My Poor Kitty

two weekends ago was definitely not one I want to repeat. Short Story one of kitties went to the hospital. Long Story...

On Thursday night I was kind of noticing that one of my cats, Melo, wasn't sitting down all the way, and when he did squat down he was leaking little drops of water/pee. On Friday morning he was throwing up and just standing in the litter box meowing like a little dinosaur. I made an appointment to go see the vet that afternoon. I got off work a little early and we went to the local vet. Needless to say he wasn't to happy about the trip.

The vet felt around his belly and said she needed to take him to the back right away. She came back and let me know that his bladder is suppose to be the size of a golf ball and it was the size of two softballs and ready to explode any time. He had some type of blockage so he couldn't go to the bathroom. She told us we needed to take him down to the emergency animal hospital and that he was going to need 24 hour care while a catheter was put in to remove the blockage. I was so upset, thank gosh my mom was with me, Michael had just left for Miami the night before. We were referred to Summit Emergency Referral Hospital in Tacoma so we headed down there. When we got there they were expecting us and took my baby back right away. They hooked him up to an IV and took a blood sample to further analyze. They took me into a room and explained what was going on. I guess build up in male kitties is common but his was really bad, his blood was infected pretty badly and there was a possibility of permanent kidney damage. After alot of explanation from the doctor and a large bill later I had to leave my baby for 48-72 hours so they could fix him up. Unfortunately I was so upset all weekend because even after the blockage was out he has a 30% chance of re blocking. I got updates all weekend from the hospital and he ended up doing really well. I was able to pick him up Sunday night. He has been on pretty heavy medication for the last week and a half but is doing much better. I sure hope this is the last of the kitty problems because I was a wreck all week being worried about him. The one upside to this all is Melo is now the most cuddly kitty ever. He always wants to be next to me and have his belly rubbed.

New Year New You

Super Cliche but its the beginning of the new year and I am very ready to get into shape. I see all these pictures of the gym in November/December super empty and then in January its really full and I'm going to be one of those people (Sorry regular gym goers) Everybody has got to start somewhere. I don't know what it is about the new year but it feels almost like a reset button, its an automatic opportunity to better yourself. As I said before I did pretty good with my goals/resolutions last year so I hope this year is no different. I have started my Advocare 24 day Challenge and I'm in this great mindset right now where I actually want to go 60-90 days eating very strict. I honestly think I can do it. My biggest weakness is Starbucks and Sweets but If I go long enough without them I know my body will get used to it. I'm pretty sure I'm mildly Lactose intolerant from the first time I did a challenge (almost 2 years ago). I really hate before pictures, I feel like my face looks so bloated and fat (probably because it is) but they are necessary to show how great I'm going to look.

^ Chubby Face, Double chin Picture of me from work last night (I'm not going to post a full body before till I have a good after pic!)

Me and Michael have booked a Vacation for the end of March which is the perfect motivation to get skinny and fit. Wish me luck readers, and lets hope I'm still in that gym picture come the end of the year!

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