tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75292818677153256372011-11-27T15:39:06.083-08:00This is the blog of a very brave and feisty cat--ME! But they don't call me feisty at the vet's office, they call me Fractious! Mommy says it means "really grumpy". *Gasp*Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-51637824611089465882008-09-04T04:43:00.001-07:002008-09-04T05:54:49.637-07:00

Mom here.Texas went to the bridge last night. It was incredibly sad, but peaceful. We put him on his harness instead of in the carrier, and he actually enjoyed looking out the window on the way to the vet. He hadn't eaten all day though, nor could he really walk, so we knew it was time.I can't believe he is gone. I keep expecting to hear him scratching at the door, or meowing about something. I

Katnoreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-48671453598581010642008-09-03T17:47:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:40:21.514-07:00

Mom was getting those names done while I sat at home with Daddy. Mom was stuck at work, but fortunately had a lot of free time at work between waiting for calls. When Mom came home, Dad said it is indeed my time to go. So, I will be going to the vet now, where I will be helped to the bridge to get my wings.Thanks all for reading about me, and being such good friends. Please take care of my mom

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-15858033673251131262008-09-03T13:28:00.000-07:002008-09-03T15:06:59.808-07:00

Just thought you'd like to know Mom finished adding the names and links for the other contestants from Friday now, in case you wanted to know the names and bloggies for some of the other cats (and dog hehe).You can see it here.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-32460820667514618332008-09-03T04:55:00.001-07:002008-09-03T04:57:10.665-07:00

Just wanted you guys to know, once I'm gone, if you want to say hi to my mom, you can email her at ravenkatie at gmail dot com, or you can go to her bloggy here.She doesn't use the blog much usually, but we've made lots of friends on this blog, and she wants to keep in touch with all of you when I'm gone. That blog is also where she will link to the blog of her new cat or cats, when she gets

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-13844257244385028592008-09-03T03:51:00.000-07:002008-09-03T04:02:30.078-07:00

Mom was really hopeful I didn't have to go to the bridge since I was so happy, but my walking gets worse every day, and this morning I'm not too bothered about my breakfast either. She really hopes I can make it another day, but she knows she may well have to take me to be helped this evening.In the meantime, I'm constantly being bombarded with the flashy box. Here are some pictures of me.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-12680176344484317502008-09-02T16:57:00.000-07:002008-09-02T17:22:12.604-07:00

Since I don't have much time left- it seems likely although not certain I will be helped to the bridge tomorrow evening-I wanted to answer some questions. See, sometimes people get to my blog by searching on cat health questions. Well, me and Mom aren't betternarians, so you should always double check with a betternarian, but here are our best answers to some of the questions that have brought

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-30166214146233490712008-09-02T16:40:00.001-07:002008-09-02T16:48:58.466-07:00

Sweet Praline gave me an awardie today!!!So I has to pass it on to seven blogs:HendrixCheysuli and GeminiKaze, Latte, and ChaseThe Cats Goats & Quotes GangSocks, Scylla, and CharybdisParkerSam, Sabrina, and SimonThankies Sweet Praline!

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-60545203231704499192008-09-01T10:39:00.000-07:002008-09-01T10:42:18.856-07:00

Thank you, Karen Jo, for my limerick! That is really cool. And yes, I can fish. It's not a great video, but you can see it in this post.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-71254193144444661572008-08-31T06:53:00.000-07:002008-08-31T06:57:03.544-07:00

Faz has a contest going on for charity. All you gots to do is name five animals, you don't even have to be right, just try and guess, and they donate 1 euro to charity for each guess.I am still working on doing the links and giving out awards from the contest, you know mom is always slow helping me with that.My wobbling is still getting worse, but otherwise I am still doing well, hopefully I can

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-77610984639585943632008-08-29T15:31:00.001-07:002008-09-03T15:04:50.291-07:00

