tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45076266022057933442024-03-17T00:12:35.282-06:00The Adventures of Percy the CatPercy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-49996768192908381712024-02-02T13:06:00.003-07:002024-02-03T10:22:03.828-07:00Sad news - Percy has passed away.<p>Hi everyone,</p><p>The mum here. I know I haven't posted at all in the last few years, but I've spent the last few days looking back at all the entries I made with Percy over his first years with me. I'm sad to tell you that Percy passed away yesterday at age 19. He had been poorly with kidney disease for a while, slowly declining, but from August of last year, he'd been losing weight despite everything we tried. He had an ultrasound too, and we weren't sure if it was cancer, but it might have been.</p><p>He was the best of cats, and myself and my spouse will miss him very much indeed.</p><p>December 21, 2004 - February 1, 2024</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNT4FzGjt7q4Bxx7qZpMNQagRv0a25nYipvFe1mk_NVQzMODlhQ_hwrz_yPjLicmPiLlB6bD83f63pTdmuQQRweJ716AesdXmYv8_uybwXDQbj-Q47edEKrq0Ctu3fcMxjGI0W1BRfszB8ib5lVSz8JDOlYqXoOws-5xIN3n9TOf6R7E7QpGHXe4Wv0Wbo/s1208/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-02%20at%201.05.11%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNT4FzGjt7q4Bxx7qZpMNQagRv0a25nYipvFe1mk_NVQzMODlhQ_hwrz_yPjLicmPiLlB6bD83f63pTdmuQQRweJ716AesdXmYv8_uybwXDQbj-Q47edEKrq0Ctu3fcMxjGI0W1BRfszB8ib5lVSz8JDOlYqXoOws-5xIN3n9TOf6R7E7QpGHXe4Wv0Wbo/w369-h640/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-02%20at%201.05.11%20PM.png" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you want to check out some of my more recent posts, with lots of photos of Percy in the last few years, I am on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alyslinn/">https://www.instagram.com/alyslinn/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you to Ann @ Zoolatry for the beautiful image of Percy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUT9kSEJOqWgcJW1clKF1FP6GP6c4WzpzZR10y0hb06wIImzkerkYYijKGWxXUGdtF8grY9wicPbD-XU_8tvcL4l7UumUQDFkQI70XwALoh2N5xjQ9mwWZnpj6yYQgDvlpUifTZk2dZRVBh7Arqw0fv0n8yRn0b2B60tfe09TshmnrDSnzD1UZPGP-hmey/s600/percyforever.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUT9kSEJOqWgcJW1clKF1FP6GP6c4WzpzZR10y0hb06wIImzkerkYYijKGWxXUGdtF8grY9wicPbD-XU_8tvcL4l7UumUQDFkQI70XwALoh2N5xjQ9mwWZnpj6yYQgDvlpUifTZk2dZRVBh7Arqw0fv0n8yRn0b2B60tfe09TshmnrDSnzD1UZPGP-hmey/w400-h400/percyforever.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-42278518373422652562017-10-26T08:30:00.000-06:002017-10-26T08:30:04.697-06:00Sad news. Again.Mom really needs to update this place more often. But we have sad news. My sister Zowie got very sick with kidney disease and she has now joined her sister Pandora. :( She was two weeks away from her 19th birthday, and we miss her very much.<br />
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<br />Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-56424509822074410212017-01-18T07:30:00.002-07:002017-01-18T07:30:13.027-07:00Sad news.I am sad to have to tell you this news. My sister Pandora went to the Rainbow Bridge on January 8th, at just over 18 years old. She had a quickly developing kidney disease and our mum had to make the hard decision.<br />
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We miss her a lot, but Zowie misses her especially, since they were sisters and never apart. And mum is very sad.<br />
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<br />Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-43416334719556902792014-11-06T06:26:00.001-07:002014-11-06T06:26:29.324-07:00Happy 16th Birthday, Pandora & Zowie!My sisters Pandora are Zowie are SIXTEEN today!<br />
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<br />Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-83554034152021405362014-11-01T15:45:00.003-06:002014-11-01T15:47:15.844-06:00Making friends with BismarckSort of.<br />
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I will admit to hissing at her a bit. But she hisses at me too. We are, however, better friends than she is with my sisters, who tend to hiss *and* growl at her. But we are all getting better at getting used to each other. Mum has taken a few new photos to show how we're getting along.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bismarck and I sharing time playing with the feather toy.</td></tr>
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I will admit to also sampling some of Bismarck's food, but that's because Mum doesn't feed us crunchies. Bismarck gets some because that's what she was getting at her previous home and Mum doesn't want to change that too quickly.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-42268685583412588292014-10-25T07:31:00.001-06:002014-10-25T07:31:19.472-06:00We know it's been a really long time!Mum says she's meant to help us post more often, but she's been super busy with work, and her writing (she has a new book coming out in February!) But I urged her to help us post today, because we have Big News.<br />
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Do you remember our cousin, Bismarck? Mum posted pics of her and her sister Freddie back in 2009. Back then, she looked like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a kitten (Feb. 2009)</td></tr>
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So, Bismarck has come to live with us!<br />
That's right, we have a new sister and we are her new furever home.<br />
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Bismarck's parents weren't able to keep her (don't worry, her sister has a home), so Mum volunteered for her to come live with us.<br />
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We'll be honest, it hasn't been super easy, because we are not used to having a new cat around, but we are trying our best. It's been less than two weeks, and already Bismarck is out and wandering around with us, and sometimes we even play together. We do get hissy a lot though, if we get too close.<br />
