Macky, Mowie, and Sunny

Wow, it’s been a crazy long time since I wrote on here.  Time really goes fast when you’re continually picking up Macky poop, or continually making sure Macky isn’t about to break another leg.  Sorry about that all you Mac and Sunny and Mowie lovers out there!

The day has finally come.

No, Macky isn’t moving out.

Mac and Sunny are getting fixed tomorrow morning.  It’s way overdue since we’ve been putting it off for about 6 months now.  Well, not really putting it off.  More like these cats keep getting themselves in trouble so lets take them to the vet now and delay getting fixed.   But all cats have been great these last few weeks, so no more delaying!  Well, we still have approximately 12 hours until the surgery, so who knows what could happen with these cats.

I’m glad they’re getting fixed.  Hopefully the insane crying at the front door will stop.  Hopefully the running out the front door non-sense will stop, too.  I’m sure Mowie is overly excited, too.  No more kittens sniffing her butt and trying to hump her every second of the day.

I just hope they don’t lose that kitten innocence and curiousity about them.  They have such strong, yet unique, personalities that we’ve come to love and enjoy.  I know they won’t change entirely, and who knows, maybe Macky will turn into a lap cat afterall!  Or maybe Macky just won’t get hurt every other day anymore.  I’d settle for either one. :)

Wish them luck everybody!  They’re going under the knife in a few hours.  Then they’ll be back home later that evening!

Stay tuned as the drama continues…

Mac and Sunny turned ten months old this week.

:speechless:

Macky officially knows his name, whether he chooses to respond or not. Sunny responds to anything because he’s just a good cat. Mowie responds to the sound of a can of food opening.

The past month or so has been filled with frustration. Mac and Sunny desperately need to be neutered, but all of their health problems have prevented us from doing so. Every week someone is on antibiotics for something. Lately it is the wretched mouth ulcers- we are currently awaiting the results of Sunny’s bloodwork to see if they can be diagnosed with some disease. We don’t know what that means, but we were told it’s nothing bad. We also don’t know what this means for the neutering plans. We should find out this week. :crosses fingers:

In the meantime, Macky screams his head off at the front door. Why? We don’t know. Sunny had a screaming stint, but he would actually run out the door. Macky doesn’t want to leave… he’s not stupid. The real world practically ate him alive the last time he was out there. He would never leave momma and dadda. Sometimes we open the door and ask him to leave, to which he looks at us as if to say “Are you crazzzzzy?!” In the voice of the kid from Big Daddy, of course.

Sunny has not been running out the front door down the 87 flights (ok maybe its 4 flights) of stairs of the condo as much lately, but he still gets the occassional run in. And let me tell you, we can’t catch that sucker til he gets to the bottom and realizes there’s no where to go. I think he has a girlfriend downstairs because on valentine’s day he was particularly eager.

Neuter countdown ___ days.

ps- we find out if mowie’s worms are gone this week. oh, she didn’t want us to talk about that on here. sorry mowie.

Yes, that’s right folks!  Mowie went to the vet this week, and not Macky!  Isn’t that a HUGE shocking event?

Mowie didn’t go for a good reason, but she’s asked us not to disclose her ailment for the entire kitty internet to see.  It seems she’s a bit embarrassed.  We made a paw-slash-pinky promise with her, so we won’t say a worm, I mean, word about it!

Mowie is on the road to recovery, though, which is great!  She was a bit shaken up by the vet visit and was incredibly mushy from it.  She got three shots, count it, t-h-r-e-e, shots!  Not for her ailment, though.  The vet recommended we vaccinate her since we have no idea of her prior shots and what not.

And as a final note, Macky’s lip is doing much better and is almost fully healed.  It’s a shame he’ll be back at the vet shortly to be fixed aka manhood cut off.

I’m beginning to think that Macky fakes his illnesses just to go to the vet and get attention.  The people at the vet LOVE Macky and flood him with attention.  And I’m talking about more attention than when Macky poops and all you hear from Rebecca and I is, “holy shit! Macky pooped again!” as the room fills up with the smell of, well, Macky poop.  They overwhelm him with compliments — how pretty handsome he is, how well he behaves (what?!), and how much of a lovable mush he is (somewhat true, atleast when he first wakes up in the morning).