Here is my picture. I am pretending to be a present.Now, let's get to the winners!WE HAVE TWO SETS OF WINNERS THIS WEEK! Since we got FORTY-SIX entries, instead of the usual ten or so, we decided to have TWO batches of winners. I helped DadBean pick out three, and then I helped MomBean pick out three.The Winners Are:Team Daddy-TexasFirst Place: AdagioSecond Place: Ernie (what is it with these

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-32830427240138505152008-08-29T04:45:00.000-07:002008-08-29T04:51:04.066-07:00

Wow, I can't believe how many people submitted, and we still have 8 hours left!! We gots at least as many people entered in the past 3 competitions COMBINED, maybe even twice that! So forgive us, but judging will probably take AWHILE tonight. I've started going back down hill again, slowly. But I am still very purry and happy. I can't believe how many people and cats and NOMS there are out there,

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-68845535451928465052008-08-28T05:30:00.000-07:002008-08-28T05:43:55.936-07:00

The Beans spent a lot of time talking to the vet, until they were confident the wobbling is due to the lymphoma in my nervous system. Well, they are indeed confident of this. They also spent a lot of time talking to each other, the vet, and close friends, before deciding that I should not continue chemo. The Vet felt it would be worth a try, but did advise that me getting more than 3 months was

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-57153010170827739382008-08-27T14:39:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:18:45.752-07:00

Now, first, PLEASE don't get too excited cuz the overall news is still furry furry bad. But for now, right this minute, I am improving! My appetite is great, and the wobbling/limp tail is just slightly improved. My energy level also has improved by leaps and bounds. I am about at 100% of the energy level that has become normal for me as I go through these treatments (about 90-95% of my pre-cancer

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-83243074345789546492008-08-27T08:08:00.002-07:002008-08-27T08:09:57.762-07:00

Ann,we know you don't ask for credit with these, but this is just so stunningly beautiful. The Beans and I are beyond thrilled. This has just made our day. Thank you!

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-63895489857417967522008-08-27T05:12:00.000-07:002008-08-27T05:13:06.313-07:00

Brownie made me this graphic here. What a talented hamster! Thank you Brownie!

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-9769898919603294692008-08-27T03:46:00.000-07:002008-08-27T03:56:06.588-07:00

Even though I was feeling sleepy and stayed downstairs most of the night, around 1am I scratched to be let in the bedroom. Mommy picked me up, and cat-a-vater-ed me to the bed. I then lay in Mommy's arms, between her and Daddy, for about 20 minutes. I let mom pet and snuggle and kiss me the whole time, and I purred like crazy. I'm not much of a snuggler, I don't usually tolerate it more than a

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-72627196123878365012008-08-26T17:02:00.000-07:002008-08-26T17:07:18.253-07:00

In light of the current developments, the Beans realized we didn't have any photos of all 3 of us. Or not any non blurry ones, in any event. So they got out the flashy box for quite a while. They tried to look as happy as they could. They sure do love me, that's for sure.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-47956903469217995152008-08-26T14:31:00.001-07:002008-08-26T14:40:22.579-07:00

Well, I got quite stronger while the beans were at work, but I've been wobbling. At first mom thought I was just weak, there was one other time a while back when I wobbled and we got all scared about it being in my nervous system and it went away. So when I started wobbling again the other day mom figured it was due to me bein so sleepy. But I'm not really hugely sleepy right now, and my wobbling

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-15812043766772052008-08-26T05:23:00.000-07:002008-08-26T05:25:52.855-07:00

So, I am still eating well. Unfortunately, I am still getting weaker. I was a little perkier yesterday, but I went back downhill today. This isn't entirely bad yet though- if the cancer is indeed making me weak, it may take a little while for improvement to be seen. When I had my first chemo treatment, I got worse for a day or two before I got better, because the chemo was already making me weak,

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-57368526434555567122008-08-26T05:22:00.001-07:002008-08-26T05:23:27.723-07:00

With the bad news we got yesterday, Mom and I didn't keep up much with the blogosphere, but we definitely wanted to thank NotTheMama for being such a good bean to kitties!!!

