nicely I thought what the heck, let's take photos. And she just sat there and camwhored for me.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Little Le Poo is getting bigger. Her head's still small though but she has this squishy, ultra soft boob-like tummy that is just too funny to look at. I mean, it's weird, she's not obese or anything but yet there is this saggy gut which resembles droopy human breasts. It's like she needs a bra or something. Looks very obscene but you can't really tell from photos.<br /><br />She lives like a queen, acts like one too. Look at that high and mighty pose.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM964_lO2NtN4XYfj0-IfLb2sLviO9NF1P5R56qdCfqaLNvfPCSVtMkMv6yRNSVZqfkzDmB9gNDmmvdbYtkmLYwwvPRnn6sTHURnis4ugdGdEoFGm1vABmcH2oOE5AoLKFAnhC7NlQ3kg/s1600-h/photo5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM964_lO2NtN4XYfj0-IfLb2sLviO9NF1P5R56qdCfqaLNvfPCSVtMkMv6yRNSVZqfkzDmB9gNDmmvdbYtkmLYwwvPRnn6sTHURnis4ugdGdEoFGm1vABmcH2oOE5AoLKFAnhC7NlQ3kg/s320/photo5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443974168991727730" border="0" /></a>Since MeowMeow passed away, I allowed the cats to do pretty much anything they want. Including sitting on the dining table while we eat dinner. Horrors. My mum would faint if she saw how close Le Poo sits to our food. She has no discipline and I guess that's largely thanks to me who just spoils her like there is no tomorrow. Poppy's equally spoilt too, sleeping in the air-conditioned room with us almost everynight, leaving furballs everywhere. I had never allowed all this before. Guess I am sorta making it up by letting the furry ones get away with things MeowMeow was never allowed to do. Sorta makes me feel better in some ways. Imagine if I had kids. They would be spoilt rotten.<br /><br />Feeding them both while I eat my dinner as well. Multi-tasking!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcCZ_ZmdJv9j1tJ90grSC6jpFRCUyW-uwk6lc7h8M0Kcf7svo8pJe2hvQg74Z1cFekI4GUnYMw614ahI_7vijpUqO6EfkY4COFB_fCiZncmjyYLecWF1YrS2MCAPRN4EVsR-TdjeGf4c/s1600-h/photo3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcCZ_ZmdJv9j1tJ90grSC6jpFRCUyW-uwk6lc7h8M0Kcf7svo8pJe2hvQg74Z1cFekI4GUnYMw614ahI_7vijpUqO6EfkY4COFB_fCiZncmjyYLecWF1YrS2MCAPRN4EVsR-TdjeGf4c/s320/photo3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443977174013885730" border="0" /></a>Unlike Poppy or MeowMeow, little Le Poo has a fetish for feet. She loves coming up to my feet to rub her furry face all over it. It's nice, but only if she knows to keep her mouth shut while she does it. But she doesn't. She rubs her face across my feet while with her mouth open, baring sharp leetle fangs that will draaaag across my skin. Major ouch! By the time she finishes (which is a long time), my feet will be sore and wet with cat drool. Euw. But I tolerate anyway cos I am such a sucker for kitty attention. She like to do this in the wee hours of the morning when I am still asleep. Firstly, she meows loud and long enough for daddy meow to surrender and open the door to let her in. Then she ambles to the bed and to my exposed feet and mashes her face onto it with her mouth open. Every effective wakeup call!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQQqn97TyOdVQJKxeJ3yWWx9zV8LejOz13osQ4XHr_pKvywyg8Geue-TtMY8Oj0jKlWefOUoa-0BKLytXiPO1UW0cGYE4zDbh6QYWkv0X_BkYM6o7-In0Gb7jHDs3pQrTHsoAkM8nV0E/s1600-h/photo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQQqn97TyOdVQJKxeJ3yWWx9zV8LejOz13osQ4XHr_pKvywyg8Geue-TtMY8Oj0jKlWefOUoa-0BKLytXiPO1UW0cGYE4zDbh6QYWkv0X_BkYM6o7-In0Gb7jHDs3pQrTHsoAkM8nV0E/s320/photo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443977186602804354" border="0" /></a>Pops hasn't really taken to her. Still hisses if she comes too close to him. I guess they will never really be great pals, just like how MeowMeow and Poppy had never been tight. Ah well. Poppy sometimes prefers to sleep all by himself in the bedroom even when we are all outside in the living room, just to avoid her. Too naughty and lively, even for him!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbcYCGH4m99AA-fHJ8Nz8bJbfonlzFu1nW8C7BPhyphenhyphenvc3YJMClG7NXe2hc-kRiQTNOC48B-3lMn7jzwrtuY77-guXZwda2vUVhueH2VdPEKjFnGYRIxss7u1-6WbenWV825fLNwWjbNZs/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbcYCGH4m99AA-fHJ8Nz8bJbfonlzFu1nW8C7BPhyphenhyphenvc3YJMClG7NXe2hc-kRiQTNOC48B-3lMn7jzwrtuY77-guXZwda2vUVhueH2VdPEKjFnGYRIxss7u1-6WbenWV825fLNwWjbNZs/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443977184196429826" border="0" /></a>xoxox<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-8904608826187439582010-01-05T19:05:00.012+08:002010-01-06T03:24:49.244+08:00Poo in my life<div style="text-align: center;">It's been 7 months now.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had long pondered what to do with my blog - shut it down for good or renew writing on it?<br />Nah...<br />I don't want to keep going cos i have lost my funny mojo since MeowMeow passed away.<br />But I don't have the heart to delete this blog into oblivion either.<br />Cos sometimes I come back to read it and reminisce the good old times.<br />7 months felt like 10 years.<br />And somehow today, I felt the compulsion to sweep off the virtual cobwebs on my blog to pen down something.<br /><br />Poppy's still fine despite certain deterioration in his latest blood test.<br />I don't send him to the vet anymore for urine samples.<br />I decided to let him enjoy.<br />Everyday is a blessing to see him breathing, despite the imminent dark cloud hovering nearby.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxhqfDtUzfWoRJBXdO2SiVUhc7ca6JCJx1_HkhkhbqxUlesrqFnfDWpa1MhSAfHucuUhDvWVZb2LCpfbVW3iFgO_byvyya1ZOmi6mTa3j9SSmXSsPSO1gu1viOHkf6nQlXEUQ9jTk0Fs/s1600-h/4027263551_35c90a4b5a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxhqfDtUzfWoRJBXdO2SiVUhc7ca6JCJx1_HkhkhbqxUlesrqFnfDWpa1MhSAfHucuUhDvWVZb2LCpfbVW3iFgO_byvyya1ZOmi6mTa3j9SSmXSsPSO1gu1viOHkf6nQlXEUQ9jTk0Fs/s320/4027263551_35c90a4b5a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423242865216975618" border="0" /></a><br />I didn't want another cat but somehow, one fell onto my lap.<br />Her name is Le Poo.<br />Funny thing is that when MeowMeow passed away, we decided to get a calendar and mark the days Poppy poo-ed.<br />So that we would be able to track if he has regular bowel movements, just to check for signs of health deterioration due to his kidneys. Previously, we didn't know whose poo it was.<br />So we had this calendar with a square for each day and we would write 'poo' on each square when we saw poo in the litter box.<br />It's so amusing that if you write poo too often on a calendar, poo actually comes.<br /><br />She was a 3 months old kitten waiting for me in the basement of my office carpark in July.<br />It was already late about 10 something and there were about 4-5 cars in the vicinity.<br />I heard this mewing sound which got louder as I approached my car.<br />And this little calico fluff came out from under my car to greet me.<br />Till today, I can't think of what came to my mind that night.<br />Perhaps I thought it was weird, for 4 years, no cat has ever got lost in the carpark.<br />I think it also crossed my mind to quickly scoop the kitty up and get into the car and lock the doors before i inspected her. I was afraid of murderers, rapists lurking in the corner, using an animal to distract innocent victims.<br />I knew I couldn't leave the kitten there. It was almost an immediate reaction to call daddy meow, telling him I found a lost kitten and I am bringing her home.<br />To house her there whilst I find a home for her.<br />I didn't want a cat anymore.<br />I was afraid of another heartbreak.<br />See, animals have the innate ability to make u love them so much but then they go off to heaven faster, leaving u all empty and sad.<br />I always wonder how some friends can have 5 dogs at one go. Wouldn't it be 5 times the heartbreak?<br />I knew my heart couldn't stand another round.<br />This is a person who goes to SPCA and ends up in tears when she sees animals in cages, unloved and unwanted, wishing she could bring home all of them.<br /><br />I went to the pet shop opposite my office (thank god it was open late) and bought the kitty a cushion, kitten food and separate litter box.<br />Store people were gushing over how lucky this kitty was and all I did was gave them a wry smile.<br /><br />Back at home, Poppy hissed at this new fluff while I explained to daddy meow that we had to find a home for it soon.<br />"But she's quite cute..." he said slowly, looking at the fluff.<br /><br />Cut the long story short, I couldn't find a home for it.<br />And daddy meow seemed to want her to stay.<br />He said it is MeowMeow who's come back home.<br />Even then, in the first month, I didn't really want to accept that this kitten is now ours.<br />It wasn't MeowMeow to me.<br />If it was, it would have been an orange male kitten with a white bib on the chest.<br />This is a she cat, with 3 colours.<br /><br />But she's now home. With us.<br /><br />Much later, daddy meow told me something.<br />He said the night before I brought this kitten home, he had dreamed of MeowMeow.<br />I didn't know what to think of it.<br />Coincidence?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Le Poo.<br />U write poo too many times on a calendar, u really get Poo.<br />I should have wrote $$$ instead.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMp0wV1sjQKTI0kv6vaww2Qf20suULfWpvHfCttQGkO0sWBAcZuj5sJnKi2MOmRlRTgbLSVZZaMHZZzjoKMBlewZ3M80L_4N9nnRcgs7AXHocqKU3grZr1sLjkFN7td98sTgaVzSWtpN0/s1600-h/3709615896_6c6e602ef1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMp0wV1sjQKTI0kv6vaww2Qf20suULfWpvHfCttQGkO0sWBAcZuj5sJnKi2MOmRlRTgbLSVZZaMHZZzjoKMBlewZ3M80L_4N9nnRcgs7AXHocqKU3grZr1sLjkFN7td98sTgaVzSWtpN0/s320/3709615896_6c6e602ef1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423219828712338418" border="0" /></a>She also likes to sleep on daddy meow's belly.<br /><br />And sits like a human too.<br />Notice the stumpy tail that looks like MeowMeow's.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiX4fd1wmO3EB4YmTHxddBtfixd5qt_-snQCBzU2J6WDUA2ryzw8fwZscJ1xX4Pasf4QICVt9S46BBKrn22YYYMg0WZ5LhXm1TmqQpuEK9yIectE8nHtSk0hvzkzQjHzfkbS_7euCqao/s1600-h/4236184471_6be2160188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiX4fd1wmO3EB4YmTHxddBtfixd5qt_-snQCBzU2J6WDUA2ryzw8fwZscJ1xX4Pasf4QICVt9S46BBKrn22YYYMg0WZ5LhXm1TmqQpuEK9yIectE8nHtSk0hvzkzQjHzfkbS_7euCqao/s320/4236184471_6be2160188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423221004362556434" border="0" /></a><br />She's so naughty that I have to take 'naughty' off Poppy's name and give it to her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xeg6R5x8l-Ld7bfX_wsyPdIxu9eDlU-n9CATVSNGn5ss-2DU6hU3QVFtkjCJxellwAOolc4cwe71yqr5wMGrzClbrlZN1n8e_ZnITfWJhiojgBFvmOu0QhjKBl9-QDRevMUYbIbVaBw/s1600-h/4236186397_95620c0b65.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xeg6R5x8l-Ld7bfX_wsyPdIxu9eDlU-n9CATVSNGn5ss-2DU6hU3QVFtkjCJxellwAOolc4cwe71yqr5wMGrzClbrlZN1n8e_ZnITfWJhiojgBFvmOu0QhjKBl9-QDRevMUYbIbVaBw/s320/4236186397_95620c0b65.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423221695129733058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjBFKBTZdzy_hzocWZjElvnFzpIohCxqlwFW7AdtRbAJvp2JWIv1bCjknrQCnrxQu3B37DnsMHhyphenhyphenW0RqHbvbyhjzEZQKQovU3yRwem9zLnURvjsis2V8A395urr9Yb7tZWFuQi5ezcFA/s1600-h/4161191799_efeedfc841.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjBFKBTZdzy_hzocWZjElvnFzpIohCxqlwFW7AdtRbAJvp2JWIv1bCjknrQCnrxQu3B37DnsMHhyphenhyphenW0RqHbvbyhjzEZQKQovU3yRwem9zLnURvjsis2V8A395urr9Yb7tZWFuQi5ezcFA/s320/4161191799_efeedfc841.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423338701303028850" border="0" /></a>She even sleeps like MeowMeow.<br />Poppy bear never sleeps like this.