At least she’s not destroying the village.

Just a little update. 

Scratchy is doing great, his fur is growing in, and we’re doing a better job on regulating his food intake. 

A funny little thing we’ve noticed….

Nothing much to report – he’s doing great.  Back to his old (young) self.

I was working the latter half of a double when Bill texted me to say that Scratchy’s tube was out.  Feeding tube…out.  No one took it out, mind you.  At least, none of us humans.  We were all at work or at school, so somehow…the tube came out.  It had been stitched in place where… Continue reading Taking Matters into His Own Paws

Just moments before I took this picture, Scratchy was chewing on the garlic stalks to the right of the above picture. He’s also been chewing on plastic bags and wrappers when the opportunity presents itself. Definitely getting back to his old self.

The kids holler for me any time Scratchy is spotted exhibiting normal, aka pre-Scary Sickness, behavior.

“Mom!  Scratchy’s eating!”

“Mom, come quick!  Scratchy’s drinking water!  Out of his bowl!”

“Mom!  I saw Scratchy use the litterbox!  He pooped!”

There is no privacy here.

I had a message on the answering machine this afternoon from Scratchy’s veterinarian – his blood work came back and while he’s not back to normal, his numbers have improved remarkably (the Dr’s word). 

I’d had a long day, I was tired, headachy, and verging on weepy-for-no-reason.  Then I got that message and suddenly I felt better about things.

He had a few bites of food this morning.

Did the same thing yesterday morning.

Alex got him to eat a little bit of canned food the evening before that.

So that’s progress.