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-75212234671388468392008-08-26T03:44:00.000-07:002008-08-26T05:21:49.630-07:00

Missy Blue Eyes, KC, Faith Boomerang, Sol, Smokey, BJ & Bear gave me the Blogging Friends Forever award!I also received it earlier from Castle and from Socks, Scylla, and Charybdis! I am so honored! I was supposed to pass this along, but Mom got busy and forgot to help me.I have to pick one in another country who I don't know very well yet. So, I will pass it to Sen-Chan and Tom. As for my usual

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-56473138399723055032008-08-25T14:32:00.000-07:002008-08-25T14:35:51.418-07:00

I am home now. They gave me some flooids while at the vet, they said I wasn't dehydrated but sometimes when a kitty no feel good, it helps anyway. Well, it seems to have helped because I'm a bit more active and I ate ALL the dry mom put out for me already and have eaten quite a bit of my can too. I've only been home like ten minutes too!!!Yeah, the kidney maybe being bigger aint good, but

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-17936889847386476132008-08-25T11:26:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:41:38.240-07:00

Hai, it's me, telerportin from the chemo place. I'm about done, I just gotta keep waking up from my annie stesia and mom can pick me up in about an hour.The Good News is my anemia score is back up to 27. Of course, that means that my tiredness and not-eating-ness can't be blamed on anemia, since I'm barely anemic at all now.The Bad News is that the vet said one of my kidneys felt a tiny bit more

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-7756339016301693162008-08-25T03:43:00.000-07:002008-08-25T03:50:45.628-07:00

Today is my usual chemo day, the PTU is out in the living room and we will be leaving soon.Mom is quite scared, because I've been seeming more and more tired each day. I'm still social and friendly, and I'll even play string for short bouts of time, but the rest of the time I'm just exhausted. I walk really slow, and when I sleep I'm not easily waken the way cats usually are. I'm also not

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-33648330868540783062008-08-24T05:59:00.000-07:002008-08-26T05:07:29.373-07:00

The Winners Are:WallyFaithLailaWe will post the other contestants and give out awards later today. We also have some other awards to attend to- Mommy has been very bad with helping me with this aspect of blogging.The other contestants were:CharybdisSweet PralineScyllaSmokeyStriderBJAlso, we got sent in this photo here by Miss Peach:It's from this News Article.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-66423973193656746442008-08-24T05:01:00.000-07:002008-08-24T10:27:37.966-07:00

So I wents several days not eating what I should. I's was eating enough, I spose, but not what I usually do at that stage in the chemo phase. I usually eats lots more. But I wasn't. So I got stabbed, and that only helped very marginally- this not good- I usually eats loads after a stabbing. So Mom and Dad put on their Worried Faces and kept shoving food in my face, and I still wouldn't eat much.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-39375811313324786902008-08-22T14:43:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:28:35.789-07:00

OK, cuz you's cats bein silly and we's only got four entries, well, that's just barly enough for 3 winners, iddint it. Let's see if we can do better. The contest this week is extended until midnight EST today/tonight. And in case yous forgotted what a funny cat picshur looks like, here is an example of a cat in a box. UPDATE:We's got a bunch more in! Yay!!! You can still keep submitting til

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-82205655782419006782008-08-22T12:04:00.000-07:002008-08-22T12:05:41.128-07:00

What the?!?! We's nots had funny picture friday in TWO WHOLE WEEKS, and so I's just checked my email boxie, and I dont's gots many submishions?!?!?! Come ons nows, I knows we gots more funny cats den dis!!