<br /><br />Recently I told my brother about Le Poo and how I didn't want to keep her initially.<br />He said "Why? It took MeowMeow 7 months to apply back home"<br />My dad said it's fated.<br />I call her poo-poo.<br /><br />So now, here I am today, a little bit happier even though I still miss MeowMeow a lot.<br />No job, no MeowMeow, but I have Poppy and Le Poo, and lotsa catching up time.<br />Hope 2010 will be better than 2009.<br />And I love u my orange fella.<br />Perhaps soon I can take out my Anya bag again.<br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-64273997906884817782009-06-28T23:38:00.004+08:002009-06-29T00:13:12.943+08:00Remember that i love you<div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352408437964152274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLbE9deiCBOUJzgYn_VES6fibPDb3Qms1fINxRzSPKoUT1_Sl-FY7pOAQ7hyphenhyphenNPAwIxxN5hTi263cWGwOEefnXAQIqQTnCsbqXviQhPIxWHQzuIYQBxvg_9G44RsNz7NbxH7ua7KhnFMg/s320/2803619620_b3ce882c06.jpg" border="0" /> It's been 3 months now.<br /><div>Not a day goes by that I don't miss MeowMeow.</div><div>Some days are better, some days are just full of clouds, threatening to pour over smallest of mention the orange one or evoked memories brought on while vacuming random fur on the floor.</div><br /><div>Mostly, I have been burying myself with work, keeping myself occupied that way.</div><div>Don't have any mood to talk to anyone.</div><div>Even family.</div><br /><div>It's one of those phase you either get out of it quickly or you don't.</div><div>The day MeowMeow was put down, it had not occured to me that my cat was not going to be there anymore.</div><br /><div>Until i got home and bathed and sat on the bed.</div><br /><div>That's when i started screaming for god to give me back my cat.</div><div>I pretty much screamed the same thing over and over that week.</div><div>I didn't care who heard me.</div><div>I wanted my cat back so much.</div><div>I remembered asking daddy meow if it was my fault - that i didn't love him enough.</div><div>And would my furry one still remember me when we meet again one day?</div><div>Would he still love me?</div><div>Could I have saved him if I had reacted faster?</div><div>If i had gone to another vet for second opinion on that fateful day?</div><div>Why didn't i hold him one last time?</div><div>Why didn't I brush him more?</div><br /><div>Those questions still mull in my head, like a broken record.</div><div>So many whys.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352408280154759442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc7Su-DGAxDBOUMhfGjVtk-eburTITygJPpm_ILqmvSOblPtdPJlNfeDYV4RwMgTaQ8IBfPBjYB6U5u3qErgb_n3WMT_-nu4aQmQjRMdEDDHGuSyrU2AOjC3yVsv34Y4ICvkRPu7FE68/s320/3138066818_7a00053f57.jpg" border="0" />MeowMeow's ashes sit in a porcelain urn inside his cat tower.</div><div align="center"><br /><div>I hated the fact that circumstances brought MeowMeow back to the detested vet.</div><div>I hated the fact that my chosen vet did not have the right equipment to diagnose my baby.</div><div> </div><div>But most of all, I hated myself.</div><div> </div><div>I had asked god over and over again to let me keep Poppy. </div><div>Poppy's still alive and well, way beyond expectations.</div><div>Even though daddy meow and you will pooh-ed and pah-ed at the absurdness of this, somehow I felt that because I wanted so badly to keep Poppy, god took MeowMeow away.</div><div>Like a trade off.</div>A very unfair trade off.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The bond I have with MeowMeow is very different from Poppy.</div><div align="center">And it is extremely hard to let another furry one come into my heart.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I miss tha tag-u-are-it games with MeowMeow.</div><div align="center">He used to chase me around my dad's house.</div><div align="center">Sat with me while i eat my dinner.</div><div align="center">Cuddled with me while i watch tv.</div><div align="center">Those were good moments.</div><div align="center">I miss the little fella.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Yes, he is one of a kind. Very hard to replace.</div><div align="center"></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-49329879344626046032009-03-29T22:05:00.004+08:002009-03-30T11:57:00.212+08:00MeowMeow<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP6bpvlM6g0GeC1pPMp3rA1ra5-P_jvT41CA72zDDjF8TuV3bkzVpW6SQvRylo4fAWyKl558mlkcTVvA-1GIbfNXZ4OLNmMj0nE3BcoBd20PzUiETgbYRLwSGjxDo2npNZVp_UuPQ5oU/s1600-h/271802874_34538bdc25.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318614238009332386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP6bpvlM6g0GeC1pPMp3rA1ra5-P_jvT41CA72zDDjF8TuV3bkzVpW6SQvRylo4fAWyKl558mlkcTVvA-1GIbfNXZ4OLNmMj0nE3BcoBd20PzUiETgbYRLwSGjxDo2npNZVp_UuPQ5oU/s320/271802874_34538bdc25.jpg" border="0" /></a>MeowMeow</div><div align="center">2001 - March 27 2009</div><div align="center">Lung tumour<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">A while ago, i saw this scruffy looking orange cat outside our nearby pet shop.</div><div align="center">It was orange with a white chest, sorta like a bib that goes all the way down to his belly.</div><div align="center">He walked past a few customers outside the shop, stretched in that famous worshipping pose before proceeding to sit in front of the pet shop which i had planned to go into.</div><div align="center">I got out of the car, my eyes never left this orange cat.</div><div align="center">Walked up to him and meowed.</div><div align="center">He meowed back with incredibly intelligent eyes that looked straight into my face.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And i loved him instantly and forever.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I never got to go into the pet store that night.</div><div align="center">Cos i already had this orange cat i knew i could not leave behind.</div><div align="center">He was mine and mine forever.<br /></div><div align="center">Thank you for the lovely 8 years with me.</div><div align="center">U are my serendipity.</div><div align="center">U didn't chose me, i chosed you.</div><div align="center">And i love you from the bottom of my heart.</div><div align="center">U are my bestest friend and the one single thing that kept me sane when my parents separated.</div><div align="center">U are the reason i worked so hard so that i can give u the best.</div><div align="center">U are my angel, my very intelligent baby.<br /></div><div align="center">This is the hardest post i have to ever write.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I am so sorry that i failed to notice the signs.</div><div align="center">And i am forever sorry that i could not save you.</div><div align="center">I never saw this coming and the suddeness had caught me off guard and made my whole world seemed so bleak.</div><div align="center">No matter how much i cry and how much i scream at god, he's not going to give you back to me.</div><div align="center">It hurts so much. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Somehow, as i lay in bed, my eyes don't seem to want to close.</div><div align="center">And memories that flood into my mind are the ones of you when we were still in my dad's house.</div><div align="center">That's when you were young and full of vigour.<br /></div><div align="center">Please forgive me if i didn't love you enough.</div><div align="center">I have done many things and some terrible things just to protect you.</div><div align="center">But i guess i didn't protect you well enough.</div><div align="center">I would have done anything for you.</div><div align="center">And I would give anything in the world just have you back.</div><div align="center">I love you too much, if that's possible.</div><div align="center">For you are more than a cat to me, you are my baby. </div><div align="center">And i love you like how a mother loves her baby.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The one thing i love the most, god took away.</div><div align="center">A part of my heart is gone.</div><div align="center">Who will cuddle with me, lick my arm and cheer me up when i am down?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I don't think i will be alright for a long time.</div><div align="center">But life goes on and i have to be strong for Poppy.</div><div align="center">He misses you too.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I love you MeowMeow. U are irreplaceable and I love you forever.</div><div align="center">Thank you for holding on so long.</div><div align="center">Please remember me always.</div><div align="center">We will be together again one day.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Please forgive me.</div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-36018416367439554032009-03-01T15:17:00.012+08:002009-03-01T16:53:26.689+08:00Cat in moo box<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOEGGDpHUvUcek2pkLEc6oLzC89XkxdnwuJdB0yk5-VBkuPD3IaWu8OQsU0W-YE8su4uP-iVUkpr8LSN2bs-4Po9eKVvJEz7aLXBU5hmZ8eXqkNnyHRumL5YsyYB1P1jBZjX_RiVHvFU/s1600-h/3153826298_b79d17d199.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOEGGDpHUvUcek2pkLEc6oLzC89XkxdnwuJdB0yk5-VBkuPD3IaWu8OQsU0W-YE8su4uP-iVUkpr8LSN2bs-4Po9eKVvJEz7aLXBU5hmZ8eXqkNnyHRumL5YsyYB1P1jBZjX_RiVHvFU/s320/3153826298_b79d17d199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308138088219378818" border="0" /></a>So many pictures so little time. Every time i look at the many photos i have collected over the years of Poppy and MeowMeow and the new ones on Flickr, i feel like writing about the story behind each of those photos but there is just not enough time.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Struggling with workload and my boss' job till july is extremely tough. New organisation, new procedures, new role, new colleagues, new everything. I also blame it on my weak eyes that would no longer want to bear the strain of constantly being in front of the computer, especially at night. Therefore, i have decided to not continue posting on PoppyMeow journal. I have loved every moment of writing nonsensical stuff about the two furry boys and i have enough entries here to last me a lifetime of good memories. And yes, this journal's really actually for me but it also made me happy when people laughed at the stories. I rarely get a lot of comments but it amazes me at times that people from far away places do actually drop by to read and come back.<br /><br />Poppy's still fine and as adorable as ever. I believe that it is his tough nature that keeps him alive. So I will let this journal stop here so that it's just good memories and not sad ones that might come later. MeowMeow's fat and lazy as usual.<br /><br />2 furry and loyal babies who will always love me irregardless of my shortcomings.<br /><br />There are people who i will always be grateful to.<br />Ellen of Katztales and Sharlene Spice cat mum who are the best in giving me advice and contacts in times of need.<br />Everycat who offered to send me Katkor and never fails to drop by with a lovely comment. You are an incredibly kind person.<br />Azra who is just the nicest person - i still remember you.<br />Lee County Clowder - thank you for your idea.<br />And to Kaz and Island cats who always offer supportive comments - hope you are well.<br /><br />And Rachel - thanks for keeping in touch.<br />To KC of Cat Blogosphere - thank you for putting up my request for advice on Poppy's condition.<br /><br />I won't be blogging anymore but i will definitely still drop by all your blogs to catch up.<br />Don't forget me, or rather, Pops and Meow.<br /><br />Here's one last story which i have been meaning to post up since last year but no time.