Another Roller Coaster Week #SundaySelfie

Meows from Mudpie! 

Unfortunately my tushie troubles continued this week so on Wednesday I was hauled out into the freezing cold to the vet. 

You can see the betrayal in my eyes! 

I've actually lost nearly 2 pounds since November which is really good news, but the vet said it's still not enough. She shaved my bottom and Mommy said she's never heard such language coming out of me as she did at that moment! The vet was shaving, the tech was holding onto me, and Mommy was feeding me a squeezie, but I was still letting it rip! (It's a good thing I don't go outside. Now that it's elebenty below zero I would need to wear undies!)

Mommy was convinced my anal glands were the problem again, but the vet said they didn't appear to be impacted. She gave Mommy some ointment for my red bottom and told her to get some Miralax because she thought I was constipated. She also wanted to do more bloodwork and a fructosamine test to see how well my diabetes was being controlled. 

Then Wednesday night I started acting like I might have a UTI! I was peeing small amounts in my litter box, and then even followed Mommy down to the basement and squatted down there! Thursday morning she woke up to two large puddles on the bathroom floor...I wasn't even trying to use my litter box anymore. I'd never done anything like that before. Mommy had some HomeoPet UTI drops leftover from Mo last year, so she started adding those to my squeezies until she heard from the vet. 

Waiting to be violated.

Friday afternoon the vet emailed with my results - she told Mommy to STOP the insulin because my bloodwork and fructosamine tests were NORMAL! At this time, I'm NOT diabetic! We think my diabetes was caught quickly, so after a couple months of insulin and a diet change to mostly wet food, I appear to be in remission! It may not last, but that's where we are right now. She wants to recheck me in a month, and also do a urinalysis. Mommy started crying.

Unfortunately my bloodwork still shows elevated kidney values so the vet wants me to try a renal diet. Mommy isn't sure how she feels about that because I've just started accepting Fancy Feast after rejecting wet food my whole life. I'll give it a try but Mommy is also researching supplements she can start adding to my food. 

So that's the Mudpie Medical Report! Some good news, some not so good news, but Mommy and I will face everything together, just as we always have!

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Caturday Art

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And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. I feel like bawling my eyes out whenever I think about losing Mudpie one day. 

2. January is a good month to hibernate.

3. Having a cat is nonnegotiable in my life.

4. I could give up anything for myself as long as my cat had everything they needed.

Feline Friday: Happy National Pie Day!

Meows from Mudpie!

Mommy likes to joke that 10 years ago she adopted a slice of Mudpie.

Now I'm the whole pie!

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Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (They may be silly or cute). 

2026 CFA Cat Show

 Meows from Mudpie!

Over the weekend Mommy attended the CFA cat show that comes to our town every January. 

The theme of this year's show was "Out of This World". Kitties in space!

So many beautiful kitties...

New this year was an agility ring but everyone was catnapping when Mommy went by...

The highlight of this year's show for Mommy was meeting the kitties of Pennsylvania's Therapy Cats Rock: Brad, Chase, Flora, Gus, John David, Nona and Phil.

One of the cats, Chase, was recently awarded the Pennsylvania Freedom Medal for his nearly 13 years of therapy work. He's the first cat to ever receive the award.

Mommy had fun at the show and was in Heaven being surrounded by so many kitties, 

but she happily came home to little ol' me!

If It's Not One Thing It's Another #SundaySelfie

Meows from Mudpie! 

What a week. 

We got a second opinion on our furnace and the diagnosis was terminal, so a new one will be installed on February 5th. The good news is that thanks to advice Mommy received from the amazing Miss Ellen at 15andMeowing, it won't be costing us a dime. What an amazing blessing! (Miss Ellen, I'm sending you a million tortie kisses from a couple hundred miles away!)

Now the bad news. I've spent most of the week in the potty. In and out, in and out. At first Mommy thought I had a touch of diarrhea. I love a taste of cheese now and then, but if I have too much it makes me a little squirty (if you catch my drift). It usually clears up in a day though. Then she started wondering if I was constipated because the poops became small, formed little balls, multiple times per day. 

Friday afternoon she had an "AHA!" moment when she saw that my bottom was leaky and very, very stinky...it must be a recurrence of my anal gland issues! The only difference is I didn't get a red, swollen lump like the other times. In fact, I've been quite flat "down there" lately. 

She started putting some fiber powder in my squeezie in hopes that clears things up. If not, I'm sure I'll be going you-know-where to be horribly violated, although the vet is never able to get anything out when she tries to express my glands.

Please send purrs that my cute little tushie straightens itself out! 

We're joining our friends at The Cat on My Head for the Sunday Selfies blog hop!  

Frosty Mudpie #CaturdayArt

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

Mudpie's answers:

1. I used to think I hated wet food, but I was wrong. Now that I'm a sugar kitty Mommy is very happy I decided to like Fancy Feast! (Thank you, Mo!)

2. Every time I plan to look outside, I see nothing but clouds. I'm enjoying all the extra cuddle time with Mommy, but I need some sun! 

Mommy's answers:

3. I'm already looking forward to the month of April because this has been an exceptionally long winter. I know everyone will be surprised to hear me say this because I always prefer winter to summer, but this winter has obviously been a nightmare at my house. Plus the snow and cold started in November and hasn't let up. Mudpie wants her sunny door back. I keep thinking about Mo too - that poor little guy never would've survived this winter with as brutal as it's been.

4. When it comes to social media, I think it can be both a blessing and a curse. It all depends on how people use it.

Feline Friday Flashback: Turn Out the Lights, Mommy!

 

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