~ Hooch's Howlings ~

I am on day two of my new insulin and Meowmy is back online.

My day started off yesterday with a surprise visit to the doc doc. I was forced to change my insulin due to the problem with the Vetsulin stability. My new insulin is Lantus. Meowmy was not comfortable in the change until my doc doc showed her how to measure the dose and use the new needles. So, while my meowmy had me captured in my room, she grabbed me and placed me in the prison carrier. I did try to hide but, with Meowmy watching, I was having problems in finding a successful hiding place. Meowmy took me downstairs where I saw Patchez who was in the other prison carrier. The poor girl had already been captured. The least she could have done was give a warning howl so I could have hidden BEFORE Meowmy made it upstairs. Gee, thanks a lot, Patchez.

When we arrived at 8 AM, my doc doc was waiting for us. My doc doc is on vacation this week but came in just for my visit. She loves me! She did not want me to begin the new insulin on or toward the weekend and, since I am almost out of my current (and good bottle) of Vetsulin, she wanted to start me on it early in the week. That way IF there is a problem, we should know about it before the weekend arrives.

I was weighed upon arriving at the doc doc's and I weighed in at 14.5 pounds. While my pawrents are furry pleased seeing me fill out again since this wild roller coaster medical ride began in February, I think I have a food intervention in my NEAR future. While my doc doc did NOT say anything about my weight yesterday, I KNOW she does not want me to gain too much because of my diabetes. UH OH. I got my B12 shot yesterday, too. It was only 3 days early. My doc doc and meowmy did not want to stress me out by having me come in again on Friday, if I don't have to do so. I will have to have another Fructosamine done in two weeks IF I do well until then on my Lantus. We are hoping and praying it will do well but my doc doc told Meowmy that, in all probability, we will have to make those needed adjustments until finding the right dose... just like when we started with Vetsulin. Meowmy is not looking forward to me possibly taking steps backwards. I have had the best two months of this year thus far and we don't want to backslide... all because of a drug problem that isn't even our fault! Pffffffttt.

When my pawrents brought Patchez and me back home, they left us alone for the whole day. Sheesh. Don't they know is IS pouring buckets of rain outside? They told me something about this trip had been planned for months with a church group. They were going to the NC mountains to eat a family style meal there. It is a place called Shatley Springs and lots of people go there to eat. My pawrents were taking a church bus up with about 45 other people. Now, going to the mountains in a "monsoon" makes no sense to me... but I AM a cat... so what do I know? And my pawrents told me something about it was planned and their money was needed to help pay for the trip as they were counted in the original cost of the trip. Now, going to the mountains in pouring rain on a church bus doesn't exactly sound safe to me but what do I know? I AM a cat! My pawrents were supposed to return home about 4 PM but they were much closer to 7 PM in arriving home. I wonder if they realized that we were almost two hours late in getting our dinner? Inconsiderate pawrents! Pfffffttttt.

To make matters worse, my meowmy's nose was "out of joint" yesterday. You see, she could not get on the catputer. It started late on the 8th. Meowmy just thought it was a problem with our internet provider as that does happen occasionally. And the problem getting online was on all our catputers on Sunday so Meowmy never gave it a second thought, even though she was annoyed on Sunday evening. But, when she tried to check Catster yesterday morning and could not get online, she realized it was something else. So, Meowmy left on her trip in a rather annoyed state. *giggles* She said it dampened her trip! Well, DUH! It was pouring rain.

My dad had his Blackberry with him so Meowmy did manage to type a message on her Facebook about not being able to get online. She got several helpful hints but, when she got home, NOTHING worked. It seems her router (LinkSys) is not working. She ended up calling Windstream and they talked her through hooking back up directly and she now has one of the catputers back online. At least she is not cut off from the world now. MOL. So, Meowmy has wiped the scowl off her face, even though she now has to go out and get a new router. Hers was out of warranty and would cost almost as much to renew (to get help IF it is fixable) as to buy a new one. The last time she had a problem, they told her that there were newer and better ones available now. So, she said it was time to shop. It should be interesting in seeing her try to set it up... I will imagine she will end up calling her guru son to help. MOL. Until he can get over to help, she will continue to operate off the one catputer and won't have the laptop nor will my dad have his catputer. That should get him on the ball to get the new router purrty soon. My dad is even less catputer savy than my meowmy. This should be fun to watch.

I received some lovely gifties on the 9th and would like to thank my sweet furiend for them.

Cocoa and his sweet furmily sent me a fun acorn. They said, "Dear Hooch~ We're so sorry fur being a little late with your DDP catgrats. We hope that your celebration was as special as you are... Have a wonderful weekend my furiend and know that you're in our daily purrrs & purrayers. Love~ Cocoa & Co

Penelope and her pawsome furmily sent me a purrty pumpkin. She said, "Oh no,I'm sorry this is late, it seems my secretary took the weekend off. Concats on DDP and concats for just being Hooch, such a sweet, handsome kitty! So glad we are all pals!"

Aryeh and his sweet furmily sent me a furever rainbow star. They said, "Mewwwy Mew, Here is a star for a spectacular kitty!!! Aryeh, Orion, Tony, and Staush"

Karma Kitty sent my furmily and me a purrty heart. She said, "MY DEAREST HOOCH AND FAMILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONCATS AND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PINK RIBBON. BUT MY BIGGEST THANKS IS TO YOU AND YOUR LOVELY FAMILY FOR YOUR PRECIOUS AND CHERISHED FRIENDSHIP. I LOVE YOU, KARMA"

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November 17th 2009 at 12:29 pm