The two trailer park kitties are still with us, which reinforces my belief that whatever took Avis’ life was not feline distemper. They have moved from hiding from me everytime I feed, to cowering in the corner every part of their body shouting how scared they are to be in this world. I am able to pet them now without protection on my hands, but sadly, they are still quite terrified and it will be awhile before I see them relax and lean into the petting sessions. They are eating well and drinking water and using the litterpans. If this indeed was distemper that took Avis away from us, these two babies would also be at the Bridge. I heard before they put her down that Avis temp  went up to 107! That is indicative of FIP and I am glad we made the decision to put her and her babies to sleep however difficult that decision was for us.

I recently had a health scare and won’t know for a week what is actually going on- but woke up about a week ago unable to walk on my left leg without a great deal of pain. I thought it might be a residual of the bike wreck, so I treated it with home treatments and aspirin hoping it will go away. It didn’t, it got worse so I went in. The doctors ruled out all it wasn’t- said they haven’t quite seen such a puzzling injury before. The know it is NOT gout, tendonitis, Achilles rupture, or two other diagnosis that I can’t spell. They have put me on Doxycycline, an anti-inflammatory and gave me a pain shot that put me in lala land for a bit. 🙂 They took blood and said they will know in a week if this is an infection or something requiring surgery. They kept mentioning the dreaded D word to me (Diabetes) I told Mike if I get that result back I will become a vegan overnight!  Not sure what is going on, but for the first time in a week, I can walk on both feet without screaming so this is GOOD news. I told them it might be cat scratch fever as I share my bed with at least 6 cats and sometimes I wake up in the morning, see a fresh scratch and wonder how that happened? *G* I just gave it to God yesterday and it is in His hands as to what happens now.