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-89201313374629881142008-08-21T03:57:00.000-07:002008-08-21T04:02:28.773-07:00

I am thankful because I continue to feel good. I am eating OK and I'm snuggly and relatively active. Ooh, and also, I'm getting BELLY FURR back, FINALLY!!! I wish I could've grown it back as fast as Abby, but I fink chemo slows that process down, plus I'm not a kitten either, and I bets kittens grow fur faster.I am also furry furry thankful for all the purrs and purrayers for MomBean. MomBean has

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-81622745867444469932008-08-19T12:22:00.001-07:002008-08-19T12:23:35.898-07:00

Mommy's bloodwork was normal, so this means the lump is probably nothing serious. She will probably talk to the doctor in detail later to follow up, but since they left a msg saying her bloodwork was fine, mom is going to breathe a lot easier now!Thanks for purring and purraying for her!-Texas

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-82855044434334926272008-08-19T10:49:00.000-07:002008-08-19T10:57:35.934-07:00

So Mommy called the doctor at noon, and they said they had the results and the doctor would be calling her shortly. It's been 2 hours. Yes, waiting is the hardest part...-Texas

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-15935298187349968022008-08-18T09:33:00.001-07:002008-08-18T09:36:53.414-07:00

No, not about me. I've been doing pretty good. I was a bit standoffish yesterday and so far today, but I'm still eating well and I come whenever the treat jar is shaken, so mom thinks I'm OK.She is scared because now SHE has a swollen lymph node. It is a walnut sized lump on the back of her neck. The doctor 2 months ago looked at it and said keep and eye on it, try an auntie biotic, and if lymph

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-35071830177820175012008-08-16T06:19:00.001-07:002008-08-16T06:22:19.939-07:00

Rest in Peace, little Sprout.To any readers that don't know, this blog and many others are going Violet for Violette today. You can read more about her here, here, and here, among many other places.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-64140943752826460522008-08-14T06:48:00.000-07:002008-08-14T06:58:09.717-07:00

We haz decided to cancel the funny picshur friday this week in honor of Sprout. We finks a lot of people will not be ready to laugh yet, so we will take one more week off of funny picture friday. Then, next week, we can have one big laugh to help us recover. Any picshurs submitted will go in the queue for next week's contest.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-89658536041105513262008-08-13T16:26:00.001-07:002008-08-13T17:05:34.686-07:00

I got a new awardie today from Socks, Scylla & Charybdis. It is the Blogging Friends Forever awardie. I also got an award from Chance, right before I got boreded. I never did get the chance to properly thank him. Chance gave me the Cool Cat Award, and I have displayed both new awardies on the right side of my bloggie. So fanks furry much, all four of you! We will be update this post tomorrow with

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-76390078151309385342008-08-13T06:36:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:42:40.585-07:00

Parker is having a commentathon to help raise some money for Sprout's medical bills. All you have to do is have a blog and promise to help make the world a better place, and for each comment, Parker's beans are donating 25 cents. Go visit Parker's blog for the detailed rules! This is such a cool idea Parker!!!!!!

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-14037669797553645932008-08-13T03:56:00.000-07:002008-08-13T04:05:02.082-07:00

Congratulations to Laila, Minchie, The Island Cats, Sweet Praline and Lux!!Yes, MomBean and DadBean went to Chicago. They saw four museums, the Sears Tower, MomBean's BrotherBean and GodmotherBean, and went to a bunch of cool restaurants.And my vet bills only went up about 5-10%. Not great, but MomBean and DadBean can afford that, as long as they keep checking under the couch for shiny round

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-86335068905242768692008-08-12T13:40:00.000-07:002008-08-12T13:42:21.438-07:00

OK, here is two hints about the Strange City:1- That water is a great big lake, not an ocean.2- Here is a picture of the building MomBean was in when she took the first picture. The reallllly tall building across and just to the left of the boat is the building MomBean was in. This picture was taken while MomBean and DadBean were riding a water taxi.