<br /><br />I took out 2 boxes eons ago and placed it onto the living room to be thrown. Cos they were old and they were used to store all my illegal dvds which i had also thrown out in 'cleanaholic' spur of the moment. Yes, when i spring clean, i throw everything and later regret it when i need that thing again.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YhAhxXOwjTc5d-rjGX1tEAwOCl6p0k_nTuqUiPb3GnhJBGN3n6GZDBePHDwfSbCBWnNLNovTseYrYysXeumAUth9z2rQkkaGEG5adtiI8-PTkrSdyPiIlLHnNkkoL4ACpNV_9sVPx4g/s1600-h/2854674915_ccdae22628.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YhAhxXOwjTc5d-rjGX1tEAwOCl6p0k_nTuqUiPb3GnhJBGN3n6GZDBePHDwfSbCBWnNLNovTseYrYysXeumAUth9z2rQkkaGEG5adtiI8-PTkrSdyPiIlLHnNkkoL4ACpNV_9sVPx4g/s320/2854674915_ccdae22628.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308130328325551074" border="0" /></a><br />I called them the moo boxes. Cos they resembled cow patches and cows go moo (duh).<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRir3w26Ci4TUr3f9PoSFatkMZRAX_2OWhR1ziLrb6WAcSIQnZdhJUaBnW3_El_e_M-s0aBua1Pob9bhxMFds3A_TBGVfIfEVdQwsLzVZGvI6f9ZcDjXSN2qTsSStDoPxMYPels-zuSo/s1600-h/2855633217_ccc982f602.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRir3w26Ci4TUr3f9PoSFatkMZRAX_2OWhR1ziLrb6WAcSIQnZdhJUaBnW3_El_e_M-s0aBua1Pob9bhxMFds3A_TBGVfIfEVdQwsLzVZGvI6f9ZcDjXSN2qTsSStDoPxMYPels-zuSo/s320/2855633217_ccc982f602.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308132128341912210" border="0" /></a><br />It didn't take long before the furry boys swarmed around the moo boxes like sharks circling a prey. Here's Poppy in the box with MeowMeow looking. Eventually both of them ended up pawing each other thru the hole of the box.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVxi8K2c5-Ozf2kLastLMacoj7IoPfOvoW0kXyMiH1RUEjsz1QpRS06bU5JrhVlBvJCqN-ektD8xKG9edp_LvKYcLlIimfp1BNJ6n_FxFGPIeI_9AXe2S_Q_4u5aTfSaMyyRjKOYhLps/s1600-h/2856463764_f25fd3748b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVxi8K2c5-Ozf2kLastLMacoj7IoPfOvoW0kXyMiH1RUEjsz1QpRS06bU5JrhVlBvJCqN-ektD8xKG9edp_LvKYcLlIimfp1BNJ6n_FxFGPIeI_9AXe2S_Q_4u5aTfSaMyyRjKOYhLps/s320/2856463764_f25fd3748b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308133484048137826" border="0" /></a>Poppy's hairy paw.<br /><br />Something about boxes and cats. I guess everyone who has a cat can confirm that ALL cats love boxes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRycXK23r98J5-M19NimdYW_ywZCoJubKmyaGFlW2X-w6e1mbDtU6YArwrhHggBjLwJdXzDzf_b2A_mlDR07qhkTdeNI22PGTATgrVmapcjaHd899uVpSLL0lEdstO8s0wyGAQK9yRqoI/s1600-h/2854670819_1ab1a0ed3d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRycXK23r98J5-M19NimdYW_ywZCoJubKmyaGFlW2X-w6e1mbDtU6YArwrhHggBjLwJdXzDzf_b2A_mlDR07qhkTdeNI22PGTATgrVmapcjaHd899uVpSLL0lEdstO8s0wyGAQK9yRqoI/s320/2854670819_1ab1a0ed3d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308134414476113266" border="0" /></a>For the fun of it, i put the orange fatty into the box, closed the lid and stuck a cuttlefish strip at the hole.<br />MeowMeow likes cuttlefish very much. I think sometimes, a bit too much.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW4HcwcaMHwhtnoG1OK2p6zr96h5n4E1y1XqtE6qO9zT_Dxx5VOZouQcpwO80n5CRWtKKXjw55rmO-2VUuH51NSWT51dK0SwopvIaPPyATzd53nSrOOkzUsK1GxmNmfucmbPW9r8VONE/s1600-h/2856469806_2294380526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW4HcwcaMHwhtnoG1OK2p6zr96h5n4E1y1XqtE6qO9zT_Dxx5VOZouQcpwO80n5CRWtKKXjw55rmO-2VUuH51NSWT51dK0SwopvIaPPyATzd53nSrOOkzUsK1GxmNmfucmbPW9r8VONE/s320/2856469806_2294380526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308134416759776066" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Look at the poor face trying to get at the strip but can't.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5TkMuv7PDgaqWzJoVjpZmGiPwssYj41iloATupM4mDkhxb56sUhUYrI8aHwz4EhghTQmR-WrlxJU-rFR7yuRnqEJcNd3SohHb5BtUXNUU396uU4MQiBgL2XqtY0D_llgT_rhpSP7y1k/s1600-h/2856468538_18a19351c2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5TkMuv7PDgaqWzJoVjpZmGiPwssYj41iloATupM4mDkhxb56sUhUYrI8aHwz4EhghTQmR-WrlxJU-rFR7yuRnqEJcNd3SohHb5BtUXNUU396uU4MQiBgL2XqtY0D_llgT_rhpSP7y1k/s320/2856468538_18a19351c2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308135377648548578" border="0" /></a><br />It's fun to watch cats in boxes but more fun to see how they try to get to their fav tid bit while in a box. After much whimpering and pawing and extending his arm like plastic man thru the hole, i finally let him out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNsWmEJVoveKzi9ZhPqakanG0aR4t9sIK35q_1DU_D0YLzxDR_cSAr1wB7I3VKmZvpVxXNx79WeqQ1OvjqO1Kjvzn6NGuvwcRsMjwjRSdOZfHC4C5F4amrNuUBPIuNPum_H5Yhbtsfwk/s1600-h/2856469952_0ca1330738.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNsWmEJVoveKzi9ZhPqakanG0aR4t9sIK35q_1DU_D0YLzxDR_cSAr1wB7I3VKmZvpVxXNx79WeqQ1OvjqO1Kjvzn6NGuvwcRsMjwjRSdOZfHC4C5F4amrNuUBPIuNPum_H5Yhbtsfwk/s320/2856469952_0ca1330738.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308136329136597170" border="0" /></a>Auw, poor thing. Anything for cuttlefish strips.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMKcI-tzN7mFBXN7m0qa9gmAWLtCS5ulA7fao3CkakD1ApQHZxTHRQVAkQQCr_Okto3VGh-amuc5OnXA2sNSYhHa8ai2_SMycH63f0nYO_rDNQ-8UqzJunfFi2tASz7oLN7AjZTu5Hjw/s1600-h/2855638081_6f62f4be35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMKcI-tzN7mFBXN7m0qa9gmAWLtCS5ulA7fao3CkakD1ApQHZxTHRQVAkQQCr_Okto3VGh-amuc5OnXA2sNSYhHa8ai2_SMycH63f0nYO_rDNQ-8UqzJunfFi2tASz7oLN7AjZTu5Hjw/s320/2855638081_6f62f4be35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308136775457639106" border="0" /></a>He does fit in very snugly into the box. Look at the tail.<br /><br />Yes, MeowMeow eventually got to eat the cuttlefish strips. The moo boxes are long gone now but they were well 'abused' by the boys before they were thrown out. Who needs expensive cat toys?<br /><br />This is mummymeow signing off and wishing everyone to always love and cherish their pets.<br />Do stay in touch and drop me an email if you wish to at sheueyin@gmail.com<br />I will be glad to hear from you.<br />Bye for now.<br /></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-1451460759473816062009-02-05T18:31:00.001+08:002009-02-05T18:33:51.567+08:00I have no head Part 3<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtb_qabJdmscsDan78As6W0afeSvgyRdQYTvpMCtl4yhUvQnNrqFHy0QeQpDwKAcKJodpChZ9du4RN7tXF6gF9jOhSe638wAASCgtObMM9a0U3YP7XeVAOjiCejbolFZkequCJZxNTzs/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299259412088600146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtb_qabJdmscsDan78As6W0afeSvgyRdQYTvpMCtl4yhUvQnNrqFHy0QeQpDwKAcKJodpChZ9du4RN7tXF6gF9jOhSe638wAASCgtObMM9a0U3YP7XeVAOjiCejbolFZkequCJZxNTzs/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" /></a> Beheaded.<br /><br /></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-55411179068790543152009-01-30T16:39:00.009+08:002009-01-30T16:48:58.286+08:00Random musingsAm staring at the ceiling fan for the umpteenth time.<br />It doesn’t go <em>clunk clunk clunk</em> like the old fans. It just spins quietly.<br />I stare at it when I can’t think. Spinning, spinning, feeling it’s centrifugal motion and the blast of cold air around my chilled body.<br />But yet, I don’t have the sense to envelop myself with a wrap or blanket. I sit here, crunching work numbers, yet at the same time, my mind wanders…..<br />I am not a disciplined worker. Not like mother. Mother always say, work first, finish it. Then only play. But I want to play all the time. I chew on the tip of my pen. Numbers on my screen seem more confusing today than last year. Look at the fan again.<br /><br />I have become slothful. Nonplussed about a lot of matters. Has the routine of the job finally caught up with me? Or have I suddenly become naughty? The perennially perfect, responsible me has rebelled? Have I balked at my responsibilities? Am I bored?<br /><br />No, this can’t be it. I continue to work with renewed fervor………..only to stop short and stare at the fan again. The fan is the core of evil. It sucks my energy, drains my brain.<br /><br />The tiger sleeps. Not far away, the hirsute lion is also in deep, peaceful slumber. Fur billowing in the afternoon air, stirred by the evil fan. The fan makes every being sleepy. That’s why there is no ceiling fan in offices.<br /><br />Ocassionally, my sighs and the clicks of my mouse stir the two beasts. They open their eyes enough to peer at me. Once in a while, one would skulk towards me, jumping up to investigate this strange being who is never at this place at this hour. This being usually appears in their midst when the sun sets in the distant horizon and disappears when the sun rises. The tiger occasionally licks this being’s hand and bites it lovingly. It’s distracting but yet brings a smile to my face.<br /><br />I stare at the fan again. Time to make sense of the numbers.<br /><br />Happy Chinese New Year.<br /><br /><em><br /></em>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-25679586335749361642009-01-03T21:07:00.005+08:002009-01-03T21:45:33.535+08:00T-Shirts to raise fund for Yvonne Foong<div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I have been asked by <a href="http://www.lepak.com/katztales.html">KatzTales</a> to post this up. I have heard of Yvonne Foong from the local papers and I am impressed and very much at awe of this gutsy girl. She needs help now. Kindly help by buying her T-Shirts or spreading this news.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">---------------------------------</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Please help <a href="http://www.yvonnefoong.com/2008/12/15/stock-clearance-sale-for-healthcare/">Yvonne Foong save her eye</a> by buying one of her T-shirts. Yvonne is one of KatzTales' neighbours. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">To explain what's going on, this stolen from the <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=40957048362&ref=nf">Facebook</a> page:"For a good part of her youth, Yvonne Foong has had to battle Neurofibromatosis(NF), an illness of the nervous system that causes benign tumors to grow in her body. There is currently no known cure for NF.This brave young lady has decided to fight her condition , by obtaining funds using her own resources and effort. The recurrence of tumors in her body has only fortified her resilience . She has turned her condition into her prime motivation to help others like her battle their medical condition.A former recipient of the AYA Dream Malaysia Most Outstanding Youth of the Year Award, Yvonne aspires to be a a Psychologist and therapist providing support to children who face similar conditions to her own.All she asks, is that you buy her self designed T-Shirt for RM 15 (USD4.40) , which she hopes would provide her with the funds to Save Her Eye.To place an order, send your preferred sizes and postal address to <a href="mailto:yvonnefmn@gmail.com.">mailto:yvonnefmn@gmail.com.</a></div><div align="center">Payment may be made by direct bank transfer." </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Please place an order today.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">-------------------------</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sorry am late in posting this up. Did not check my blog for 1 week, just catching up on rest and work.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I will be back soon with a story on Poppy and MeowMeow soon.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Happy New Year and hope all is well.</span></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-85731857698689584272008-12-21T14:57:00.013+08:002008-12-21T22:17:14.390+08:00Merry X'Mas from the boys<div align="center">Hi there.</div><div align="center">Poppy and MeowMeow wish u all a Merry X'Mas.