The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

-Julia Child



Yeah. That would be Seamus.  This freakin cat is being the biggest poop about his food.  I bought the chicken flavored Fancy Feast and mixed it with both of the renal canned foods I had.  He barely touched it.  I knew this would happen.  Oh, did I also mention that I crockpotted (that's a word, right?) BROTH for him?  My parents purchased a big ol' turkey breast as extra meat for Thanksgiving.  It was cooked plain- so I took the carcass and threw some water in a crockpot and set it on warm and left it overnight.  I made broth.  For Seamus.  I mixed it with some of the renal food- I even warmed it in the microwave.  No luck.  I'm taking Seamus back to the vet on Friday, hopefully they ordered in some of the Canin food.  Seamus's girlfriend (the vet), said that was the most palatable brand. 

Also, are there recipes for cat gravy?  I mean like the kind that comes in wet food cans.  That seems to be what Seamus eats first, then he'll consider eating the bits that are left.  I imagine... some sort of gelatin?

I've given up and have just started giving him the Fancy Feast.  Baby (my other fur-son) obviously knew what was up with the food.  I couldn't not give him some of the wet noms.  And they do this silly thing where I put food in front of each of them, but they go over to the other's dish to eat.   However, here is a picture of the two of them eating together.  No growling, no fussing.  Just chowin' down on some good ol' Fancy Feast.  Of course, that night, they both woke me up.  Baby was walking around me, meowing at me, nudging me, scraping on my wardrobe.  Ain't no rest for the wicked I guess, but man, give a girl a break every now and then.  I've tried to start feeding them later in the evening so there's less of a chance of them waking me up.  So far it seems to be working.

Seamus got to take Thanksgiving off for his subQs.  Lucky boy.  But Friday and Monday we were at it again.  He has a little box that he likes to sleep on, so we always set him up on top of it.  Usually he'll just curl up and accept it but yesterday was particularly hard.  And ever since I put the whole unit into a freezer bag and warmed it up, there have been a bunch of bubbles in the line.  Apparently all you have to do it flick the line til the bubbles roll to the top (thanks, Mom!) but it's still just a little annoying. 

Giving the fluids is getting easier.  I don't know what I would do if I lived alone.  I am so grateful and thankful for having my mom and sister around to help me out (both nurses).  More than that, I would need someone to read the bag and open/close the line while I'm trying to keep him from running off (about 100ml mark).  Of course, Baby will be up in his perch and see us fussing over Seamus which will force him to come down and see what's going on. 

 Baby still has his tendencies of being a little jerk to Seamus.  But that's what baby brothers are for, right?  Even if they aren't related, right?  According to my sister, she laid down for a nap earlier with Baby (who will sometimes be referred to as "the baby") and Seamus jumped up and pressed his head against Baby's face and had him lick his head.  Baby obliged for a little bit and Seamus just curled up beside my sister and napped with them.  These are the things I like to hear :)

Here's hoping that the vet visit will be positive on Friday.  I'm a little worried that the extra "normal" cat food won't be helping his creatinine levels.  I should ask the vet about his phosphorous and protein levels as well.  His blood work revealed a few other things that were out of healthy ranges but were never mentioned to me.  I'm sure they're all just a result of the kidney issue but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Well, it's bed time for us.  Seamus is sleeping in front of my sister's full length mirror.  This is a new past time for him.  He likes to face it and look at himself or sleep.  Of course other times he likes to see what's going on in the room.  Basically, Seamus just like to be near things that have changed or moved.  He's such a character.  So is Baby though.  I love my boys.