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-68030848100760825082008-08-12T08:24:00.000-07:002008-08-12T08:25:35.567-07:00

Since we didn't have a funny picture friday last week, I wanted to do a mini-contest today. Here is a picture from the Strange City, post your guesses where the Beans went in the comments for this post if you want to guess! No awardies unfortunately, but I'll announce your names if you're right! As for me, I'm teleporting from the chemo place. They had a sign up that said they raised their prices

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-31063148737473482642008-08-11T13:16:00.000-07:002008-08-11T13:19:32.993-07:00

Well, we are finally back- I'm back from The Bored Place and the beans are back from The Strange City. I'm currently busy running around meowing like I am clinically insane (after I pooped in my carrier on the way home- first time I ever pooped in my carrier) so I will post later. But I seem to be in good health, they told mom I ate OK at The Bored Place. I'm also not currently showing signs of

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-69726293144928758162008-08-04T08:50:00.000-07:002008-08-04T08:58:39.167-07:00

Well, efurrykitty and efurrybean, today was a very wierd day indeed. First, the beans had bags everywhere with travel guides and clothes...And then I saw my PTU!!! And I was stuffed into my PTU and both Mom AND Dad came with me to the V-E-T, and they were saying "bye, see you in a week".In a WEEK?! Well, at least I've been told no chemo this week, shouldn't need any medical treatment at all cept

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-57321982796574666302008-08-03T06:04:00.000-07:002008-08-03T06:14:46.266-07:00

Mommy was organizing her terribly disorganized compooter and found a video of me fishing!! This video is about 3 years old, taken shortly after I moved in with Mommy K and Dadbean. See how I got cunning and started using the other paw or not fishing at all when mommy came closer with the non-blinky flash box and also turned the other light on? Sorry the quality was bad, mommy took this with the

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-78393107778148076832008-08-01T14:21:00.000-07:002008-12-11T15:52:29.045-08:00

First Place is Sniffie:Second Place is Zander and WikiPedia:Third Place is Zooey: I'm so pleased that we had a bigger turnout this week!!! There were a bunch of really funny ones this week!! Mombean said it was a "tough call" whatever that means.... We will be adding the linkies and mailing out the awardies later today or tomorrow, as usual (and no we won't take all week this time, sorry bout

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-2374453192074794962008-08-01T03:54:00.000-07:002008-12-11T15:52:29.291-08:00

It's that time again! You've got until 4pm est today to get them to me at fractiouscat at gmail dot com.Depending on the votes we get we shall see how often funny picture friday continues, but it definitely won't be here next week because I'll be being bored and I don't think they will let me access a compooter at the bored facility, because that would defeat the purpose of making me bored, I

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-20859007597924656922008-07-31T03:30:00.000-07:002008-07-31T17:21:43.685-07:00

Before I do the meme, I just wanted to let you know that my secretary mombean FINALLY posted the other contestants from the contest TWO WEEKS AGO. Sheesh, what a slow mom bean. Oh, and please vote on how often you want the contest to be. The voter thingy is on the right hand side of this bloggy. We are thinking of scaling back the frequency of the contest because we aren't getting quite as many

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-80872815316326680872008-07-30T08:58:00.000-07:002008-12-11T15:52:29.517-08:00

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See, my fellow cats, drinking your bean's water is often sufficient to get the beans a bit annoyed at you. But if this has become your habit, and the beans have decided it's just a fact of life, then you have to be more creative with your timing.My secretary was a bit slow typing this for you, but a week ago we had really bad storms. Mombean was having trouble sleeping anyway that night because

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So today I had my vincristine. I got weighed, and I am down to 4.5kg, I was 4.7 kg two weeks ago. This is almost half a pound of weight loss. So it seems the weight loss was not a scale variance. I lost a lot of weight with the doxo last time too, but not this much. I did eat less this time though. Mom is still not happy that the nausea doesn't seem to be quite following the usual pattern. Yes,

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Oh, Mom, haven't you seen a cat trying to sleep in a chips box before? Oh you know you have, I sleep here all the time. Put the flashy box away....See, that's what you get for disturbing me, a blurry photo! Hmph!