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282144360920873778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh739OoIg51HmYG1tZ3o35m62xN9oKUIbElqyI5lkl0moeBVx42gVPanSk5u11Lf7XSrDvkCWw12imWCJHe9QCOOWK1pIuORurTETKKU6dK2Ba6Vsa4RyEisS7w-KWGQVmeQbQjwZP9W0U/s400/3034096049_2bb0470678.jpg" border="0" /><br />Thank you to all your purrs, well wishes and helpful tips on Poppy.</div><div align="center"><br />The brown one's still lively as ever and it is nice to see him so. When the vet told me that I won't have Poppy for long since his kidney stones are so big, I thought maybe he won't last till end of the year. But Poppy's still around and things are looking good. I don't think so much these days. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282145312705927250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDu7izc_9ZyZxMJa9ZSDx-oWDwf6pnrf311qMt0c620Zd5k44-SIQbfHoUL-uG9lB51ATC9yFCeAnK56rmzcbUzUkCDCsVQXdK12jidJWQQWSbl3mH1-aLOcQKe8kwPws-P2ygL7x7VA/s320/3034924844_15f02259e5.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Bad news for the brown one is that he will have to go back to the vet for the usual way of getting his pee for lab tests. Squeeze. Cos I gave up on being the crazy pee stalker. No matter how ingenious the plan is, Poppy's always smarter. Poppy's smart evil.<br /><br /></p><p align="center">The boys' X'Mas wish :</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282145977463894162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh8ti2p4j0oCqEXJA3HXRPv3YTgJgQ28PyvXpTq50aArKTPgbTkTVzeNvFQhuvmK2VbzZAWGpZGl3151pU9pm_2W7N880ysFKyfkMa2wSlLP5tHf13hpTalD42j0naCd35z9xFG9w5RQ/s320/2813297919_8d936d4699.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Poppy would want to not be bathed at all. Cos he doesn't know how to dry himself. Also, no Dr. Vet would be nice as well.</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">MeowMeow's X'Mas wish is to have endless supply of cuttlefish strips. I have stopped giving him since junk food is not good anyway. Poor Meowz.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282146398969625986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGDfRJkSNDFiSq2wFMAXQiP9HQK7-exy1YVS4mnrvdR5mJqB3XX_Gra1Hg7M9KhOdtasV8m804wmeqx0wINeJ-GxEpsrb-28_S__Uk9GfZVsTZxn4Dhpct0paOmmJLf9Gho6fTI-lOCM/s320/2746890816_9004bfc6d0.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></p><p align="center">Merry X'Mas and have a good holiday.</p>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-76990500253101700412008-12-16T00:54:00.006+08:002008-12-16T01:23:33.404+08:00Collecting urine is impossible<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280065558238266098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQ7SjxTr4h7iNfSNNnejPHzm8NJzxLpC4Ys82Fv1RywtpIp1zh9NCnspAaTXbcQFJ-p49TUtWv1p8AKMviKEMe1h_5_l4xRREtM6vN6GwiixSW09Atipc53e0iy-ccwZos67ji4T9qgs/s320/3085886333_2bca33e04d.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">We got the cage up last 2 weeks.</div><div align="center">First week was to get Poppy to acclimatise himself to the cage.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280065971428370066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIvZhyphenhyphenUuA5u9NmfhxNL74rJzny_SF1avR0wHD_nOm2xFlcvp7X2kFsjjGI6M8G-HhYOsXjlkzzkO5WeYcLsklJD6IP7AreZhkdmuvjw3DX11iit8oKkDLseZ2qVPPlrRtpqSD_1zJpbc/s320/3088325455_97d1bdd1a1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Second week was to lock Poppy inside for several hours so that he could pee into a separate kitty litter.<br /></p><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">It was part of the plan of collecting his urine for lab tests so that we could spare the little brown one from his bi-weekly trip to the vet.</div><div align="center">Of course, Poppy loathes it.</div><div align="center">Who likes to go to the vet every 2 weeks to have his bladder squeezed for urine?</div><div align="center">Poppy would kick up a big fuss. I think the vet got scared after the last time.</div><br /><div align="center">Putting up the cage was easy.</div><div align="center">Lee County Clowder had suggested plastic packing peanuts.</div><div align="center">I opted for the smaller ones where you normally use it to fill up bean bags as it sorta 'feel' like kitty sand.</div><div align="center">Finding them was not easy.</div><div align="center">People make bean bags but don't seem to sell the fillings.</div><div align="center"><br />But we finally got a bag. </div><div align="center">And what a huge bag it was.</div><br /><div align="center">So, last Saturday, when Poppy ambled into his cage for a nap, I surreptitiously latched the door after him.</div><div align="center">It didn't take long for Pops to noticed that he was caged in.</div><div align="center">Actually, it took him less than 5 seconds.</div><div align="center">I swear that fuzz ball has radar built in to detect locked doors.</div><div align="center">He loves to sleep in there but the door must be wide open.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Pops gave disapproving squawks while looking at me with black beady eyes.</div><div align="center">He sniffed at the kitty litter filled with 'snow' and pawed at it.</div><div align="center">I had 'snow' all over my floor after 1 minute.</div><div align="center">After that, he just sat there and auwed at me adamantly, gently, pitifully....</div><div align="center">I swear if he could howl, he would have.</div><br /><div align="center">After a few hours, this pushover mummy decided that it's not gonna work.</div><div align="center">Poppy looked too pitiful.</div><div align="center">Actually, too smart for his own good.</div><div align="center">Even Meowz had to come and look at Pops.</div><div align="center">And then they started pawing at each other thru the cage.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I guess it's back to the vet this weekend.</div><div align="center">And we just have to get a bean bag and stuff it up.</div><div align="center">Sigh. </div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-21255898671847810962008-12-10T01:41:00.004+08:002008-12-10T02:33:54.006+08:00COT : The bell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPLMlMT5pc3xQDqDeiDfjTVsy4ICjCTULYrvNU7Bc1N92Y2htlLvmKr-J2fh63mYam6nVqhFs-d7US5ix73JuctDAyF1nMflatRTtkv0M_9bgU-1A-R8LOdgxFiphiMZR7P0dO-e1Qnc/s1600-h/onthelooue0zz8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277860290517950418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 102px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPLMlMT5pc3xQDqDeiDfjTVsy4ICjCTULYrvNU7Bc1N92Y2htlLvmKr-J2fh63mYam6nVqhFs-d7US5ix73JuctDAyF1nMflatRTtkv0M_9bgU-1A-R8LOdgxFiphiMZR7P0dO-e1Qnc/s200/onthelooue0zz8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Ting-a-ling noises in the living room woke me up last night.<br />It was past 1am.<br />I groaned inwardly, realising that the annoying ting-a-ling sounds are coming from a bell that had popped out of this feather-on-a-stick toy I had bought for the kitties.<br />That bell popped out when Poppy got too excited playing with the feathers and somehow got his claw stuck to the bell.<br />Poppy had yanked his claw too hard and the bell dropped off the stick and mysteriously vanished into thin air.<br />That was like a week ago.<br />Somehow, even when my maid came and did her once a week cleaning, vaccuming, the missing bell still did not resurface.<br />I didn't think so much about it until last night.<br />When the noises started in the wee hours of the morning while I was almost boarding the train to slumberland.<br /><br />TING TING TING A LING....ting ting ting...cling ting ting! ting....tingtingtingtingting!!!<br />Poppy had somehow retreived the missing bell.<br />Where had it flew to when it popped out of the feather stick?<br />How come my maid didn't somehow suck it up during her vaccuming?<br />How did the brown naughty managed to find it?<br />Daddymeow thinks Poppy was hiding the bell in his thick fur all along.<br />If Poppy can hold poo in his fur and drop it off on the floor later, he can jolly well hide a bell in his fur as well to be brought out to play whenever he wants to.<br />Poppy's fur is full of mysterious surprises.<br />Or so we thought.<br /><br />The wretched, grating noises continued in the living room.<br />I imagined Poppy running around, pawing at the bell as he goes.<br />He likes that.<br />Only problem was I was desperately trying to sleep as I needed to wake up by 5.45am to catch a flight.<br />Poppy was relentless.<br />Ting-cling-ting ting tingTINGTING!!<br />I sighed, and tried to block the persistent noises while reassuring myself that after a few minutes, it would all be silent.<br />Cos Poppy would always end up pawing his noisy playthings under the sofa where it would just stay there till the maid comes over to dig it out for him.<br />I waited for the imminent silence.<br />CLINGCLINGCLING!<br />I waited somemore.<br />TINGCLINGTING!!!<br />??? This imminent silence was taking longer than usual.<br />Poppy Beckham would not let up and somehow, of all the days, seemed to be controlling the bell quite well, avoiding all nooks and crannies that would trap it.<br />I heard pounding paws on wood floor.<br />The final straw came when the bell hit the bedroom door rudely.<br />Poppy must have chased and pawed it all the way to the bedroom door. I heard his paws scrapping on the door's underside, perhaps trying to paw the bell out.<br />That's when i kicked daddy meow out of the bed to get the wretched bell.<br />He came in a second later and mumbled something about the boys not being happy about him confiscating the bell.<br />Party pooper daddy meow.<br />And that it was not only Poppy, but MeowMeow as well who was chasing the bell.<br />MeowMeow hardly plays with anything anymore ever since he became an old grumpy cat.<br />And there he was, playing 'football' with Poppy Beckham in the living room.<br />No wonder it was so noisy.<br />I paw, you paw. We paw paw all night long.<br />Poppy Beckham and Maradona MeowMeow.<br /><br />I laughed myself to sleep thinking of their disappointed furry faces at the bell being taken away.<br />Where is the bell today?<br />Well, it was on the study table inside the bedroom.<br />Poppy came in and started pawing it on the bedroom floor.<br />Within less than a minute, the bell was under the table and there is no way of getting it out unless I take a long stick to push it out.<br />Now, why didn't that happened last night?<br />Cos life's like that.<br />But we love the kitties all the same.</div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-38968371146545956582008-12-08T14:37:00.001+08:002008-12-08T14:39:09.129+08:00Wordless Wednesday on a Monday<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I am a furry brown headless slug.</div><div align="center"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277304924888442034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ02gnyg9WOUI2h32nIy1YqOgOMRaNZwLhhrRmEPp9QN-DXlxAijBs39zVyMGNfWVQWZP2thB5IOtZIPooVxCzSBhsYIn-0dvVFCnmRgbKG-D8cXBi0nfG9K63JRzLJBT9DLID48n7RE4/s320/3070057619_1d5f6a7bec.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /></p>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-5995587508569567192008-12-02T22:23:00.010+08:002008-12-02T23:08:04.228+08:00COT : Meme<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PzAzSGX5mVSqnDHZ7UtthvVKLS6a0gj8UuWrVIJ9ZnZcBmuQni1AZY4AdoieQzTxn871pcJZQlgk3aU2eKUdKHCKFzlRfgGAko4F73SmlAdvKLcF_D2AMbLJsqW5RFfPrOqOkvK-EQA/s1600-h/onthelooue0zz8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PzAzSGX5mVSqnDHZ7UtthvVKLS6a0gj8UuWrVIJ9ZnZcBmuQni1AZY4AdoieQzTxn871pcJZQlgk3aU2eKUdKHCKFzlRfgGAko4F73SmlAdvKLcF_D2AMbLJsqW5RFfPrOqOkvK-EQA/s200/onthelooue0zz8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275209528109038786" border="0" /></a>I have been tagged by <a href="http://www.lepak.com/katztales.html">KatzTales</a> for a meme. Not good with memes but Ellen and her kitties are super duper nice, so I will do it…</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8 random facts about MeowMeow :</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">1. MeowMeow loves scratches on his left shoulder blade. It gives him cat-gasms – he licks the air and raises his leg to pseudo scratch. Like a doggy.