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Here's Bismarck today. Mum says she's very gorgeous, especially her eyes.<br />
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Mum is a little late posting today for me, but as she gave me extra scritches and cuddles for my birthday, I think I can forgive her.<br />
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Thank you to everyone who posted on the previous post with birthday wishes! We hope you are having a lovely holiday season!Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-69177295004213709332013-11-06T02:00:00.000-07:002013-11-06T02:00:06.873-07:00Happy Birthday Pandora & Zowie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pandora and Zowie are FIFTEEN today! Mum says she can't believe how fast the time has gone. She also says that we're going to get extra stinky goodness to celebrate, and treats too. Perfect!<br />
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And we're sorry for not posting. We are doing just fine, but mum has been very busy and hasn't had time to help us blog. She is writing a lot these days, and has had several books and stories published in the last year. (You can check her out on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alyssa-Linn-Palmer/e/B006X85EFO/">http://www.amazon.com/Alyssa-Linn-Palmer/e/B006X85EFO/</a> and she is also on BN.com, Smashwords.com and lots of other booksellers.)Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-37512565551144354312013-07-15T06:26:00.002-06:002013-07-15T06:26:49.613-06:00Happy Birthday Mum!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's mum's birthday today! She has to go to work, but we are going to make sure she gets plenty of snuggles when she gets home.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-47898474934033104362013-06-14T20:35:00.001-06:002013-06-14T20:35:05.178-06:00Busy like bees.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mum has been very busy. She's been writing A LOT.<br />
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And now she has a book. Yup, another one. It's the start of a new series. Go here to see it on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Game-Rouge-Series-Volume/dp/1484834828/">http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Game-Rouge-Series-Volume/dp/1484834828/</a><br />
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(it is also in ebook on Amazon, and on Smashwords, and will be on B&N and stuff soon.)<br />
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In the meantime, we will try to have more posts up now and then. We are still reading everyone's blogs, but mum hasn't been able to help us comment lately.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-88526794084122772682013-06-04T18:34:00.001-06:002013-06-04T18:34:12.758-06:00We are still here.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Mum has been super busy lately (and travelling) so we haven't really had much chance to post.
But we wanted to ask if anyone has a kitty who is hyperthyroid. Zowie has just been diagnosed, so mum is doing her research and stuff.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-64862050880358321552013-04-06T08:46:00.000-06:002013-04-06T08:46:06.200-06:00Wow! Jungle panthers vs. house panthers!We found this video online, and it's sure impressive to see the similarities between a jungle panther and a house panther (like me!)<br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/62137814" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/62137814">Duality</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/richkuras">Rich K</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-12797822943478582882013-03-14T18:06:00.000-06:002013-03-14T18:06:07.908-06:00It's my GOTCHA day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mum says she didn't forget, but she did forget to do up a post for us to celebrate! So here we are now. And this means that I have been Gotcha'd for 4 whole years!Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-51766235680479427092013-03-01T21:38:00.000-07:002013-03-01T21:38:04.679-07:00Been busy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, we have sure been busy here. Mum is doing a lot of work (she works full-time, plus freelance as a fiction editor), and we had our annual checkup with our v-e-t.<br />
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Of course you know what that means... poking, and prodding, and checking. Unfortunately me and Zowie had bad toofs, so we had to go get our toofs cleaned. And I am a slightly less mancatly mancat now, because my special last upper canine toof had to be pulled. Mum is a bit sad about it too, but it needed to come out, because the v-e-t said it would be abscessed and icky very soon.<br />
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And Zowie had 4 toofs pulled. Ouchie. The v-e-t says it's because she's getting older, and neither her nor Pandora have ever had very good toofs. However, mum is just glad that we both did well, though she wishes it didn't cost so many green papers.<br />
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Pandora still thinks we smell funny though. Darn v-e-t office smells!Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-1441331279855695442013-02-03T14:09:00.000-07:002013-02-03T14:09:46.271-07:00Sunday Snuggles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today mum and I had some really nice Sunday snuggles.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-37211513695674432112013-01-18T21:15:00.001-07:002013-01-18T21:15:30.178-07:00Happy (belated) New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mum's behind in helping me blog, but that's okay. She's been pretty busy. But she was home over the holidays so we got in LOTS of snuggle time. She says I am now snugglier than I have ever been before. I suppose that's true, but it's because I didn't realize exactly how nice it was to snuggle right up next to her when she's writing. It's the best!Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-3825113515636422212012-12-20T19:29:00.001-07:002012-12-20T19:29:27.821-07:00It's my birthday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am eight years old!Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-70008086070644418762012-12-16T11:40:00.002-07:002012-12-16T11:40:32.360-07:00Wait a minute....!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I heard someone say something about December 21, 2012 being the end of the world.<br />
