2 posts tagged “cat”

Mama Kees R.I.P.

My cat Kelee is finally coming home today. We went to see her at the vet last night and she seemed a little too comfortable. As soon as she saw me she started purring and kneading her paws. I told her that the vets office is not a vacation and that she needs to come home. She's costing me a ton of money. So far my bill is estimated around $1500. Yikes!

I went to my Jazzercise class this morning. I had no energy before going in there but I gave it my all. It's very energizing. A lot of people assume that there's just a bunch of old ladies in the class but that's not really true. I'm in a class with someone I went to college with. The workout is not too strenuous, everyone is really nice and it's fun. You can't beat that!

Next up is lunch with the mother and then picking up Kelee. Later is tennis with my dear friends Sue Ann and Coreen. It's going to be another relaxing night at home. I haven't had much of those lately.

Soundtrack: Brooke Fraser - Shadowfeet

So I created this account back in December and then totally forgot about it. That's not unusual for me. Life gets busy and stuff (blogs) get put on the back burner.

I started back on Weight Watchers in July when I found out I was going on a cruise to Mexico for my birthday. I started walking and midly working out 3 times a week until the day I was moving a couch and ripped the top of the nail on my big toe. It was nice while it lasted but the results were slow and I wasn't doing well as far as dieting went. On Sept. 8th I started taking fitness classes through the City of Santa Clarita. I now take Jazzercise and Weight Lifting 4 days a week. So far the results have been amazing. The first week I lost 4lbs. The second week I lost 3. I'm on my third week and I've already lost 3lbs and my weigh in isn't even until Tuesday. I wanted to lose 30lbs before the cruise and so far I have 14 more pounds to lose in 7 weeks. I'm positive I can do it.  

On Tuesday before class I walked into my mom's room to visit my cat Kelee (aka Chairman Meow) and I noticed a big bloody growth on her foot. I knew something was up with her because for the past week she would hide in a random place and sleep more than usual. She would also hide her foot whenever she was laying down so we never saw this big growth until that night. We decided to take her to the vet the next morning.

According the the vet the "growth" was actually a tumor. He told us that he'd run tests but it's possible that she could have them all over her body and that we should be prepared to put her down if that were the case. As you can imagine, I lost my shit. I wasn't prepared to seperate with my "child" after 11 years. Who would be? Pets become family members and losing them is almost as hard as losing an actual family member.

Thankfully, the vet called back later that night and told us that the blood work came back completely normal and that they would be doing surgery to remove the tumor the following day. So yesterday, she had the tumor (and a toe) removed. I went to visit her last night and she wasn't fully off the anestesia yet so we couldn't take her home. He showed us that she couldn't even lift her head or open her eyes fully. I bent down and said, "Hi Chairman Meow" and she opened her eyes and started purring. She almost had me in tears again. We left her there over night and got a phone call this morning saying she still wasn't totally back to normal yet so they are going to keep her until 4 today and give us a call. I'm not too concerned because after we had her spayed she slept for days afterwards. I just can't wait to bring her home. Her son Cheech misses her dearly.

And that's all for now. Until my next update...