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpufHICuove8u1IALds7LmtwKM6j7kdsNjiZTTe6x9l4JYRQBnzKADyqITHX7zt2ePRFYD3O7H_gQOLltX7aw015UrIvNHiW_Mg3WQ5W4MGWKPFJ7R2Al4DyaaeOhDuqJDEdOJVZPTLIE/s1600-h/1967524479_603a3e8319.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpufHICuove8u1IALds7LmtwKM6j7kdsNjiZTTe6x9l4JYRQBnzKADyqITHX7zt2ePRFYD3O7H_gQOLltX7aw015UrIvNHiW_Mg3WQ5W4MGWKPFJ7R2Al4DyaaeOhDuqJDEdOJVZPTLIE/s320/1967524479_603a3e8319.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275201004419618626" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">2. He gets incredibly jealous of Poppy when the brown one sits with mummymeow. He sits with daddy to make mummy jealous.</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">3. Meow likes to sit like a human. Who's cuter? The bear or the cat with the pinkish, orange vanilla swirl?</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmAHKHzhmvLxPZXas1WMz-LJ5Uv3usoUV_z3x2nrwma23_vSX9OxBCUUpF0lP33VcNdsiTisE191ai9j7QDNA6S2bD8CHryRV7PcViHYP5KL3HJHIdbzxe784KQ6JV4L3mXJH9xyrKhA/s1600-h/IMG_6149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmAHKHzhmvLxPZXas1WMz-LJ5Uv3usoUV_z3x2nrwma23_vSX9OxBCUUpF0lP33VcNdsiTisE191ai9j7QDNA6S2bD8CHryRV7PcViHYP5KL3HJHIdbzxe784KQ6JV4L3mXJH9xyrKhA/s320/IMG_6149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275207001452555666" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">4. He loves cuttlefish strips. Seriously worships. Would sell his kitty soul for cuttlefish strips.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgXcvogBf9zcwIfgzFOYhfPgZ-ImH32sRHQsHINFAP41N05oImXx8LfQT-zzovyq612UBbf4CN6cICZ6l-fGGazXYAIrxklsBgqq4cxBlgra6y6_-cfGnUosn9oVj3No7oAqD03JduJg/s1600-h/2856469806_2294380526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgXcvogBf9zcwIfgzFOYhfPgZ-ImH32sRHQsHINFAP41N05oImXx8LfQT-zzovyq612UBbf4CN6cICZ6l-fGGazXYAIrxklsBgqq4cxBlgra6y6_-cfGnUosn9oVj3No7oAqD03JduJg/s320/2856469806_2294380526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275207672396013282" border="0" /></a>5. On good days, he gives mummymeow wet nose kisses. He does! Very wet!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuYUuI4x_QQEThUszPn___QNeu3NoovxPUX9tqXD-FoPIdEcATSu2pXNucSFV5aybmLQw2iPWGPpbr3UQjuty70egcDxccHaLN-4xtNZx1xMiw4HLcO9b3prLlVqh9aHbtWORuhMfZPE/s1600-h/MI285193.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuYUuI4x_QQEThUszPn___QNeu3NoovxPUX9tqXD-FoPIdEcATSu2pXNucSFV5aybmLQw2iPWGPpbr3UQjuty70egcDxccHaLN-4xtNZx1xMiw4HLcO9b3prLlVqh9aHbtWORuhMfZPE/s320/MI285193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275204933551213394" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">6. He hates Poppy but would still go and rescue when the brown fella gets into a bit of a situation. MeowMeow’s the anti hero.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">7. MeowMeow’s tail curves to the right and has a kink because grandpameow had accidentally once slammed the door on his tail. Blinking blistering ouch.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">8. He meows back to grandpameow. If grandpa meows 10 times, MeowMeow would reply 10 times with equally loud meows. He doesn’t meow when mummy or daddy meows at him. He just sits and feign aloofness.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8 random facts about Poppy Poo :</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">1. Poppy has tuffy paws which makes him skid and slide all over the floor.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EIJlZ7nEnXP0kf8Vpsnp0XXTeoqEPjfcjFhBWVku63Zreao6cHHfV-GZii74UuCuqCCho7PXz9qwpJvESAgOUm6fAG-eMlcw8NEAMPEFrUalrThDyUqwtN_gBYtkO-H6Chr2nsA3HNk/s1600-h/2886673426_5e00f67092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EIJlZ7nEnXP0kf8Vpsnp0XXTeoqEPjfcjFhBWVku63Zreao6cHHfV-GZii74UuCuqCCho7PXz9qwpJvESAgOUm6fAG-eMlcw8NEAMPEFrUalrThDyUqwtN_gBYtkO-H6Chr2nsA3HNk/s320/2886673426_5e00f67092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275202535406605778" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">2. Poppy loves to turn turtle and expose his belly to get attention (ehem, steal attention from MeowMeow) from all that cutesy display.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">3. Poppy loves mummy the most, tolerates daddy.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">4. Poppy isn’t afraid of people or firecrackers. Poppy isn’t afraid of anything. Poppy just likes to scold people, especially the vet.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">5. Poppy thinks cat biscuits are the best. Table scraps, what table scraps???</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">6. Poppy doesn’t meow, he makes a funny noise that is not spellable. It’s the weirdest cat noise ever that is utterly amusing.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">7. After bathing, Poppy looks like a string bean cos he’s all fur, no meat.</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXjXHQgA8-3uS3c6Q3DSd_gmr5wp07jK9DTD5VHwF67uzH7H55LnzOrCRHYPgo5Pt7urKIsmGHoG8KHmLrio1PcrCNPXe8M-aSHIqEM0O_7tBN6YGoZMNSK0L2dLro88La0mscSjdplc/s1600-h/MI263059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXjXHQgA8-3uS3c6Q3DSd_gmr5wp07jK9DTD5VHwF67uzH7H55LnzOrCRHYPgo5Pt7urKIsmGHoG8KHmLrio1PcrCNPXe8M-aSHIqEM0O_7tBN6YGoZMNSK0L2dLro88La0mscSjdplc/s320/MI263059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275208819783451554" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">8. Poppy rarely hiss. When he does, he scares himself silly.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Phew, that's it. I thought I won't have time to do this but I managed to do it before 12 midnight. Not going to tag anyone. Cos i am bad at tagging people. Ta la.</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Good night and have nice kitty dreams.<br /></p>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-25993804709655100592008-11-26T23:10:00.001+08:002008-11-26T23:13:33.985+08:00Wordless Wednesday : I have no head Part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23cCxKgQ-kfGYdlGYH13vFnUZs_iftHlw_zuriytxcEYBSQNid_t0xAHz6GpJ-Jps3yMuCQS6SPHQ5epoirWGN9-rElQhRitJyTYlJ7UGtKzYAjcfvEm8cgLD4d9n5oZ5JmXnJGc1IaE/s1600-h/3051498215_e3a38272e9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23cCxKgQ-kfGYdlGYH13vFnUZs_iftHlw_zuriytxcEYBSQNid_t0xAHz6GpJ-Jps3yMuCQS6SPHQ5epoirWGN9-rElQhRitJyTYlJ7UGtKzYAjcfvEm8cgLD4d9n5oZ5JmXnJGc1IaE/s320/3051498215_e3a38272e9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272984618317681986" border="0" /></a>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-31803456735064489432008-11-23T14:50:00.004+08:002008-11-23T15:19:28.803+08:00Round 2 - Fail big time, white flag<div align="center">My subsequent attempts after round 1 had ended up with a furious and bewildered Poppy and me with either more pee on my fingers or sand in the jar. <div>Ok, I did it two more times and then raised the white flag.</div><div>Cos Poppy would not go when he sees me crouching in front of him, one hand holding a jar, all poised...he would immediately slink out of his kitty litter with a not so pleased squawk.</div><div>I mean, who would go right? If someone just looks at you with big beady eyes while you sit on the toilet.</div><div></div><div>I thought it wouldn't be right to keep on at it- cos if Poppy won't go when he's supposed to and holds back his pee, then it would not be good for the kidneys. </div><div>I am causing more damage than anything else.</div><div>So i stopped.</div><div></div><div>And then got caught up with so much work that I had no time to think about alternatives.</div><div>But thank you to all who took the time to offer me other solutions.</div><div>I will be trying Lee County Clowder's option next weekend.</div><div>Will be going shopping for the necessary stuff.</div><div>And it's time to put up the cage. </div><div></div><div>Poppy's happy i am not chasing him for pee anymore. </div><div>For time being.<br /><br />Found some old photos of the naughty one the other day.</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271742332143325682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywivyMNPiMdjQThw7OLok83TZc6P8UerLOZ_t8sv29g-r8H8nJKBFQ1sa0a4w_LepupGHjUthRhKgGl-Aw3AZKmxp756_wGNXH2u12dQgsVhBZwDu-_Iidsfm-KRk56vqewUltavVWr4/s320/2049175503_4463e770b1.jpg" border="0" />I think it was too bright for him, hence the paw over the eyes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271742341717050658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTek4oiSRZLCMCb9Ir8S9fDAcFMbKafR8eDTnDzxj5tcV_zSD4a6aju_0gJ3js9JxTaOZZtBpkGt7jiAWUnrpcHzqpQ2nXVNnmnwWl2q6o8XqCDKuBbJVVrkSJE1YLczznZHnJOn1cs0/s320/2249775297_565e486455.jpg" border="0" />That was my old pillow. Poppy loved it.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271742347127863426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBd_FUuUIssqlXRMDU8StWAt40dqEy06CCaQKV_C2pk9pjAKVahDhztsfMqr07KgsVV8VQ10baMDfp9ChN3g-HZqAuqK0Y3X_Su3F8EoKel2OM2poKZfx5h1biWykVPPsObg-2QVvKP8/s320/poppy.jpg" border="0" />The usual Poppy pose. All day, everyday. Hot belly.</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271742341933489842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAA9wJI8VUsrLuayR9HHGd5IHSL9jx4MyHSvGn70i95pSoJZC1z76YRjlj7PqLC_YdJiV5zgY0MmFFUjDJDLaLBp9C_3_1_0o3miBMUoPQl8KVdT-q_0-1bny8VK9raw5ryyga_miX88/s320/2092991043_976793b384.jpg" border="0" />My dad used to call him "Big Claw". I call him 'Yeti' sometimes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271742340031639586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi987z85aP8IeIuG99dNWTKh8XYkZBRWbZGQPdLa5_6Vb5JUPmDUw6UyZnONg2K31zDlQvseVAsbb9aO9CjjAC4W7SD2fsVlMyj2UUy5JstlDgJxF5qhveHlsXilTn7-w5qIbd1Zi63XCc/s320/2278654601_25d8491f1c.jpg" border="0" /><br />This is the most precious photo. So pitifully adorable looking.<br /><br />Have a good Sunday!<br /><div></div><br /></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-39942073233955124092008-11-15T16:25:00.005+08:002008-11-15T16:53:52.977+08:00Round 1 - Fail<div align="center">I suck at collecting pee big time.</div><div align="center">Could hardly even do anything except stalk Poppy.</div><div align="center">Each time he slinks to the bathroom, i would tip toe quickly after him just to see him sitting in front of the kitty litter, looking at me with big puzzled gollywog eyes.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">The one that says <em>"What's mummy's problem? Why is she skulking after me?"</em></div><div align="center">That happened a few times.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And when Poppy FINALLY went to pee, i rush in but couldn't push the plastic container fast enough underneath him and got pee on my fingers. And cat litter sand in the container with a drop of pee.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Poppy had the most incredulous face.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">He proceeded to follow me around then, with torrents of unhappy squawks while i wash the container and my hands.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Scolding mummy.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Sigh.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Now he's just parked himself on the work bench opposite me while i work.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268799646524001890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XA27iHl00PE01WPIICCxtwm4rO41933poexacDCtOeJtxeu9MyLin4VJH8JDQjuAsgWHMx9dBlW8sahIR5MHcKuZ4ijNZAILDbAAhcgKq6DqLAVHGV5MCaXFbVVybcUALXIkXCwT7CQ/s320/2933442579_18f274fc9e.