4.05.2011

Happiness is a Warm Kitteh Blanket

So this is a bit of a departure from my tradition of (letting) Marissa do all the blog posts, but I couldn't resist posting these pictures of our surgically improved kitteh.

I say surgically improved because Dozer underwent his second FHO surgery (is that redundant?) this last week to remove the degraded (and broken) ball joint on his right hip. The Dr. said this is a hereditary condition that strikes (mostly) young male cats when the ball joint atrophies, becomes pitted and brittle, and then breaks. Once the FHO has been performed on both hips, the disease doesn't seem to affect other joints and the afflicted party is expected to live out the rest of their days normally.

Needless to say, with the femoral head and neck excised (leaving Dozer without a hip joint), walking can be pretty difficult for a while as he builds up the necessary muscle to replace the need of a joint. So, last night in a trip to the rest-box, Mr. Dozer had a little accident trying to make it in time. After Mommy cleaned the floor this morning, Daddy washed his favorite blanket and in the pictures below, you can see a VERY happy kitteh burying his nose into his favorite, warm-out-of-the-dryer blanket and giving it a gentle massage. As you look at the picture, try to imagine a very faint, stuttering purr coming from the poor little cat - maybe only his second purr since coming home in almost a week now (he did purr once last week very briefly when Mommy washed his blankie the first time). As I went upstairs to upload the pictures, it occurred to me that I could video his happy moment and post that. Too late, the moment had passed and all I received was a glare and the annoyed, cautious stare of a cat wondering what other horrible things I was planning on doing to him. Since that is his normal look, I decided not to take any further pictures or video...


HAPPY CAT!


He's getting further into it here with the nose pushed into the blanket and his little claws starting to work the material.


A closer look at the damage. He's also got a couple of shaved spots higher on his body where the IV and body systems monitors were attached.


The Patient's Recovery Room




4.03.2011

The NON-Birthday Party!

The K part of our friends K&L reached another one-year mark of living. However, he's not much into celebrating, so L had a NON-birthday party for him! Another friend of ours had also recently reached her one-year milestone so they (didn't) celebrate together! :)
Menu:
Kabobs~
Fruit! (S. made a delish taco dip too that I missed taking a photo of!)
Pinwheels~
Goat cheese, crackers n' craisins... MMM~
Amazing Thai dish~
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars~
And of course... a non-birthday cheesecake! :)
The evening non-celebrations:
We talked...
...and talked... (this is J., husband of S., the other non-birthday celebrator, whom I failed to photograph! Shame on me.)
Clearly the boys favorite past-time is talking! Non-birthday boy, K~
K., sweet son of J&S. I missed getting a photo of his sis tho! She had a beautiful skirt on that mama S. had made that day for her. Shame on me, twice!
Miss Lizzy even graced us with her presence. :)
Our hosts, K&L & Miss L~
We played Guesstures... always entertaining when Peter is acting!! :)
Floor? Carpet? Down?
Teacup?
We had a great time (not) celebrating! As always, the food was delish and the company was top-notch! Happy non-birthday K & S!

RE-POST: Vegas to Vancouver

The last time I posted this blog, it messed with my HTML and made my sidebar appear at the bottom... so here I am trying it a second time!

My dear hubby came home with some photos to journal his travels!! He spent 4 days in Vegas at a COMSEC conference (and hanging out til' the wee hours with my brofus) and the remainder of his time with his family in Vancouver, WA.
I think his favorite part of Vegas was this:
(ohhh, how I miss In-N-Out!)
Sweet picture of his parents in their new home:
His room while he stayed with them:
I thought this one was especially a nice photo of Daniel. :)
Sisters! T~
P~
S~Nieces! L~
J~
A&C with E
Sweet one~
Something was funny! :)
Wish I could have been there with the family, but I'm glad at least Peter was able to go. I'm also SO glad that he's home! I missed that man!