tono is off with the vet...

Went back to the vet to board tono for the weekend, since my husband and I are attending a wedding in upstate New York. Tono's blood test came back negative -- so basically we've ruled out everything except for a brain tumor. It's really hard to grasp, and as I read online of treatments and methods..there's really nothing you can do but to put them thru an MRI, chemo, radiation...and that's just too much for a cat his age.

I don't think I can handle writing about him and his condition any longer, so this is the last post I'm going to make about Tonji. Of course, unless he ups and miraculously gets better. In reality, his condition is slow and gradual, and I can't keep downing myself and everyone else by writing about it daily.

Well wishes and prayers are most appreciated.
Have a good weekend -- I am hoping it's nice weather over in the East. :)

tono's recheck

Tono went for his recheck yesterday, and all symptoms we were treating were getting better (the ulcer and his mouth problem). But before we went to the vet, we came across another very serious problem: he was losing his mobility in his hind legs and now he wobbles to get anywhere. We got more blood test done, so we'll see if those tell us anything (will update later). Our poor boy is gettin' old...
Here's a picture of what he used to do ALL THE TIME -

I'm liking my husband's t-shirt right here too.

oh so cuteness...

I have been eyeballing these vases for a long lo~ng time - telling myself I do NOT need them, but geez, I lovingly gaze at them all the time. And here I am with TONS of vases at home with no flowers (the cats would destroy them if I tried...) But these are so cute! eek! Self-discipline is so difficult when there are so many freakin' adorable stuff out there.

ridiculous cuteness from prettyrandomobjects
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yippee skippee!

It all started with a few vertical hairlines going down the panel of our Toshiba TV. We had meant to get it fixed long ago, but you know...things get away from you. By the time we called the electrician from ABT (that's a local electronics company in the chicago area) the hairline was a blue/green line about 1/8" thick. It turns out the telli had a bad panel -- and thanks to the warranty we were given a new tv!! horray! Three cheers for warranties! I mean not only do we have a new one, we have one that's better and thinner. It feels like we went shopping for free.:)
Now all we gotta do is wall mount the sucker...

Meet our new Samsung ♥

and after a long weekend...

of lot of meds and eye drops, i think tonji is feeling better... at least he's eating like a dog (i am currently giving him 3 cans a day!) His eye isn't looking much better than before, but i am glad for his appetite. He has a recheck in 4 days - we'll know for sure then.

on a brighter note, we went out for some fishing over the weekend, which was nice and relaxing. Explored the forest preserve and found some nice spots. My husband caught a mini bass while we were out there :) none for me that day.

it's not a big guy..but it's a fish!

my poor tonji 2

So tono is home and in isolation: the vet believes that he is stressed from the kittens, and it would be best to let him be in a room of his own. He was diagnosed with an ulcer in his eye, and some sort of infection in his mouth/teeth that's preventing him from opening his mouth completely. (the cause is still unknown, because we need to fix the ulcer first) Poor thing. He'll get drops and antibiotics...and muchos love and care from me. Thank goodness it wasn't a virus or leukemia. He's still in pretty bad shape, but hopefully he will get better in the coming week.
I end this week on a down note, but here's a picture of the lovely tono before his declining health.
have a good memorial weekend, y'allz.

my poor tonji

I took my big 'ol cat to the vet yestserday for what I thought was an eye infection, but it turned out to be far worse than that. They suspect something under his eye (like an ulcer? or a tumor??) which is making it swollen, and apparently there's something wrong with his jaws. UGH. And this morning I wake up and my macbook does not turn on! oh..why does stuff like this always happen at once? Therefore I come to you this morning from my husband's laptop, sans picture. I will update later today with (hopefully) good news and pictures.
A small prayer for tonji!

I'm guilty...

I guess the question is: who hasn't flushed a public bathroom with their feet? I sure have. MANY MANY times. They should have thought of this a long lo~ng time ago. kudos to the designer.

StepFlush by Lorenzo Buffa

Check out the rest of this wonderful design concept here ---> click it!