Thankful Thursday

Da Beebs: Friends, I almost didn't make it to this week's post. I did not eat for several days and #1 made the fateful call to the vet on Tuesday morning. Then, I hacked up an impressive series of hairballs... and I ate something! So, there's #1 scratching her head... She decided she would take me in to see Dr. C after all as she hadn't seen me since early April. Mr. G and Ms. N very kindly came along, and they drove so I could ride with #1, in my harness. #1 decided that Dr. C would make the call, but she said there was no way I would be sent on my way because of hairballs. Anypaw, the sad fact is that I am very skinny, I've lost muscle mass, and I am getting quite jaundiced, in addition to my issues with mange. I'm actually a bit of a mess, but #1 loves me just as much anyway. Dr. C, who brought me into this world when she performed the Caesarian on Mama Tama, took my temperature and said that I seemed to have a bit of an infection. She also said that I was still active and did not have "that look" in my eyes, so I got a reprieve! Friends, I am on borrowed time, so I am making the most of every second. I am on a new round of antibiotics, this time to be injected so as not to risk pills making me nauseous. #1 gave me the first one at Dr. C's office under supervision, and she will give me the other three, every two days.

Here I am, riding to Dr. C's on #1's lap:

What can I tell you, my friends? I am beginning to feel very tired, but #1 has been taking me outside each sunny day and I love sitting on the grass, or on her on the grass, and listening to the birds and the insects. She says that that is when I look my best:

 

And here I am at my buffet;

I can't make any promises about next week, but if I am gone please remember that I have been loved every day of my life, and that is something so precious to be thankful for.