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Waiting for round 2.</p><p align="center">I need to think out of the box here.</p>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-49339049819565201682008-11-15T15:15:00.003+08:002008-11-15T15:25:08.505+08:00Me and peeAs I would have guessed it - no Katkor sold in Malaysia. Sigh.<br />I guess we are not progressive enough?<br />Or maybe that most cats in Malaysia don't have kidney problems, hence, nobody's gonna make any money if they import it in.<br />Most probably will buy it online and have it shipped here.<br />That will take a while.<br />For now, it's me with the plastic container the vet has given me.<br />Yes, i am the crazy or would be crazy pee stalker.<br />It's hard. While I am working on my laptop, i also have to train myself to be very aware of Poppy's whereabouts.<br />If he slinks to the kitty litter, i have to be ready with the plastic container to swoop it below the furry one while he pees.<br />Somehow, i don't think it's gonna work.<br />Poppy's such a fussy cat.<br />He eyes me suspiciously since i am acting a bit weird, lurking in corners when he's nearby the kitty litter.<br /><br />Funny thing is, it's a cold and rainy day today.<br />Poppy has not even gone to the kitty litter and i have gone to the bathroom 3 times already.<br />He knows, the little tyke.<br /><br />Will let u know if i score.mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-56638111445108459672008-11-10T22:28:00.004+08:002008-11-10T22:42:27.382+08:00Pops and the urine tests<div style="text-align: center;">Work kept me from updating this month. It’s such a crazy time especially this year and I have been saddled with more work and responsibility than I could handle. It’s always nice to come home to my furry babies who are my ‘spirit lifters’ with their cute faces.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Poppy’s still healthy and playful despite having to now go to the vet once every 2 weeks for urine test so that we can monitor his kidney development closely.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4j35xPOesz6WfyfwYbOrUVXVd55yMnh7SgzvYDe36vJQZimFEv-TkiMCeqUUX30QTo4BGX5Q92zyWVyfel7X2zKYEMVUUcEUkFHs6sEXNe96V9qxPeIJ4x6562Mv34snOO_PkA-rP7Xc/s1600-h/2080352988_7639eeda22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4j35xPOesz6WfyfwYbOrUVXVd55yMnh7SgzvYDe36vJQZimFEv-TkiMCeqUUX30QTo4BGX5Q92zyWVyfel7X2zKYEMVUUcEUkFHs6sEXNe96V9qxPeIJ4x6562Mv34snOO_PkA-rP7Xc/s320/2080352988_7639eeda22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267038427170885362" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">However, it takes a lot to get urine out of Poppy. For a mummy, it’s never easy to see someone press on your kitty’s bladder to force the urine out. Poppy would be screaming, kicking like a donkey, all in protest of being handled in such an undignified manner.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">And all I could do is to cajole him softly while the vet tries his best to get the much needed urine out.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Last week, Poppy went to the vet and there was not enough urine to run a full test. </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Imagine the frustration for me and also for the fang face.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">My vet said this week <span style="font-style: italic;">“Why don’t I give you the jar and if you see Poppy going to the kitty litter, quickly push the jar underneath him to collect the pee…”</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I looked at him. Huh?</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Poppy’s not an easy cat.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">He would never allow me to do so. This is one cat who doesn’t like people coming up towards or behind him, would run away before you can hold or cuddle him.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Poppy would only come to you on his own accord.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">So, imagine me trying to sneak up behind him to swoop the jar underneath his furry body to get pee.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Hmmmm…has anyone every done that?</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">“Poppy squats very low onto the kitty sand”</span> was my other explanation to my vet.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Sigh.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Personally, getting urine from a cat is so stressful.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Poppy hates it – he scolds the vet. </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Small tyke likes to scold people.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I am sorry Poppy has to go through this but he’s such a tough cookie.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Whenever I stare at the little fang face, I am impressed by how tough he is.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">He has so many stones in both his kidneys and a huge one to boot and by any standards, should be in kitty heaven but he’s still holding on.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">And he looks so unaffected. So adorable and so loving still.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">But everyday, I wake up with slight trepidation that things will suddenly change.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I have heard of cats going to bed healthy and the next day, almost at verge of death.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Poppy’s always in my mind at work.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">The locked door holds so many what ifs.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I am happy when the door to our apartment creaks open to reveal Poppy’s naughty face looking at me when I come home.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Or whenever daddy meow is home earlier than me (which is usually the norm), I would ask how are the boys.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">At this moment, Poppy’s last urine reading had been quite positive. No signs of further kidney deterioration. I am happy, for now.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">He still chases MeowMeow around and pokes his busy body face into everything. </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Here’s MeowMeow looking outside.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSqgifkWWj3gbRXEdM23r6e8wPsDmhodp7d3jULQYVj1nM2qGK-BcZAffHuAxtCcgGzfFRLcAKfk7og4f7mBtkOitmoOYsx0rvM8gDTyV9YxTYNnSzSq-9syQaKmbETKgSocA-J-Rshc/s1600-h/2681646800_475ed8c7af.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSqgifkWWj3gbRXEdM23r6e8wPsDmhodp7d3jULQYVj1nM2qGK-BcZAffHuAxtCcgGzfFRLcAKfk7og4f7mBtkOitmoOYsx0rvM8gDTyV9YxTYNnSzSq-9syQaKmbETKgSocA-J-Rshc/s320/2681646800_475ed8c7af.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036682642382034" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;">And here’s Poppy sticking his face into MeowMeow’s view.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-viAagqTRf6loIldlcSGG8oW9ePfuzP2kIJ6GQQqQaB5TsynirqHgvhMGuW4VwXkJ08SkYP-b-S4ucUu91svL_dELjIH9lQpdcvkX6Nbqi0g8k0Emu2FLAjxxjkBhJglhnj7Td-SbbHk/s1600-h/2681647316_2109c43181.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-viAagqTRf6loIldlcSGG8oW9ePfuzP2kIJ6GQQqQaB5TsynirqHgvhMGuW4VwXkJ08SkYP-b-S4ucUu91svL_dELjIH9lQpdcvkX6Nbqi0g8k0Emu2FLAjxxjkBhJglhnj7Td-SbbHk/s320/2681647316_2109c43181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036680917548338" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">So naughty.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I read that encouraging your kitty to drink more water can help.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Not help by magically making the kidney stones disappear, but help to prevent more stones from forming.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">One of the way is to put more bowls of water at various corners at home.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I used to have only one at the kitchen area.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Now I have 4 in my apartment.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">One in the kitchen, one nearby their kitty litter, one near where Poppy sleeps and one near the window which both cats like to sit to watch the world go by.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Cats are curious creatures as well as quite lazy and can go without water for a long time.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Put one bowl nearby them and they would be motivated to drink more versus a bowl far away. Especially MeowMeow, the fat lard who would just sit and sleep all day.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6ADUtG4ofPejXQ7UGiO1YxFDMp18Z82-cA4xEKBcrGqwR7Dds_DeQ5Qybh3Gwk24NYrqWk0rgFQ0i6xe4NTICs0VtDec2uXIrRi6oj7aJwOFxrPp8IsnQIba9LxkEe2mGRMh6g0ImoA/s1600-h/2250177622_b5cc3a32c5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6ADUtG4ofPejXQ7UGiO1YxFDMp18Z82-cA4xEKBcrGqwR7Dds_DeQ5Qybh3Gwk24NYrqWk0rgFQ0i6xe4NTICs0VtDec2uXIrRi6oj7aJwOFxrPp8IsnQIba9LxkEe2mGRMh6g0ImoA/s320/2250177622_b5cc3a32c5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267038095640348322" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Poppy would check out each bowl and drink from each one.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I guess it worked – he’s been drinking more water lately.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">And so has MeowMeow.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">The only thing is that I have to wash and refill 4 bowls everyday.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I guess that’s about the most exercise I get these days anyway, so no complains.</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Do so too if you wish, it's good for your cats to drink more.<br /></p>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-86810928000064230192008-10-23T00:58:00.007+08:002008-10-23T02:28:20.518+08:00musingsafter poppy's being diagnosed with CRF, i had spent days crying.<br />and then i had to go to work the next day with swollen, heavy eyes.<br />then as days went by and i got more information about CRF, the tears reduced a little.<br />i am back to a semblance of my usual self, but also, it's mostly work that dilutes my sadness.<br /><br />basically, as helen writes in her CRF website, nothing about your cat has changed after the vet's visit - all that's changed is your perception.<br />it's true - poppy's still the same cat, bumbling and lovable.<br />what's changed is the owner - me.<br />it's how i look at poppy now. and even meowmeow.<br />every little pat, every little belly rub now seems more significant and i treasure every wet nose kiss, every head butt and every belly exposing episodes.<br />but it is also the every little bits that i treasure bring a little sharp stab of pain stemming from the acute awareness that one day it might all be taken away from me.<br />someone said that it's going to happen one day anyway, unless, well, if i get banged by a car tomorrow and i go first.<br />but it's still something i don't have the strength to accept.<br />the 'what if it happens tomorrow?" is always etched in my consciousness.<br /><br />i used to wake up in the wee hours of the morning and steal downstairs in my dad's house to cuddle up on the couch with meowmeow.<br />i always knew that he won't be with me forever and i wanted to spend as much of my time with my furry one.