Pipo ~ Meezer Angel

Taken Oct 24th. A wee bit gaunt, but still the 'regular' Pipo.

Taken Nov 3. Very gaunt and rather listless

Nov 3. Here you can see how unkempt and thin he had become. Pipo: Just enjoying a last warm sun puddle, but only because my loving petcretary put me here...

This  morning, Pipo was so listless and unwilling to come out of the hidey hole he was in, even though his fave food was in the dish, new fresh water in the bowl, and petcretary crooning to him to come and enjoy a sun puddle.When he finally did come out, he was staggering like he was drunk, but he did lick some food and had a wee drink. Petcretary picked me up and she could feel my every bone. He was rather limp in her arms as she cuddled him, and he did not move off the condo which was in a huge warm sun puddle. 

We had a vet appointment....and he said there was a large abdominal mass...more than likely the progression of the earlier diagnosed lymphoma. So to end Pipo's languishing and suffering, PIpo was helped into eternal sleep.

He now resides at the Rainbow Bridge with his beloved Minko, and his (not so beloved) doggy brofur MrJackFreckles. He also got to meet all his other kitty brofurs and sisfur; Groucho, Simba, Toki and Suki.

We are devastated and feel very empty in our home right now. Esp Pawppy, who Pipo adored, far more then any of the other kitties ever had...and now there will not be any purring comforter when he gets home from the hospital...likely 4 days after the surgery, (Sat or Sunday),  which is Wed the 4th in the afternoon.

Rest well, Pipo, soon you will discover those beautiful Angel Wings you have earned.

Pipo   Dec 26, 2004  ~ Nov 3, 2020

Day After Halloween Selfies

 Well, Halloween itself was very busy here, Pawppy & petcretary are trying to get things in order so he can have his surgery and not have to worry about things not done...such as paying bills, getting the snow thrower ready, etc...

So these not terribly spooky/ghostly pics were taken when it was still nice out, and green...and the leaves were mostly still on the trees. Now they are almost all bare, and its been at or below freezing temps at night around here. We even heard talk of the *S* word...Oh Please, NO!!

Pipo consented with purrs that he wanted to be a tiger/tabby for a change...

And he even allowed himself to look at the camera!

Imagine that!

A couple of weeks ago, Petcretary was the guest who offered a picture for Teddy's Tuesday Teaser.

 

Port Rowan Ontario...however though *she* grew up there, she has never been to that place; that pic was taken by a friend, Angel Nirta, you can see some of her works here on Instagram.

This past Tuesday, Petcretary was not a guest, nor a first right guesser, but she was one of three first commenters!! Hooray!!

We welcomed a couple of new kitties, too!

Ellie: A new sisfur for Waffles

Juney, new and loved at Zoolatry

So in other news...one of the pups gave petcretary an early birthday gift...a tick. Eeuuwww!

They get the monthly flea and tick treatments, and once in a while a tick follows them, (esp Benji), into the house where they fall off...and presumably go hunting for other more tasty prey. So this past week, she found three of them on the carpet, one dead one and two crawly ones...UGH. Well, they were duly disposed of...and then we had a play session...the next morning, Petcretary felt something on her side, near her waist. She thought it was a strange place to have a pimple cause at first she thought that was what it was....but the mirror told a different tale. OMD!

So she grabbed the tick removal tool, and pried the thing out...and went to the urgent care to get treated prophylactically...she doesn't want a case of Lyme disease...there is still. a red spot, but no rash, Phew!

Now for the last; a rather sad bit of news...

Pipo is very poorly. We think his lymphoma diagnosed a couple of years ago has flared up. He will not eat, he throws up, he has diarrhea, and he is hiding a lot...or languishing in any soft quiet corner he can find. He doesn't groom himself either. He goes to the area of the litter box, but  has hardly the wherewithal to get in, and the entrance is very low...He is just bones covered with fur. He yowls when we pick him up...though after a while he does purr if cuddled long enough. He is taking two meds to stop vomiting, a steroid to help him get back on track, and another med for the runny poos. He only is eating when he is fed with a spoon...

To think the above pics of him are only from Oct 7,,,sheesh...

We fear the worse, and we covet your POTP, ,pawyers and healing thoughts. At 2 months short of 16, we don't think it would be fair to do anything invasive or aggressive, other than the supportive measure we are doing right now. 

Poor Pipo, our beloved Pipo.

