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[LoveMyMickey]

Hi Tracy,

I hope you and furbabies had a good day. We are doing okay, love this weather. I finally got to Kroger yesterday.........I have another cat story. Friday, a young yellow striped tabby showed up on the carport. It was very friendly, but looked tired and hungry. We gave it canned cat food and it spent the day sleeping and eating. Tuxedo came by right before dark and got right in it's face and was swishing the tail. I opened the door real quick and Tuxedo ran away. Tabby left the same night after dark and we haven't seen it since. It might have belonged to somebody, I hope.........Anyway we have a good shelter, beds, and food for whatever wants to come by, hopefully no skunks!

Tracy, I hope your work week treats you well and have a peaceful, playful, and cozy evening with your furbabies.....TTFN

LoveMyMickey

[Tom's Dad]

Hi LoveMyMickey

Thank you for sharing your story about the kitties. I hope Tuxedo and Yellow Stripe can put aside their differences and see your little sanctuary for what it is. A safe place for who ever needs it. It lends credit to Blackie being the angel cat. Perhaps he is now spreading the word about a safe place poor unwanted cats can go for respite. Bless you for your efforts. All I'm doing is putting out food. But living in an apartment and with the certain jerk tennants, perhaps that's all I really can do. Theresa and Tang and I are enjoying a peacful evening. Hope you do the same. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, rainy Monday evening greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits. Soon you will be on your way home to your precious companions who are eagerly anticipating your arrival.

Glad to know that you and your precious furkids had an enjoyable Sunday yesterday. Your precious little Tang may be "growing up" about the balcony time - - not so infatuated by the temptations of daring circus-act feats - - of which I know this is an enormous help to you.

Laundry is caught up, and have turned on one of the portable heaters to warm up the basement a bit from the dampness of the rain and chilly temps today - - only in the low 60's. Noah is curled up on his lamb's wool cushio with his paws over his eyes taking a nap.

I hope today is treating you kindly at work today, Tracy, and that your travels home will be safe and expedient so that you and your precious Theresa and little Tang can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious fur tribe are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

And pleasant rainy Monday to you and Noah as well. 60 and raining as I get ready to leave to go home (UGH!)

Yes, I think my little man Tang is "growing up" in regard to the balcony time. Plus I think he sees it as a way to get dad time without having to compete. He and Theresa still like to team up on the "laser tag" though. It's heart warming to watch they even know what it is when I pick it up from the table in eager anticipation.

I hope you and Noah have a most pleasant evening. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, dreary rainy Tuesday late afternoon greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits.

Sounds like you a soggy trip home yesterday. Hope your trip home today will be more on the drier side.

Today has been low key here keeping with my precious boy and I keeping each other company. Have the portable heater going again as the basement feels a little on the dampish side with the rain and low temps. It feels like soup weather, so I am including soup fixins' on my grocery list for Thursday.

I hope today is treating you kindly at work today, Tracy, and that your travels home will be safe and expedient so that you and your precious Theresa and little Tang can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious fur tribe are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

It was very soggy indeed coming home last night. It poured the whole way. But at least it wasn't windy, so it wasn't too bad I guess. Tonight was better.

I'm glad you and Noah can spend time together, and that he continues to get better. Soup weather indeed. Or chilli or stew. I will have to look into that for my grocery trip tomorrow. Thanks for the idea. Home now with my precious Theresa and Tang. Had to put some extra effort into cleaning his ear as it looked like he was scratching again (sigh) I'll have to ask again about the Benadryl tomorrow.

I hope you and Noah have a peacful and pleasant evening. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, pleasant afternoon greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits.

Hope you were able to get all of your errands done and back home so that you and your precious fur tribe could enjoy most of the day together. I know Wednesdays must go by very quickly for you. I hope you were able to get the information you need about the Benadryl for little Tang's ear. You may notice an increase in scratching with the fall allergies. Even though he does not go outside except onto the balcony, you still bring in pollens and other irritants on your clothes - - and when you open the windows and doors the breeze also brings in the allergens and pollutents that settle into the carpet and other surfaces. Since his ear is particularly sensitive, it will be most affected by the "whatever" that is making him scratch at it more. Unless you kept him in an astronaut's suit with its own air system there really is no way to completely keep him from experiencing the "itchies." You are doing the BEST thing by helping him cope with them as they arise - - you are the very best Forever Dad for your little Tang and precious Theresa.