<br />when we moved into our apartment, daddy meow used to have to go to the living room to 'collect' me from the couch where he would find either meowmeow or poppy sleeping on my belly or nestled cosily on my side.<br /><br />when i first scooped meowmeow from the streets, he was this filthy, mite infested kitty.<br />when i dropped him off the pet shop for grooming, the groomer carried him to the room but stopped short to turn around and motion "say goodbye to mummy" using meowmeow's right paw to signal the bye bye sign to me.<br />that's when it hit me : i am a mummy.<br />now i feel and understand why mums are always worried about their children.<br />fur or no fur.<br />it's that basic instinct that guides us to protect, nourish and love unconditionally.<br />i became mummy meow that day.<br /><br />i remember when i drove away from my regular vet's clinic last week, feeling all depressed because he did not display the traits of a caring vet, I turned to poppy who was on the passenger seat in his cage and said softly "don't worry pops, mummy won't give up on you".<br />and i won't.<br /><br />in sadness comes displays of kind human gestures.<br />thank you to all who had dropped a message with kind words of encouragement.<br />i am sorry if ever my journal made anyone sad or depressed.<br />cos the past few entries were written at the lowest hour, when i felt the most broken.<br /><br />but it's getting better now.<br />sometimes i wonder if not knowing is better or knowing and coping with the knowledge is better.<br />i guess when you know, you are able to take precaution.<br />but you always feel like there is a time bomb somewhere, waiting to explode.<br />a fact that i cannot circumvent. it gnaws into my head and festers itself like a dark cloud over me.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />still.</span><br /><br />i think it's always better knowing despite the sadness.mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-3789322669069359442008-10-18T19:13:00.005+08:002008-10-18T20:05:11.544+08:00My decision<div style="text-align: center;">After seeing quite a number of vets, I finally settled on the one nearest to my house.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The decision is not to operate.<br />The odds of failure are too high.<br />Vets who I have spoken with says it's too big of a risk.<br />One even said if it's bladder stones, it's no problemo - but not kidney stones.<br /><br />I decided to re-visit the usual vet i go to last week which led to the reason why I chose another vet closer to my house.<br />Apparently this is quite a well known doctor in the veterinary community.<br />Whose staff had been treating Poppy since baby.<br />It is one of his vet who told me that I should operate but told me that Poppy may die.<br />But also told me that if i didn't operate, he only has a few months to live.<br />And no other information.<br />Which prompted me to seek many 2nd opinions from other vets.<br />Last Thursday, I went back to my vet but insisted I speak to the famous dr whose name is plastered on his clinic's signboard.<br />He looked at Poppy's x-rays.<br />And then he said in his 30 years, he has never seen a cat with such a kidney condition.<br />And that he has never treated a cat with kidney stones.<br />And then looked at me.<br />The whole consultation went like this : I asked him and he answered me one or two words.<br />If i didn't ask him, he would just stare at me.<br />Like as though he was waiting for me to ask.<br />In fact, whatever questions I asked him was based on my previous knowledge gathered from other vets' opinion and I was asking him on all the possibilities, treatments, diet...etc..<br />And he answered but offered nothing else.<br />At one point, I told him "Look, I am not learning anything from you...could you please tell me more?"<br />And then he just looked at me.<br />I felt like it was such a waste of time.<br />I am a normal person. I don't know vet stuff. But here I am, asking and talking about BUN and Creatinine and diet food and all he just did was answered one or two words and no further addition to that.<br />It was as though he was waiting for me to lead him with my questions and that's it.<br />No further insights, nothing.<br />It was frustrating. Even annoying to a point.<br />There could be more things I wouldn't know about and I couldn't lead the consultation by asking them cos I wouldn't know what to ask.<br />I kept asking him what is the next step.<br />And that took him a while to tell me.<br />He didn't even want to look at Poppy's ultrasound.<br />He just said, Poppy's an abnormal cat - buck tooth, signs of cataract, kidney stones.<br />And charged me consultation fees for his zero consultation.<br /><br />It was raining when I left his clinic with Poppy.<br />Each droplet which fell on me felt so punishing, like needles.<br />That was the moment I decided, he will no longer be my vet.<br />I droved to the vet closest to my house and walked in with Poppy.<br />I was tired, without makeup, teary and wet from the rain. I went up to the vet and asked him <span style="font-style: italic;">"My cat has kidney stones. Are you willing to help me? If yes, I will stick with you".</span><br />He said yes. And he was willing to listen and give advice.<br />And that was it.<br />That's how I made my decision on who I want to help me with Poppy.<br /><br />I believe now that the majority opinion is to avoid operation, I don't need a vet with 30 years of experience but none so in treating feline kidney stones.<br />Cos we now have accepted the fact that it will be a diet management.<br />To inhibit the growth of the stones to ensure that Poppy live as long as he can comfortably.<br />To do so, from what I have learned, it will be regular trips to the vet for bloodwork, urine tests, etc to monitor his kidneys.<br />And at later stage (which I pray won't come), I might need to bring Poppy weekly to the vet for treatments.<br />I have learned this from reading Tanya's site.<br /><br />This has lead to my decision to go to a vet nearest to my house.<br />It's like 2 minutes away.<br />I do this to ensure that if ever there is an emergency, I am able to get Poppy to the vet as fast as possible.<br />But also, choosing a close by vet helps to lessen Poppy's stress on travelling. Cos he will be doing a lot of that.<br />And I believe, a vet who is more caring will be able to help Poppy more than a 30 year experienced vet who has an ego the size of a..... and has zero experience on feline kidney stones. And zero consultation skills.<br /><br />Sorry for the vet bashing here but I do have a right to speak my mind.<br /><br />Poppy's fine but there are signs of changes in personality.<br />But he still chases MeowMeow around and enjoys a good grooming session.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_kZNblBken5UbxnVHhx1a84-shLK76y246Bp9tuN77ZgthKrsJITz7svug59SHGLMxPGP-gYLtbhm5BbNY1Rt_ghZd2Nab1B0jo9zMWLBE-PPobauiO6cOH7RQO1OMxABpUnK1B1oBk/s1600-h/2065487962_73856b5ef1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_kZNblBken5UbxnVHhx1a84-shLK76y246Bp9tuN77ZgthKrsJITz7svug59SHGLMxPGP-gYLtbhm5BbNY1Rt_ghZd2Nab1B0jo9zMWLBE-PPobauiO6cOH7RQO1OMxABpUnK1B1oBk/s320/2065487962_73856b5ef1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258460345390100818" border="0" /></a>He is now in good hands.<br /></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-70843313667669925952008-10-16T00:57:00.012+08:002008-10-16T01:57:06.128+08:00CRF3 days and still no news from the vet on Poppy's urine test.<br /><br />Y told me that god needs Poppy more than me.<br />That's why he's going to take Poppy away earlier than usual.<br />Because Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) is more prevalent to older cats.<br />Poppy's 4 years old only.<br />I have been searching for answers without even realizing that crucial answers are in front of me.<br />In the form of my colleague.<br />She has had a cat who passed away from CRF.<br />Till the day he died, he was a fat orange cat, very pampered and well loved.<br />I cried the day she texted me and told me that Ommi passed away and how he looked so peaceful.<br />I would cry for all animals.<br />Once I feel stronger, I would talk to her.<br /><br />But for now, I found a bit of solace in Helen's website on CRF.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">http://www.felinecrf.org</span><br />It's so informative, it is a wonder why I did not find this site earlier.<br />Helen lost her two cats, Tanya and Thomas to CRF and has dedicated her time to publish this site that is so informative, it makes your head spin.<br />And she is not a vet. Just a person who loved and lost 2 cats and wanted to help others by writing about her experience and all the knowledge she has gathered over the years, coping with CRF.<br />I find the part on Success Stories being the most inspiring.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">http://www.felinecrf.org/success_stories.htm</span><br />It gave me a sliver of hope that maybe it is not going to be so bad afterall....<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Maybe</span>. No one knows.<br />But knowledge is power and the more I understand about the situation, the more I am able to cope and possibly allow Poppy to live longer, as comfortably as he can.<br />The most inspiring stories are the ones that the vet would say that there is no hope and there is only a week left but the cat went on and live for 3 - 5 years.<br />One was diagnosed at the age of 16 but lived till 22.<br />So, there is hope.<br />Just because someone says Poppy won't be around for long, I should not just resign to the idea that he's going to go soon.<br />But of course it doesn't stop me from feeling sad and tearful.<br /><br />If Poppy's willing to fight, I will too.<br />God is not going to take him away from this mummy so easily.<br />Cos I need Poppy more.<br />Never underestimate the love of a mom for her baby.<br />The worst thing someone could say to me is that it's ok, I still have MeowMeow.<br />Both are just as precious.<br />I mean, you won't say that to a person if she was going to lose one of her human baby right - <span style="font-style: italic;">it's ok, you still have your other child.<br /></span>Like what Tybalt said, just because my baby has paws and fur, it doesn't make him less important.<br />I fought tooth and nail to nurse MeowMeow back to health from his car accident.<br />3 months of visiting him at the vet almost everyday, talking, stroking him to bring his spirit up.<br />Another 3 -4 months nursing him at home, spoon feeding him wet food everyday and cleaning up after him.<br />All the while coping with a demanding career and the exhaustion of it all.<br />If the vet could, he would have chopped off MeowMeow's leg as it was just hanging there, held by a few pieces of muscle.<br />Vets could sometimes be wrong.<br />MeowMeow had a successful surgery and beat all odds - he can jump, run, even scratch his itchy neck with his 'broken' leg.<br /><br />Now, I will fight for Poppy.<br />I will not give up until the day I need to.<br /><br />Even if it means I have to wake up earlier to tend to Poppy, or sleep later, by all means.<br />Even if it means going to the vet almost every week, so be it.<br />Even if it means I look like shit with my tired face - bring it on.<br />So god, I won't let u have Poppy without a fight.<br /><br />For those who want to know more on CRF, please visit Helen's site.<br />Knowledge is power.mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-40331740957337511062008-10-13T23:54:00.006+08:002008-10-16T00:40:52.135+08:00TimeToday's visit to the vet and urine sample did not give good results.<br />The vet said I won't have Poppy for long.<br />And that operation is not a good option.<br />So, what I am gonna do is to go back to my original vet for another consult.