Precious is home

 

what happened?

We wanted to share what has happened to Precious in

the past 3 months.  It has not been pretty and of course

it has been traumatic for her.  And us almost as much.

She was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in early October.

And put on 5 mg. of methimazole a day.  

We did not realize that she is in the 4% group of

felines who can not take this.  It was actually killing her.

In the 4 weeks she was on it,  she became so very lethargic.

She was not interested in play,  her food, watching the birds

outside.  She slept 20 hours a day.

In the 3rd week,  we found fresh drops of blood on her

food mat.  Grabbed her up and inspected her head to tail

and could find not cuts or scratches and missing claws

to account for it.  Unfortunately I continued giving

her the pills.  But 5 days later,  she rubbed her bleeding

nose on my hand.  It was a Friday and no one to help

us at the vet office.   I immediately researched on line 

about methimazole and discovered this is a bad sign.

Stopped giving her the meds and got an appointment

for Monday to have a blood test.

  Her red and white blood cells were way low,  her platelets had

started clumping and her T4 had gone from 7.1 down to 

point 9.  Her thyroid was really no longer functioning.

Our only choices  were to give her special food for the

rest of her life,  no treats ever, not a bite of anything else.

And she is only 14 so this did not sound good to any of us.

We chose to go with the I-131 radioactive iodine. 

Our vet here left it for me  to find where and when it

could take place. We waited six weeks to get an appointment.

The closest Animal Hospital was 60 miles away with

an 8 AM appointment to have her blood tested first.

She had her iodine by 4 PM and spent the night.

Precious was there 36 hours and we were so glad

to get the call to come and get her.

Now we wait,  in 4 weeks she must have a blood test and

see if this is working for her.  This treatment works in

95% of cats.  We are hoping she has the results needed.

"Lookie at me!  I'm radioactive!"

We appreciate all the well wishes.  We hope any kitty out

there that has hyperthyroidism is watchful for the possibility

that methimazole is not always the right medicine.

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It is much appreciated.

Radioactive Iodine I-131 treatment

 "Did Santa bring evfurry thing you had on yer list?"

"Lynn tells me I will git boxed up on Monday morning.

She says I have to leave her fur a couple days.  I do not

understand, which is a good thing. Boxing day should

be fur good stuff, not bad stuff."

Precious is scheduled for I-131 iodine treatment for

her hyperthyroid condition.  If all goes well she will

only be gone for 2 days.

At some point in the future when we both feel up to

purring about this, we will share what bad stuff has

happened in the past couple months.

Until then,  please share your purrs for Precious.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and a comment.

It is much appreciated.

Getting Ready for Santa

 "I got this great photo of me.  The kind where you go for those fancy hooman sexy portraits."

"I think it shows I'm in the Christmas Spirit.

Did you see my trip with the other kitties?

Here's the link if you didn't.

https://downhomeinnc.blogspot.com/2025/12/happy-tuesday-double-date-with-my.html

"Lynn's been readin' me this here book.  It was written

by a cat fur a kitten.  I find it furry entertaining."

"Purrsonally,  I save evfurry day!"

"Merry Christmas,  Happy Holidays."

This Nativity is Willie's in the UK. We thought it was just lovely.

His Mother had this in Sicily 73 years ago.  And Willie puts it out

every year.

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It is much appreciated.

Best Place to Wait for the Big Day

 "I'm gonna wait it out fur Santa's arrival right here under the tree."

"Lynn and the man who rubs my belly,

put up the tree in the corner this year."

"I like this arrangement. They left room

so I can circle around the box if I want to."

"And furom here I kin hear any noise

Rudolph the Red Nose may make on

our rooftop."

"And Lynn put in a thick blankie with a

soft towel on top.  Now, Lynn would you

mind droppin' the curtain so Santa won't

know I'm in here waiting."

"Now I'm in here to listen fur the

8 tiny reindeers to bring Santa to my 

roof and drop a bag full of yummy

treats and nippy toys.  (I'll never play

with the toys, mol.)  But a kitty girl

has to git lotsa stuff you know."

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It is much appreciated.

Close Fit

 "I'm tryin' my best to fit in.  Not fit in with other cats or worse,

hoomans,  just fit in the scratcher bed."

"Ya know Lynn,  you shoulda checked fur size before you 

got this one.  It had to have been made fur a chipmunk."

Full disclosure: this found a new home in November.

Just wanted to share the last of the photos of the

infamous cat scratcher bed.

"Lynn went Etsy shoppin' fur herself agin.  The photos

do not show the true colors, though.  But these are her

Christmas gift to herself.  They fit purrfect.

Why don't y'all take a look

at  etsy.com/shop/cbwhiskersandpaws.  They have lots of fun things."

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It is much appreciated.

Happy Day after the Turkey Dinner

 "Do all you have lots of extra turkey dinner left fur eatin' all weekend  long?"

"Hope yer not in a turkey coma.  I'm in a sun puddle coma."

BFF Jo Jo and me 

We hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend.

Domestic turkey inspecting my bike and me  in October.

With his harem of one hen a few Guinea Hens.

"No Mackerull,  I did not eat theeze burdz."

"Thank you fur the birthday wishes.  I'm 14 now.

Lynn still says I'm too young to drive!

And date!  But my beaus sent me cards!"

Rocky sent me punkin pie with my paw on it.
Brody sent me a full belly shot.

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It is much appreciated.

Never know who's gonna come along

 "I'm glad Lynn put the bike away.  She just walks here now, so she's not gone as long."

"So I lay here on some nippy and under the orange tree

(not the kind you eat) and wait fur her to come home.

My catio is put away and I have no real interest outside.

I watch the leaves blow by,  but the moths and crickets are

all bedded down fur the winter."

I haven't been around the neighborhood for a long while.

But biking ended early October.  Now I have a few

different ways of walking at home.  They all take me down a 

steep hill just to have to come up the same one.  

I was glad to see this kitty at the same house as I have for 

a few years.  He was meowing quite a bit.

"Lynn,  I think it was acause Santa's Reindeer was behind you.

He must be scoping out the right trails to follow to our house.

You know,  to bring me gifts."

That might be right Precious.  And yes,  the kitty was looking

behind me while meowing.  I was not expecting to be 

followed by this buck.

A neighbor's dogwood tree. Love the color contrast with the bird bath.

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It is much appreciated.