The good news from the vet?  Macky isn’t dying (sorry Macky, maybe a couple more life-threatening injuries will do it) .  He apparently is prone to get these ulcers around his lips.  Nothing too serious, but still something that needs our attention.  There’s nothing that causes these ulcers — no, not even chewing on carboard boxes, Macky.

The bad news?  Macky will more than likely suffer from these ulcers for the rest of his life.  The vet stated that he’ll need cortizone shots for the rest of his life.  At this point, my stomach sinks.  Not because poor Macky will be getting shots like woah, but because I’m thinking, “fuck, I’m going to have to give him a needle every god damn day!”

Well, it turns out that the shots aren’t a monthly thing or any routine like that.  And it turns out that I won’t be administering the shots to Macky, phew!  Instead, it’s recommended that we just bring Macky in each time we spot his lips flare up again.  The vet said it might be a monthly thing, could be a yearly thing, or might just never occur ever again.

My money is on, knowing Macky, a weekly thing.

Macky doesn’t appear in pain, which is great.  The vet said that it probably just feels like a fat lip to him, but if the ulcers go uncared for, then he could encounter lots of pain.  Regardless, he’s still the most hyper and most active cat in the house.  He still jumps off of everything and anything, and still tries to climb up the shower curtains as often as possible.

So he’s been taking his antibiotics like a good little boy (I swear, he loves that stuff).  His next vet appointment should be in a month when we get his balls cut off him fixed.  But he won’t be alone, Sunny is due to be fixed as well.

……and Macky is going to see the vet, again, on Tuesday.  The other side of his lip is now all raw and red, while the other side appears healed and healthy.  Figures.

Well, it was just a matter of time before something new (somewhat new) happened to Macky. You know those ulcers we spoke about a few entries back? Well, they went away. The skin is no longer raw nor red and appears healthy. The black pigment is still there, but I’m convinced that it’s just that, black pigment.

Upon giving Macky his hourly daily checkup, I noticed some rawness on the other side of his mouth. Right now, it’s just red and looks like there is some puss present. He doesn’t appear to be in pain, I can touch it without him flipping out. His eating habits are normal. His pooping habits, normal, too.

When we brought Sunny to the vet last time, she gave us some kind of oral cleansor to use. So, instead of overreacting bringing Macky to the vet, I’m going to try to continually clean out his lips with this cleansor. I figured I’d give it a week or so, and then determine if a vet visit is needed. He’s in great spirits, so I’m comfortable going this route. If he was in pain, it would be an entirely different story — he’d be at the emergency room right now.
Macky is going to make me poor. But that’s okay, the happiness he brings (regardless of the heart attacks sometimes) is well worth it!

Today we noticed that Sunny was also developing a small ulcer on his lip. I called the vet, thinking they would just throw some extra antibotics our way, but no…they wanted to see him. His case was nothing compared to Mac’s, as Sunny’s just looked like a blister on the front of his lip. Knowing that he needed antibiotics to cure it, we wanted to make sure it was taken care of before it worsened.

Sunny has not been to the vet in forever, so he happily went in the carrier. He let out one meow in the car and that was it. He went to sleep the whole way there. When they opened the carrier to let him out, he was cuddled up in the blanket we have in there as if he was a human baby. He wouldn’t let them take him out and looked terrified, but by the end of the exam he actually hestitated when going back in the carrier! He liked the way the vet tech scratched his chin and thought he might want to stay a little bit longer…

As we predicted he didn’t need a shot for pain as Macky did and was just given some antibiotics. We were also given some disinfecting mouth spray, which we were told might burn the kitties.. so we’re not sure about using that.

We, and even the vet, are puzzled as to what is causing the ulcers. They are only on both kitten’s lips, not their tongues. The first vet said that she has seen the condition in dogs who chew power cords, but if that was the case it would be on their tongues as well. It is some sort of chemical reaction, which they suggested a household cleaner as the cause, but there is nothing out in the open for them. They do have a cardboard “playhouse” which is basically torn apart which we think may be the cause. They also received a lot of new toys for Christmas which could be causing some sort of reaction. Mac’s ulcers are based on the corner of his lip, like he’s rubbing up against something to mark it in that cat thing they do.

I searched the place today and got rid of the playhouse and a suspicious toy, to which Sunny was devastated and screamed “Mommy noooooo!” So I waited until he walked away. However, he understands that safety comes first.

