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I could not stop smiling when I read your update about your furfamily & their antics.

The pictures tell so much...
Thank you Jenn for taking the time, in this crazy world, to share your home & give love so many sweetie pies.

This weekend, I hope that you have time for more JJ pictures too.
Your live a very interesting life.

What a great update! JJ sounds like even more of a complete sweetie every time you post.

I shall have to think about names for the other two.

i think Butch and SOnny are fine

and remember you can always alter it over time LOL

This weekend, I hope that you have time for more JJ pictures too.
Your live a very interesting life.

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Interesting is putting it lightly........ I wonder if we are obsessed with our kitties too.........hehe

This weekend I promise JJ pics will be forthcoming..... I will post some this afternoon when I get home from work. I will take some new ones... I need a new batch.........

But JJ is a real stinker. He is feeling better and being bossy again. He is back to his old self that he was when we first met him BEFORE his injury...

So.........till this afternoon. It will be sometime after 5-6pm... central time.

Jenn and JJ........

p.s. I like Butch and Sonny too. I like Sunny as well........ and even sundance....... hmmmmmmmmmm.... By the way, Fetus is letting me hold him a little more and he seems more relaxed with it. Holding is only for about 1 minute but he is doing better. He will be a lap cat one day. Star still hasn't come in. I gave her some milk and tuna last night. She sits a foot from me but stays out of frontline/touching range... She has a memory like an elephant........

boy do i need coffee! i just read Festus instead of Fetus....

hmmmmmmmm

can't wait to see more photos of JJ

bossy, eh?? i got one like that, but she only bosses ME around, the other cats, well they just seem to know to stay out of her way LOL

Well, sweet little JJ has decided he hates Emma. Today she was just walking in the living room and he ran her off in to the laundry room. He stood in the middle of the living room for a couple minutes then went to the laundry room and attacked her again!! Half his hair is shaved off and what was left was standing on end. She has never done anything to him but he has decided he want to kill her and she is scared of him.

He is either jealous of her or he is lashing out at her because he hurts and she is an easy target as she is so easy going. He can't hurt her.. Or it might be a combo of both. I would imagine he is frustrated right now. We cuddle JJ a lot. He seems to crave it right now. And emma also sits by me constantly as she always has and lays her head on my lap.

Here is JJ...... He is resting. He is on pain meds here. He has taken my couch blanket over and when he naps he like me to cover him and he cuddles down in it as it is real soft. I'm going to have to get me a new couch comforter.....






His incision looks good and tomorrow morning I am going to make his follow up visit to get his staples and stiches out..

Jenn

p.s. Emma walks WAY around JJ when he is resting. She is scared of him big time.... He is a big kitty.... And even though she is a big lab she has a heart of gold and is a very good natured dog...

JJ's on pain meds, huh? No wonder he looks so mellow in that pic! Great news that he's doing so well, and apparently is pretty fiesty, too. Poor Emma!

Poor Emma - though I'm glad to hear that JJ is feeling well enough to be so active.

The pain meds might be altering JJ's personality a little.
Also...he may be feeling venerable and Emma looks big and scary to him so he does a preemptive strike to scare her.

My guess is that soon, he will regain his emotional balance and settle down.

I'll look forward to you post vet post.

oh keep the pictures coming!

if i lived close enough...............

sigh

i love most cats, but some are just so SO great to look at and imagine holding, and JJ is definately one of those cats

like my boy snoopy was *sniff*

JJ is extremely active. He has never slowed down since I brought him home from the hospital... I thought he might take a few days and rest up but noooooo.... He initially started jumping all over the place...

The vet said I can let him out as soon as his stitches are out but I am keeping him in.... When we move and he has an enclosure he can got outside. I would worry if he were outside here.. big time......

I was off work today sooooo I worked in the house. It was a major job. Got the hallway painted. Got the bathroom mudded. Tomorrow I texture the bathroom.......

The cabin is a real killer..... I had to redo some of my husbands work because I am more careful than him and he splattered mud the other day when I wasn't there. His corners are not as neat either... He told me I would probably redo a few areas and he was right. My camera is in the car. I will go get it and upload a couple pictures of our progress...

Here's what I did today. We have not put in light fixtures or doors yet or flooring..........

Walls have been a major job....




But we are getting there. This has turned out to be a bigger project that we initally thought it would be. We have been working on it for 5 months now. We closed on it at the end of Feburary.....

Ignore the ugly window... We are buying new windows after we get in the house...

I am pooped!!!

And my back yard finally has grass.......... thank god. It seems like I planted it ages ago.




Jenn

JJ threw up a little last night but seems fine this morning. He might have just gagged. It was not food but stringy clear spit but it made him mad. It looked like foam with substance. I wiped his mouth and put him in bed with me and he recovered by snuggling... He stayed with me all night and seems fine this morning. I am up and he is still resting.

JJ just got up and I snapped a couple pics. He says "good morning to all".......... He is walking around meowing at me...... He does have a set of lungs on him. Sorry the pic quality is not good but it's just too early still.

In the first pic, you can see his sharmed arm from his IV. He has peach fuzz on his body now and on his arm... He has a worried look on his face. I hope he is not getting depressed.. I will talk to the vet about it when I see him next week. I'm sure what JJ is going through is normal, but he just seems a little different. He is not as happy as he was before the surgery. He is either blah, or angry and cuddly in an attempt to get over the blah or angry feelings. There are no in-between emotions. He is eating good and pooping good and does not seems to have his physical activity impared in any way.

But he just seems a little down these days. I'm sure it will pass. He is still afterall in the recovery stage.



You can see in this picture how he uses his front let slightly different in his balancing. See how it is more toward the middle part of his body when he walks. He walks pretty normal with front legs and hops with rear end. He is walking great.


I am fixing to get ready to work on the house.........so until later on........JENN

I'm sure recovery is harder at his age - and the meds might be making him feel icky.

Ring the vet - he sounds like a great guy - and check if progress is normal or if you should tweak his recovery a bit.

Kisses to you sweet JJ. I will ask Lady Three Paws for another prayer for you.

Thank you Satai.............

You are welcome Jenn.

I will call the vet in the morning. He is closed today. I will ask him about JJ's mental heath when I make his appointment about his stitches and staples getting removed next week. His incisions are clean, non infected and look fantastic. I am so glad there are no medical complications. I have read some cats go through a small period of depression when having a limb amputated. It is not severe in JJ's case and that might be due to him having so many cats around him. He has playmates and normal interaction with other animals. He doesn't just lay around. He is not playing but he is not just sleeping either. He has been enjoying laying on a table and looking outside.

I want to get moved so bad so JJ will have an enclosure.

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I will call the vet in the morning. He is closed today. I will ask him about JJ's mental heath when I make his appointment about his stitches and staples getting removed next week. His incisions are clean, non infected and look fantastic. I am so glad there are no medical complications. I have read some cats go through a small period of depression when having a limb amputated. It is not severe in JJ's case and that might be due to him having so many cats around him. He has playmates and normal interaction with other animals. He doesn't just lay around. He is not playing but he is not just sleeping either. He has been enjoying laying on a table and looking outside.

I want to get moved so bad so JJ will have an enclosure.

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I can understand your fears and sense of urgency - try to remain upbeat (and please believe that I know that's hard!) as kitties can sense our emotions. He may not be doing perfectly, but he is doing well, and it's a tough thing to got through. A human would not cope nearly so well so soon.

Do ring the vet - and until you get a chance to do that, just let it go. Normalacy is contagious.

good advice............ very good advice. I will do that.