<br />This weekend.<br />If he says the same thing, i would go to another vet.<br />If that one says the same thing, then it is god's will to take Poppy away.<br />The unfair thing is that Poppy's only 4 years old.<br />All i need to do is then to focus on the positive side and stop feeling sad and miserable.<br />At least I still have Poppy around and knowing this, would be able to spend more time with the furry one.<br />I don't think anyone could cheer me up right now, perhaps the best is to feel really sad and then it will pass and one can go on to focus on the more positive side of things like making the best of our remaining time with Poppy.<br />Like BL says, it's like his damaged car. He feels the pain too seeing it damaged cos it's brand new.<br />I don't think it's the same but I guess this is the best emphathy i could get from a non pet owner.<br />No, I am not complaining about BL - so please don't start criticising me, brother.<br />What he said did make me think a bit- people around me won't understand how i feel, so eventually i have to tough up and dry my tears.<br />Cos i don't think going to work with red eyes and sad face would inspire them. I have to lead a team of 6 people and look after another 2 later on, so, I guess I can't act sad in front of them.<br />But some days I wish I could be just me. I have always looked out after people, now it's time to think about myself a bit.<br />Once all my presentations are over in Nov, I will take time off to be with Poppy.<br />That's my time off.<br /><br />Perhaps there's still some hope left.<br />When u love something so much, u want to believe that there is still some hope left despite the bleak results.<br />I don't have children at present, so all my love is channeled to my cats. I don't have anything else to distract me from my sadness.<br />Knowing that i am going to eventually lose one of them at such early age is a pain that I cannot bear.<br />A thought crossed my mind today - thank god I bought Poppy from the pet shop.<br />Cos i believe he is better off with me than another owner.<br />Even though the sadness I feel now is unbearable, I will never regret the fact I bought Poppy and he's part of my life.<br />And that i get to love him and give him as much as i could before he goes.<br /><br />There is still some time left.<br />Poppy's fiesty, so perhaps there is more than a few months.<br />I hope for at least a year.<br /><br />For cat lovers, my simple advice is : do x-rays once a year, blood and urine test at least every 2 months. Kidney failure is always detected very last minute, when the cat is in a bad stage already, hence that is why so many vets don't have the experience of operating on kidneys because there is no chance.mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-63429891442796382812008-10-12T01:03:00.006+08:002008-10-12T14:31:57.195+08:00A bit of hope<div style="text-align: center;">Being away for work is the hardest.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">3 days away from my cats seemed like eternity.<br />Especially when i constantly worry about Poppy and if daddy meow would remember to give the cats fresh water and scoop the litter tray every day.<br />Am glad to be home now.<br />Poppy's doing fine.<br />We've completely changed his diet to Royal Canin Renal as recommended by my vet.<br />And we've also bought the c/d diet from Royal Canin which specifically claims to be able to dissolve certain stones in the kidneys.<br />But at this point, we don't know what type of stones Poppy has.<br />The ultrasound shows that both kidneys have stones.<br />One kidney has a huge stone but is functioning better than the other kidney which has less stones.<br />I have learnt so much over the past week.<br />That feline kidney stones are not as common as one may think.<br />First thing the vet will ask if it's bladder stones or kidney stones.<br />I would definitely not hesitate to let Poppy go for operation if it's bladder stones.<br />But for kidney stones, it's another thing altogether.<br />The risks are way much higher.<br />That's why the vet today gave me some hope.<br />He said it's better to do more tests first instead of saying <span style="font-style: italic;">'you must do the operation or the cat will die'.</span><br />Poppy's so far had 2 x-rays and an ultrasound.<br />Next test would be to get urine and blood samples to determine the type of stones in order to ascertain if operation is needed or not.<br />The most the vet can say is that if the kitty is still running, jumping and eating normally, don't do the operation yet.<br />It is always more advisable to get more tests running and learn about the type of stones before doing opting for surgery.<br />What made my heart sank a bit today though, was that the vet said the failure rate of operating on kidneys are high.<br />Operation may go well but the cat may not be able to cope post operation due to infection, leakage, kidney failure, etc.<br />But what brought my hope up was that the vet did say it may be possible for Poppy to live a normal life with the stones, and that we control it via diet. And maybe some minor ones may eventually dissolve in time to come.<br />Who knows?<br />Nobody does.<br />But at least it is a small ray of light shinning through my dark clouds today.<br />For me, i love my cats too much and i am not good at dealing with grief.<br />When MeowMeow was knocked by a car and went missing for one week, i remembered i cried every day till the day he came back.<br /><br />Anyway, there is still hope.<br />At least Poppy's still himself. Naughty and so unsuspecting.<br /><br />I have KC and ML to thank for posting my story up on Cat's Blogosphere that gave me quite a few good comments which i have taken note of.<br /><br />And i am very grateful for all the comments - the purrs, advice, experiences that cat lovers have left here. It helped me form my questions to the vet. Thank you so much, it meant a lot to me.<br /><br />And of course, Sharlene and Ellen who gave me really great vet contacts which i have visited and will be visiting soon. Thank you so much.<br /><br />At times like this, it is always nice to know that there are so many animal lovers out there who are willing to help by offering a piece of advice and a purr.<br /><br />I will have to make my decision soon. One more vet to see.<br /><br />Here's Poppy eating his c/d wet diet. MeowMeow gets to eat too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KwZAHTaWO8xFLvkZt0cr7kz8gcdQktHC5TtO_XQcQj2uZ-j-UML56cl6ddR2MRbEbPbL3y2_6SpURBnuimGDXy3lhYvuVNz9rhmz3Fh5H0iS1y6fzcNviqycD9WLoNI2oYZoB7VJ-Bk/s1600-h/2931146469_c589380fbc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KwZAHTaWO8xFLvkZt0cr7kz8gcdQktHC5TtO_XQcQj2uZ-j-UML56cl6ddR2MRbEbPbL3y2_6SpURBnuimGDXy3lhYvuVNz9rhmz3Fh5H0iS1y6fzcNviqycD9WLoNI2oYZoB7VJ-Bk/s320/2931146469_c589380fbc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255955972038050914" border="0" /></a><br />And here's Poppy being spoon fed his c/d diet.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9OVHp28nt6RMYTc1OiRN9e2RAhcI-Ysob86VQtliETEoa8EomGHughg3-vIh-aLkBHFUBL1p0rIgwkRoyrywikhXyJSlyvvilOM70iCYe5FdYYvTJxtCDQx_x4ard3I_OL2sepw5Fxs/s1600-h/2931148459_b1cb913d7f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9OVHp28nt6RMYTc1OiRN9e2RAhcI-Ysob86VQtliETEoa8EomGHughg3-vIh-aLkBHFUBL1p0rIgwkRoyrywikhXyJSlyvvilOM70iCYe5FdYYvTJxtCDQx_x4ard3I_OL2sepw5Fxs/s320/2931148459_b1cb913d7f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255955969395985250" border="0" /></a>I reheated his food one day and when he refused to eat it, i spooned some and blew on it to cool it down and then fed it to Poppy. After that, the naughty refuses to eat from the bowl, preferring to be spoon fed. Cats are smart.<br /></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768358366233730392.post-79990145113442510182008-10-06T00:42:00.006+08:002008-10-06T01:14:36.218+08:00Precious Poppy<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjM69NSP8OgQW2gLGrnQ8Ai2c_p6Dq3pKRzNMGJjeCaBuPFczPssc38zpGUS15Ymt_uVcibCLWIK34a1HJjB-JQSIhnh90oBIdpkR3zF3UAbXmBnXzTleo2vKxYMFYPUH86fd-KrCTuU/s1600-h/2695093204_8a58670676.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjM69NSP8OgQW2gLGrnQ8Ai2c_p6Dq3pKRzNMGJjeCaBuPFczPssc38zpGUS15Ymt_uVcibCLWIK34a1HJjB-JQSIhnh90oBIdpkR3zF3UAbXmBnXzTleo2vKxYMFYPUH86fd-KrCTuU/s320/2695093204_8a58670676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253711244474580178" border="0" /></a>Poppy had an ultrasound today so that we can look at the stones in his kidneys to determine the next course of action.<br />They have to shave off his belly fur to do the ultrasound.<br />Poppy has no belly fur now.<br />It's quite weird, seeing his tummy all exposed.<br />This little bit of whitish, pinkish skin, sorta like a lizard's tummy.<br />Prognosis was not good.<br />All i could remember is how emotionless the vet was while he drone on and on about the ramifications of the entire thing.<br />I could never be a vet. Cos I could never maintain that poker, emotionless face while talking to patients. I cry too easily.<br />Suddenly, all those months of watching Grey's Anatomy made sense.<br />Doing an operation doesn't always guarantee success.<br />It's a 50-50 gamble.<br />If i let them cut, Poppy may die from the complications during or post surgery.<br />He may die this month if I let the vet do it.<br />If I don't let them cut, Poppy will eventually also die. But that may be a year or more.<br />My main aim is to keep him with me as long as I can.<br />That's the hardest part now - to operate and let him struggle to survive or not to operate and let him live happily till the day he goes.<br /><br />I don't feel like going into the details in this journal.<br />Not today anyway.<br />Not for a while.<br /><br />I never would have thought my cockeyed optimist, happy go lucky, bumbling court jester would have such a serious problem.<br />Cos he looks so unaffected, so lively still, despite a shaved belly.<br />I don't know what to do as I still need to see a few more vets.<br /><br />What am i waiting for?<br />Perhaps for someone to tell me that it's possible to get rid of kidney stones without cutting up Poppy.<br />Or that there is some form of non-traditional cure like prayers that could magically dissolve the stones in both kidneys.<br />Or that it is possible to have such huge stones in kidneys but still live a normal life without complications.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9_Ot_6mM6xvVOkhGrhodx29E6gMbMQbs20mGeM02ij537THu-OhwyaVUATU8BUNegxfwpBsL0wRtJJXjpMa7SzIdx6bVkCPllYrd3nwLuJKkh_-SmkdwzkZbFtBZsB1HfeNkBM9dyw4/s1600-h/2499125184_29017ac8a0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9_Ot_6mM6xvVOkhGrhodx29E6gMbMQbs20mGeM02ij537THu-OhwyaVUATU8BUNegxfwpBsL0wRtJJXjpMa7SzIdx6bVkCPllYrd3nwLuJKkh_-SmkdwzkZbFtBZsB1HfeNkBM9dyw4/s320/2499125184_29017ac8a0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253716063293048626" border="0" /></a><br />I don't know how much time i have left. Who knows?<br />All i know is, Poppy's still well and I want to spend as much time with him as i can.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoSEaS0BwZtfzRkUQ8-g4DP4xAffBuDzlaiTtUMbUhV9K-b6z9uOoib2OPg1mYVM0qQ806koXyjHLh4lwqIZlvqbf_86coQM2xyXTT1qWSopfei4vXD6i16F3hfBcbEmu4JnvUgW5FTc/s1600-h/2079567969_a8f9c12809.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoSEaS0BwZtfzRkUQ8-g4DP4xAffBuDzlaiTtUMbUhV9K-b6z9uOoib2OPg1mYVM0qQ806koXyjHLh4lwqIZlvqbf_86coQM2xyXTT1qWSopfei4vXD6i16F3hfBcbEmu4JnvUgW5FTc/s320/2079567969_a8f9c12809.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253719258068852066" border="0" /></a><br /></div>mummymeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532326351516521891noreply@blogger.com21