Life is very well here, for which I am very thankful. Noah is very contented at the moment stretched out on his lamb's wool cushion taking a nap as I'm writing to you. Soon I will need to do the lunch dishes.

I hope today is treating you and your precious Theresa and little Tangkindly, my friend, and that you and your precious furkids will have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

I got kind of a late start on my errands from sleeping in. That and lately the change in weather is taking a toll on the plates in my ankle from when I broke it and had to have sugery 20 years ago. Only this time it's shooting the pain all the way up my leg. The good news is that it subsides after I've been walking for a while; but it takes longer to get where I'm going.

Speaking of the seasonal change, perhaps you are right about why Tang started scratching again. Sadly, since the Kroger seemed to have lost my RX, my time was limited in the pharmacy. They found it, but I ran out of time searching high and low for children's Benadryl. I never did find it before being forced to move on so I could get back home in a reasonable amount of time The good news is that I know exactly where it is at the Kroger by my work.

Tonight there was no evidence of scratching, but there was more yellow gunk than usual. But, for the first time I can recall he actually fought me. I literally had to hold him down to keep him from jumping out of the sink Then he proceeded to flop down in the kitchen and glare at me. Until I got the can food out anyway. Amazing what an "attitude" adjuster that is.

As I write this I looked over to see him up on Theresa's "perch" helping himself. I hope she was done. He jumped down as soon as he saw me. He had the nerve to look as if asking if I was going to put her bowl down in the kitchen. To which I said No, you have already helped yourself instead of waiting like the gentelman I taught you to be. He's got to be 4-5 now. Much too old for "teenage rebellion" don't you think? Anyway. That's all I have for now. Thank you for your friendship and letting me know how your Precious Noah is doing. Pleasant evening. TTFN.

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, sunny Thursday afternoon greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds each of you doing well and in good spirits. I know you're at work, but soon you will be on your way home to your precious furkids - - the best time of the day.

Hope you're able to stop by the Kroger close to work to pick up the Benadryl for your little Tang. I can't help but chuckle a bit at your little boy's impatience last night about getting his ear cleaned. Even our furkds have "moods" - - it sounds like he definitely was NOT in the mood to get his ear cleaned last night. Hopefully this evening he will be back to his normal patient cooperative self. Ah yes - - the "good stuff" - - the canned food - - WONDERFUL "attitude adjusters" indeed!!! It lets your precious boy know that you unconditionally love him - - as he unconditionally loves you.

Got the grocery shopping done, and my precious boy was waiting for me at the basement door when I brought in the groceries with the cart. He was very glad to see me - - as I was glad to see him. He is taking a nap on a fleece throw on the sofa by the bed as I'm writing to you with the songs and sounds of the woodland residents providing a sweet lullaby.

I hope today is treating you kindly at work, my friend, and that your travels home will be safe and expedient so that you and your precious Theresa and little Tang can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

The earliest I will probably be able to get the Benadryl is Saturday when I have all that time before and after my shift. Until then, all I can do is be gentle and reassure him. He definately had "cattidute" yesterday, but it was short lived and he's so sweet the rest of the time, I will give him a pass Especially when he lays on his back like Tom.

Glad to hear you and Noah are well, and that he was not too stressed by your absence. I hope that you both have a peaceful and relaxing evening. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, pleasant evening greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits. I'm sure your countdown has started to the time when you can leave work today and get home to your precious companions who are eagerly anticipating your arrival.

Noah and I have had a pleasant day. While he napped this afternoon I worked a little bit more on Christmas cards. I had started the project a few days before he began to let me know he was not well, and then when I became aware of how serious things were for him and that there was a possibility I could lose him the thought of Christmas and everything associated with it made me ill. I am very grateful to still have his precious physical presence with me.