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Firstly, we aren't quite done giving out awards and posting last week's contestants yet, we are working on it, sorry for the delay, mommy is a busy secretary for me today. By the way, be sure to vote on how often we should do funny picture Friday.So today's post is about medicine, but more funny than yesterday's medisin post.Mommy thinks it's funny that daddy refuses to learn my medisun names. Of

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Happy Funny Picture Friday everycat! I will be posting pictures of the ofur contestants for this week and last week this weekend, and adding links and sending out awards. But for now,here are this week's winners:Praline:Missy Blue Eyes:Smeagol and Strider:Congratulashions!!And now, here are this week's other contestants. These were also pretty funny, so thank you for submitting!

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Sad news...Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with cancer about 18 months ago, and wrote a book about it and his life experiences called "The Last Lecture". He was never negative about having cancer, and had a lot of useful life lessons in his book. Mommy found this professor very inspirational, and is very sad indeed that he died today. Here is the article about

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This blog is supposed to be fun, but it also was meant as something of a resource for any other cats or beans dealing with feline lymphoma. Obviously you should speak with your betternarian as lymphoma varies greatly depending on the cat and the type, but here's what I go through every day....As for my health, I am still eating pretty decent. Mom would like to see me eating a bit more, but I seem

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UPDATE: I had put an extra space in the email address that was listed in the rules section. Please verify that when you sent me an email with your submishion, that you put fractiouscat at gmail dot com without the space in fractiouscat! Sorry about this!Tomorrow is Funny Picture Friday. If you scroll down on the right side bar, the rules are there now. Be sure to email pictures to fractiouscat at

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As promised, I was forced to show my shaved belly to the world!! Sigh...As you can see, I wasn't the most "willing" subject for this photo, but don't I look cute? I had to be picked up anyway for my morning medicines....ugh..I wasn't very well behaved at the border vet yesterday. I hissed and scratched and growled REAL LOUD and they had to keep disassembling and re-assembling my carrier to get at

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This is a picture of me looking very manly when I first arrived at my new forever home with Mommy K and Daddy. I was a bit of a fat pants back then though, probably about 13-14 pounds! Now I weigh about 9 pounds, I should weigh about 10.I have to go to the vet today for a pre-boreding exam. This doesn't make much sense to me, but apparently when my beans go on vacations in a few weeks, they want

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Step One: Crawl on your bean's chest and meow in their face to wake them. (This may be sufficient right here. If not, and your bean actually says "hello" and pets you nicely, your bean is WIERD and you must proceed to step two.)Step Two: Allow yourself to be petted and begin purring. Keep purring until you start drooling from happiness. This works even better if you have persistent nausea issues

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I know's there is some offur cats I furrgot to add to the blog roll. I tried really hard to thank everyone that welcomed me, but I probably mist some people cuz mom got bizzy and had trubble keeping up. If you's want to be added to the blog roll, just send me an email or you can comment to this post.

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First Place is WallySecond Place is ScotchyThird place is EmpressHere were the other contestants:ZoeyLatteBrownieThe change I am making to the contest is that now you can always email picshurs for the contest, you don't have to wait until Thursday or Friday. Deadline will always be 4PM EST on Friday afternoons, if you get in after that, we just consider you for the next week. I am now requesting

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Remember, you only have until 3 PM EST today to submit your picshures! I will announce the winners tonight. Ann from Zoolatry has made a bootiful graffic we will give out to the winners and last week's winners too. Please email them to fractious cat at gmail dot com or post linkies to them in yesterday's Thankful Thursday comments.UPDATE: Due to a few issues receiving pictures, the deadline for

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Firsly, if you wants to purr-ticipate in Funny Picture Friday, please either email me at fractiouscat at gmail dot com, or post a linky to the picture in the comments for TODAY. You may submit picshurs until 3PM EST Friday, and Mommy and I will announce the winners Friday evening. If you were one of the three winners last time, you can't win again two weeks in a row, but you can still submit if

