I know because of the emails I’m receiving, some of you are worried about me and my health. I finally have my answers. After I had my colonoscopy a few days ago,  I suffered a pretty bizarre setback after I awoke from the Twilight Sleep. They gave me a shot of tramadol, which did not take the pain away, I was then taken to the emergency room and put through a range of tests.

I am relieved to know what’s going on with me. Why the devil I keep falling all the time. Also thankful that all the “doom and gloom guesses” that they were throwing my way were not accurate. Grateful to know the reasons behind my inability to pick up 20 pound bags of cat food, cat litter. Why I can’t even open up can of cat food anymore without assistance. Even explaining why it is so arduous for me now to scoop litter boxes. In other words why I can no longer Rescue actively.

My final diagnosis is; I have severe bilateral right hip and right shoulder osteoarthritis with multiple osteophytes. It is not curable, it is treatable to a certain extent. One radiologist wrote that i have osteoarthritis in unexpected places.

The surgeon is recommending a reverse right shoulder replacement as well as a right hip replacement. (I have politely declined both surgeries). I will do all that I can to  manage the pain. I’m thankful that all the specialists and all the tests and everything else which has consumed my time and thoughts is over. They initially thought I might have MS, then it was an auto- immune disease, then speculation it might be colon cancer- It was quite a long journey to reach this point.

Bentley is doing better. He is finally returning to his hyper-aggressive self. I am now just pilling him bare-fingered. (Thankfully, my tetanus shot is up-to-date.) So far, he has not bit me. I think my process using spray cheese and just wiping the cheese with the pill on the top of the roof of his mouth is working better than trying to get it down his throat. He goes in for a re-check next week, so we will see what his bloodwork has to say about how successful this is for him.

Now if you will excuse me, It has been an exhaustive two days and I just got back from the ER. There’s a pillow in the other room with my name on it. It’s waiting for me.

Happy Veterans Day to All who Served so nobly as well as their families. May God protect us all

We have been making headway with his medication. It’s come to the point now where I have to just pill him bare-handed. He’s caught on quite quickly that when I give him just a little bit of food in a saucer, he knows there’s a pill in there.  I was getting encouraged about his progress but last night we suffered a set-back. At 2 AM I heard a catfight. By the time I got outside, I realized that when I had gone in earlier to feed everybody, he had slipped out! One of my outdoor lights had been malfunctioning. I didn’t notice that he had darted out.

Unfortunately , we also recently have had a beat-up ol tomcat show up. This boy is hammered; torn ear flaps, scarred face among other battle scars but that doesn’t stop him from being aggressive. I put his age out of probably around 14 years old. He met up with Bentley and he beat the pound out of him.  By the time I got my robe and slippers on and got outside. They both were in a full roll! The noise was terrifying. Bentley is not up to his good weight yet. I finally got them apart. When I looked at Bentley, I knew that I couldn’t do anything for him. It wasn’t that kind of damage.

I had to take him to an after-hours vet. They determined that he’s extremely bruised and swollen. His abdomen especially was affected. I paid the bill. Which made me gasp. But I paid it and then when I got home and had decompressed with Bentley. I went and did my numbers and realized that was $26 short and in danger of going NSF.

if anyone is reading this and they have a little extra money, could you please send it my way? I’ve tried everything I can think of right now, but things are lean right here for me. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot of money but when you factor in  I’m currently feeding 22 cats- money doesn’t last very long.

I can certainly tell that Bentley is feeling quite poorly.  He did eat a little bit this morning. They want me to confine him for two weeks. However, I don’t need to confine him. He has confined himself. He has been in his cage with the door open ever since I brought him home he’s not moving much. I keep repeatedly going out there, looking for any type of heat coming off of him. They shaved him, but they couldn’t find any bite wounds. But bite wounds don’t show up right away. And they didn’t shave all of him because of the weather. So far, I haven’t found any wounds on him. I think it was just the fact that he’s so thin, and the Tom is so much bigger than he is, he just did not have a chance to get an upper hand

Please, if someone can help me cover this cost I would appreciate it. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot of money but right now for me it is.