I know this year has not been an easy year for you, Tracy. I know how you feel about your life events not being as you hoped they would be. But I know you love your precious Theresa and little Tang with all your heart, and you are very blessed to have them with you.

I hope today is treating you kindly at work, my friend, and that your travels home will be safe and expedient so that you and your precious Theresa and little Tang can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

I'm so glad you can get back to your Christmas cards without the spectre of losing your precious Noah so close to the holiday. Sadly, I know all too well how that feels and would not wish it upon anybody.

Yes, This has been a tough year for me. Well, really 2 1/2. But with the support of you and other nice folks on here, at least I have not felt like I was going through entirely alone. I know how that feels too

Each day, I just try my best, hope for the best and do what I can for Theresa and Tang. Especially Tang. I hope one day in the not to distant future I can get his BG under control and finally get that thing out of his ear. I can only hope he and Theresa are with me for as long as is possible on this earthly journey. Getting ready to head home to them now with darkening skies; hope it does not rain until I get home at least. Hope you and Noah are well and have a great evening. TTFN


TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, good Caturday evening greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits. Hopefully by now you are home, or will be very shortly.

Have you been able to get a meter yet from Dr. Harris to test your little Tang at home? If not, may I ask what the hold up is? I hope you were able to get the children's Benadryl today, and that it will help your precious Tang with his itchy ear.

It has been a busy day here computer-wise, and doing some new loads of laundry - - mostly human this time. Noah is letting me know that it is time for his dinner, and he is right - - he has been so patient the last half hour, so I really want need to get him his dinner.

I hope today has treated you kindly at work, my friend, and that your travels home will be / were safe and expedient so that you and your precious Theresa and little Tang can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

I have not been able to get the meter yet. With all that's been going on, I guess it just fell by the wayside. I need to ask about it. Assumiing I can even afford it. The Benadryl did NOT work out so well. He hated the taste so much that he would not even eat his can food afterward; much as he tried. This got me frustated and fussing at both of them (sigh) it didn't help that my 2nd bus was 40 minutes late and I didn't get home until 9:00. I will have to experiment with the Benadryl (if I use it at all again) and not before feeding, that's for sure.

Work is OK. We did the supervisor shuffle again, and I'm on the other guy's team. I thought this would make me happy, but no. Nice as he is (sometimes) he really does not seem to know what he's doing (he's already given me 2 completely wrong answers so far) he also has a tendancy to just disappear off the floor. Total flake. I got an email a few days ago from an agency asking for an updated resume'. I will have to tend to that soon I guess. Laundry done and rest/cuddle time with the kids calls. I hope you and Noah have a great Sunday. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, gloomy chilly sometimes rainy Sunday afternoon greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious companions doing well and in good spirits.

I am so sorry that you were so late getting home to your precious furkids yesterday evening -- I can imagine how exhausted and frustrated you were from the long commute. I hope your ankle is feeling better even though the temps have become cooler.

Sorry you and Tang had a hard time with the Benadryl - - did you use the liquid or a pill? Yeah - - sometimes the treatment can be nastier than, or as nasty as, the ailment.

It seems as soon as you get used to one supervisor you and the group gets shuffled around like a deck of cards to a different supervisor. This management philosophy doesn't make much sense to me - - but very little of what an employer's management does makes any sense to me. So, will you continue to have the late evening staff meetings to contend with?

Life here is calm and quiet today. Noah is taking naps to ignore the gloomies outside.

I hope today is treating you and your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, my friend, and that you and your precious companions will have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

I was indeed exhausted last night when I got home. Which I'm sure contributed heavily to my shortness with Theresa and Tang; for which I always end up feeling so guilty. After all, it's not their fault. I tried the Benadryl again a while ago (well before feeding) because he was scratching. This time he wigged out and started drooling. But stopped scratching. I did not see a pill form on the shelf. And since the vet indicated a liquid dosage, I assumed that's what they meant. Going foward, I will be making sure to give it to him only as needed, and well before or after feeding; depending on if it's a work day.