We thought that Mac had a rough 2006 even though he wasn’t born until the end of April. In those 8 months he was near death, had an eye infection, had an abscess, broke his leg which needed surgery and mysteriously bled all over the place one day.

Last night I noticed that the side of Macky’s mouth was red and black. His lips and nose are normally very pale pink.. almost white, but only one side of his mouth was discolored. When I took a closer look, the corner of his lip looked unbelievably raw. Sunny often gets chapped lips that get scabs, but that was nothing compared to this. We thought his abscess didn’t heal properly or something was wrong with his teeth, though they looked fine to us.

We brought him to the vet as soon as we could today. Mac put up such a fight. I should have never bragged about how he walked right into the carrier last time. He squirmed out of the carrier about 5 times…and the times that I was actually able to pick him up were seldom compared to my attempts. He hid under the bed, behind the chair and bit me when I tried to get him out. I have never felt so horrible in my life. I had to bribe him with treats and toys. Luckily he’s still naive enough to fall for it and trust me (which made me feel even worse). Sunny made out like a bandit and actually went in the box to earn more treats. Since he never goes to the vet, he didn’t understand that the carrier = bad.

Mac was diagnosed with ulcers on his mouth. Luckily nothing was wrong with his teeth, although a part of his bottom gum was covered as well. The vet said it’s very painful, so he got an anti-inflamatory shot while he was there, and his favorite antibiotics to go home with. I wasn’t being sarcastic about that, Mac loves Clavamox.

He is only 8 months old and everyone at the vet’s office knows him… and he hasn’t even had the chance to be neutered yet! Maybe its just this cute face of his…

Luckily as I sat here writing about him, he came over to forgive me with some kitten kisses.

Today was Mac’s final visit to the vet for that broken leg of his! Luckily everything healed properly and he’s set for a happy life of climbing curtains, eating strings and kicking litter all over the freshly vacuumed floor.

He was actually sleeping this morning when we had to leave…for those of you who don’t know, Macintosh NEVER sleeps. I felt like I was waking him up for school. I thought it would be cruel to throw him in the kitty carrier when he didn’t know it was coming, I felt I should give him the opportunity for a fair fight. I grabbed my jacket and keys which is Mac’s cue to guard the door and say “Mommy don’t leeeeave!” Little did he know that today he was coming with me.

I put the box in front of the door where he was barricading and he walked right in. Easiest thing I have ever done. I actually think Sunny wanted to come too. Once I got down the stairs of the building and Mac could see daylight, he knew he was in deep. He started screaming and knew where he was going.

He was pretty good the whole way and time there. I kept sticking my fingers in his carrier to let him know I was still there, since he has nightmares about the time they took him in the back to take xrays and he didnt see mommy for 2 days. I wanted to reassure him that they wouldn’t take him in the back again, but the poor guy still has to be neutered! At least then he’ll have Sunny to keep him company.

Once we were back in the car Mac didn’t say a word. The sun was shining on him which made him sleepy and he slept the entire way home. I guess he knows I’ve never put him back in the car and proceeded to take him back to the vet. That would just be mean.

He was so tired he didn’t even ask to go to McDonald’s and play in the ball pit as I promised. Just one cookie later (I had a bunch ready to buy his forgiveness) and Mac said, “Vet? What vet? I didn’t go to the vet today” :chases Sunny:

Santa Claws will have to bring him extra cookies.

Macky and I have a lot in common.

I know, I know. I know what you’re thinking — we share our stunning good looks, our eating habits (eating 24/7), our cute personalities, and much more. But we now share one more thing: we have both broken our femur bones in our legs.

Pray for Macky and wish him the best. He’ll be in the hospital for a few days and then might need surgery come Tuesday-ish. It’s probably best that he gets his rest in the hospital. They said we can come visit him whenever we want, so that was certainly something nice to hear. This house is definitely going to be a lot different without him around the next week or so.

Rebecca and I miss him dearly; we keep playing the “what’s Macky doing right now” game and the “if Macky was here right now, he would be doing…” game. Sunny misses his play-buddy and he now resorts to trying to clean my ears, and not Macky’s. Mowie misses invoking fear into lil Macintosh, but she looks forward to gaining a friend in Sunny.