Thanks, Timmy and Dad Pete.

 

We are Sunday Selfie hopping with The Kitties Blue as Hosts

 

Spooky Selfies ~ Sort Of!

Well this is the last Sunday Selfie time before Halloween, so we are going  to show you some not terribly spooky selfies to mark the 'season'.

Maybe next week, we'll show you some others...who knows!

Booo! 

Pipo was not wanting to put on more than a collar, so he got to sit in  the treat bowl, however there were no treats human or feline lining it, MOL!

The hooligans Dalton & Benji did not wear costumes either...rather they got to sit among 'props'. Those pumpkin head dudes were...um, scary, at least to Dalton...but then he is scared of just about anything...oh well, after the pics were taken evfurryone was allowed to run free and naked once again. Well, except for their collars!

10 days till pawppy has his spinal fusion surgery...at least he did not fall this week, Phew!

 

The Sunday Selfies is a weekly feature, hosted faithfully each week by the Kitties Blue, at the Cat On My Head. We appreciate them for keeping this fun blog-hop going for many years already!!  If you click on the link below, you can join in with your own selfie(s)!

We are hopping along with all the others in the Sunday Selfies.

 

Tocktober!!

Yes, we are early with our Tocktober Tocks...but we don't post on Tuesdays...so here we are a wee bit early, OK?? Righto, OK!

First a rare glimpse of Angel Minko and Pipo showing off their tocks together!

Double Tocks!!

 

While these are not truly selfies, we are posting them in the weekly Sunday Selfies, a fun blog hop hosted each week by The Kitties Blue. They do this faithfully each week and we appreciate it so much and all the hard work they do to get it up and running each and every week. Wow! Thanks so much:)

See all the selfies by clicking here.

 

Meanwhile...pawppy continues to do battle with the issue of his spine, with pain, tingling and numbness  in his lower back and leg...he needs a cane to get around, and sometimes his leg just gives out underneath him...he did fall the other night. Yikes,. that was scary.

He has had xrays, MRI and soon a CAT scan...hey, I , Pipo,, could have done that! MOL!

And he saw a specialist in spinal issues...who felt the trouble was so bad with nerve entrapment, and arthritic vertebrae, that he felt strongly to do a fusion of the affected vertebrae, to stabilize them and decompress the nerve to lessen the pain and numbness, hopefully to prevent permanent damage. So...that will be done on Nov 4th...with a 12 week recovery time...oh my, that will be hard for him, to be laid up that long...but Petcretary has quite a bit of time off from the day of surgery  for about 10 days, and then here and there afterwards. We may ask one of the unfurbros to come stay here since the one always telecommutes and the other does too now due to the covid mess we are still in. That will give our peeps more peace of mind knowing someone will be here to help as needed.

Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts, we may be AWOL for a while after the surgery is done...

See ya'll next time!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Selfies!

 So here we are once again...its Sunday and its a holiday weekend! Well, pawppy says it is Columbus Day...and Petcretary says its Thanksgiving! So who is right?? MOL/POL!

Both actually...but since often *she* has to work that day, well she is off! Hooray...a feast in store for us:)

Anyways we are thankful to have all the good things we have been blessed with...and we know the peeps are too. Esp our health and the roof over our heads, and the good noms that we are provided with each day.

However you are celebrating this long weekend, we hope you will be safe, healthy and happy.

We are thankful to be in the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, and even more thankful to the Kitties Blue who faithfully host this fun weekly feature.

Sunday Selfie Time!

 Oh, MY! Petcretary finally figured out why she was having so much trouble getting her pics...she couldn't find them at all, and she had to go all through hoops and other detours...it took hours. But she fixed it...she hopes!

So between her work, shores and other time consuming not kitty or doggy things...well, you know! 

We had lots of attentions on Saturday, though...the unfurbros came over to help with garden chores and to have dinner. That was nice for all of us!

I am spying on those hooligan pups...*she* says it made for a nice semi-selfie!

During the past week, Dalton got this nice Gotcha Day card from some old Dogster friends!

Then...*she* found this card...for his birthday back in August!

And this one too!!! This one came from Marv and his furmily. Thanks again!

 

Petcretary was early and got a first commenter badge again this week, but she was not first with right answer...she was second...oh well...LOL!

We are joined up with the Sunday Selfies; You can too!! Just click here! Thanks kitties Blue for your faithful hosting of this fun hop each week! We love it and we love all of you!