Got an hour late start on the laundry since I was so tired. Finshing at 7ish. Most of the rest of the day has been spent napping. It seems that's all my Sundays are anymore (sigh) Yes, I assume the late meetings will continue, and I hope I can continue to get a lift from the first guy. Not much else going on here. Clear but colder at 55. I hope you and Noah have a peaceful evening. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, cloudy, dreary, chilly, rainy Monday evening greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious companions doing well and in good spirits. Soon you will be homeward bound to your precious furkids who I know are eagerly anticipating your arrival.

Sounds like your little Tang is not too enthused with the liquid Benadryl - - gives him too much of a taste of it - - hence the drooling and gagging and overall disapproval of the med. You may want to ask Dr. Harris about a pill dosage - - cutting a pill in half perhaps - - thinking that if you can pop the pill down his throat without him getting too much of a taste of it this will go much better for the both of you. Our furkids do keep us on our toes with their reactions to meds. Dr. Harris might also be able to give you some ideas as to how to disguise the taste of the liquid Benadryl. Please let us know how things go.

The news of the day here is that Noah got his stitches out -- which actually turned out to be staples - - and has a good report from Dr. Neel. I will keep the gate barriers up at the bottom of the stairs for a few days more until I feel more comfortable about him venturing up the stairs and being upstairs by himself. I still want to keep my eye on him for a few more days at least until I'm certain he's okay being by himself upstairs.

I hope today is treating you and your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, my friend, and that your travels home will be safe and expedient so that you and your precious companions can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

I guess I can ask Dr. Harris about pills; but I'm not sure they even make them. I'm sure it's the over powering cherry taste he hates. Like I said, I'm going to use only as needed, in the lowest dose possible (did the mg to ml conversion for the syringes) and only well before or after he's eaten. Gave it to him at 4 yesterday and by 6 he was his hungry self. And quite mellow to boot.

Glad to hear about Noah (comment on other thread) I'm sure he's glad of it. As I asked there, does this mean the little guy has to sleep alone? I hope he's back to his fully normal self soon. Hoping you both have a great night. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, sunny afternoon greetings to you and your precious Theresa and little Tang from my precious Noah and me. I hope this finds each of you doing well and in good spirits. I know you still have awhile to go yet before you begin your travels home to your precious companions, and I hope the remaining time at work will treat you kindly.

Sounds like you and your little Tang are finding a "system" for the Benadryl routine - - and that is what counts. I am so sorry that it is so icky for your precious little boy. Having to give our companions meds is traumatic enough - - having to give them icky meds just adds more trauma to the situation. I am very sorry you both have to go through this ordeal - - but hope the purpose will be helpful in soothing the itch of your precious boy's ear when he needs it.

Washed a heavy blanket today - - still waiting to go into the dryer. Also finished the Christmas cards on the greeting card website, so all I have to do now is print them off, get the envelopes addressed, and put them in the mail after Thanksgiving. Still have the lunch dishes to clean up. A little while ago the UPS truck delivered ink cartridges for my color printer. The driver rang the doorbell. The last I saw of my precious Noah was him scurrying under the bed - - he does not like the sound of that doorbell. I keep telling him it's okay to come back out - - he will eventually venture out again.

I hope today is treating you and your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, my friend, and that your travels home will be safe and expedient so that you and your precious companions can have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam


Glad to hear Noah continues to improve and that you can get back to your Christmas card project free of stressful thoughts about your little man. Poor Noah and the door bell. My kittles love it. A hold over from when I used to be able to afford to have food delivered

Today was just awful at work. 4 main internet nodes out and in queue ALL day. One of them was my area; my apartment manager called in and totally didn't recognize my voice. But the funny thing is, most of the calls were not from that. Like my first sup said, sometimes a major outage shakes all the other oddball stuff loose. And boy did it

But it's over now, and I'm home to Theresa and Tang and a day off tomorrow. I don't need anything from Koger, so just a short jaunt to Save-a-Lot and done for the day. Hoping you and Noah have a blessed and peaceful evening. TTFN

TTT