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Several pictures for Tabby Tuesday!Don't you all think I am just the cutest tabbycat? Well, maybe not, there are a lot of other cute tabbies in the blogosphere, but my beans think I am quite cute indeed.See....And also, mom's been promisin' you a picture of my home made cat condo. Here is an early picture of it. Daddy has since put carpeting and stuff on it, we'll get a newer picture soon, but

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There is me demonstrating a cute manly mancat sleeping pose. The green blankie is my favorite.As for my health, I continue to worry the easily worried mommy. I ate a bit more last night, not as much as I do when I am not nauseous, but enough, about 1/2-3/4 of a 5.5 ounce can in total for the day. I am a big mancat though, so I should eat a little bit more than that. I also did not come up to

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Abby has given me my first award! Thank you Abby!About the award:This award was created to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creativity and their talents, also for contributing to the blogging world in whatever medium. When you receive this award it is considered a special honor. Once you have received this award, you are to pass it on to 5 others.Rules:You have to pick 5 blogs

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I am sad to report that Forest has been hit by a car and has went to the bridge. Please send her family some purrs of comfort.-Texas

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The winners are Simon- 1st place Castle- 2nd place and Murphy- 3rd place.Finally, here were the other contestants:Junior: Abby:and Castle submitted a picture on behalf of his sister Stormie:-Texas

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First Ever (on this bloggie anyways) Funny Picture Friday Contest....Mommy and I want to try a contest on Fridays for funs...Plees submit a link to a funny picshur on your bloggie in comments, or email it to me at fractiouscat at gmail dot com and me and Mommy will pick out the 3 winners and post the picshurs on our bloggie! If you email to Mommy, you must write Funny Picture Friday in the

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Wow, today is definitely thankful. I spent a bunch of time visiting lots of cat sites today thanking all the cats that visited me. I still have a few more cats to visit tomorrow though.I am also thankful because I am no longer in the lawndry room. See, mommy and daddy have a big basement. Half of it is my room, with the big cat tree I have to show you one day, and the other half is now the

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Now, for the conclusion...Those next few days were the worst days, really. I stayed in my room most of the time, and only came upstairs to eat. I didn’t eat a whole lot, and I didn’t even great mommy and daddy when they came home from work. I would cry when being picked up. I wheezed a lot from the lump under my chin/near my throat. Mommy and Daddy thought I might have to go to the bridge soon.

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OK, now for the part of the story about the cansur. So, like I said, in March I started sneezing. Mommy and Daddy thought I had a cold or something, it was just a tiny bit of sneezin’, but they had plans to go see sum bean family of theirs in another state. So theyz left me with their roommate and saidz call us if he gets worse, and here’s the vet #. And when they got back 3 days later I was

Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607752406187458555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529281867715325637.post-75103294839710895562008-07-08T15:33:00.001-07:002008-12-11T15:52:37.781-08:00

First of allz, I needs to thank EVFURRYBODY who welcomed me to the bloggy werld! That is so nice!! THANKS!! We will try and get to your blogs as soon as we can; we's already been to several and they are quite kewl.So I will talk mostly about meez in general today. I will talk more about the icky cancer and how we are treeting it tomorrow.I showed up at mommy and daddy's three years ago (October

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Darnit, I gotta go back next week to see the vet peeples! I was sapposed to be OFF for TWO WEEKS. But they said "Texie, you don't have enough white blood cells for us to give you chemo today, so go home and come back next week!" So I gotta get in my box next week for the big long ride down to the chemo place again, instead of just a quick trip to our local vet for a blood check. This is just NOT

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I love my potato chip box. Mommy and Daddy get potato chips in bulk at the Bulk Food Store. They get 3 big bags in a really big box. One time they left the empty box on the floor for a few minutes while they unpacked the grow sherries, and I discovered I really liked it. So Daddy keeps the chips box under daddy's computer chair for me to sit in.Well lately I've been scratching the back of the box

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Is this keyboard on? *Taps with Paw*

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