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I'd like to inform you that it's not true. How do I know?<br />
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It's my BIRTHDAY.<br />
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So obviously, not the end of the world.<br />
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Sheesh. Silly humans. (Thankfully mum is not one of those silly ones. She has my birthday to prepare for!)Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-16042943928915071202012-11-22T17:57:00.001-07:002012-11-22T17:57:24.332-07:00We are Sad.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our pal on the blogosphere, the most awesome <a href="http://hufflemawson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Huffle Mawson</a>, has gone to the Bridge. We're going to miss her an awful lot.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-4342561066165220492012-11-06T02:00:00.000-07:002012-11-06T02:00:07.392-07:00Happy Birthday Pandora & Zowie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pandora and Zowie are FOURTEEN years old today! Mum says you would never know it -- they run around like a herd of elephants (oh, that's mostly Zowie and I that do that... oops), and look just like kittens (or so visitors say).<br />
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We'd love to have everyone come over for a PARTY! We need to celebrate 14 in style!<br />
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<br />Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-12432780366273977672012-10-13T16:29:00.001-06:002012-10-13T16:29:41.174-06:00Getting close to Halloween!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are excited for Halloween! Well, I am. Mum says I am a perfect decoration for Halloween, and of course I agree with her. Who wants one of those silly toy kitties when you can have a REAL house panther?<br />
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Of course over here in Canada people are superstitious about black cats. We think that is very silly indeed. This is why we think black cats are awesome:<br />
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<li>We match everything.</li>
<li>We look elegant in black.</li>
<li>We are very friendly.</li>
<li>We are laid back.</li>
<li>We can hide in the shadows.</li>
<li>We are house panthers.</li>
<li>Our furs don't show up on your black pants.</li>
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If you are in our area and think that having a black cat is for you, check out the magnificent house panthers at the <a href="http://www.meowfoundation.com/" target="_blank">MEOW Foundation's website</a>.</div>
Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-38393401849790068032012-08-22T20:05:00.003-06:002012-08-22T20:05:34.198-06:00Oops.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are SO late in posting. I will tell you that it's mum's fault, because she's been so busy she hasn't had any time at all to help us blog. (She does still have lots of time to play with us and feed us excellent stinky noms, so that's good at least.)<br />
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We have not been up to much: taking in the hot weather (too hot, mum says!), playing with Da Bird (we haven't quite killed it yet!), eating noms, and sleeping with mum.<br />
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<br />Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-76159414374698798772012-07-15T00:00:00.000-06:002012-07-15T00:00:02.180-06:00Happy Birthday to our Mum!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's mum's birthday today (July 15th)! We are going to give her lots of extra snuggles and purrs.<br />
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Pandora is doing well on her antibiotics (even if she doesn't much like the taste of them), and the v-e-t just called with her bloodwork results -- NO hyperthyroid, and actually no problems at all. Her bloodwork is very good for a senior ladycat. Mum is very relieved.<br />
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Thank you all for your purrs and grrs. We know it has helped. :)<br />
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ETA: The vet thought Pandora might be hyper-t because she is so small and skinny. But she isn't, and mum is glad.Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507626602205793344.post-8203009570324486212012-07-07T14:35:00.001-06:002012-07-07T14:35:04.574-06:00Purrs for Pandora<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>The mum here...Well, Pandora's not a very happy kitty at the moment. The vet was over today, and Pandora had blood drawn and (an attempted) urine sample (but she peed a bit on the floor, and there was blood, so the vet took some of that.) UTI, and possibly (after physical examination) a likelyhood of hyperthyroidism. But the blood results will give a bigger picture. So, Pandora's on antibiotics for the UTI, and I'm sure she'll just love that. It's liquid, but I don't know how it'll taste...</i><br />
<br /><i>I had the vet in because Pandora had peed outside the litterbox twice in two days. She's the only cat of my three who has ever had UTIs before, and that's exactly the symptom she showed the first two times. (First time, she peed on me, lol). She now has 10 days worth of antibiotics, and I'll have to wait until next week to get the results of the bloodwork. I'm really hoping it isn't hyperthyroidism or anything else. Pandora's cuddling pretty close and I'm sure she'd love some purrs and grrrs from the blogosphere. :)</i>Percy the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249030543403959091noreply@blogger.com13