Monday Mewsings...

I have had more than one friend email me, asking how Kely is doing and worrying because I hadn't posted an update on her... She had her cardiologist visit, dressed up in her daughter's Ice Cream ensemble, much to the smiles of all the staff at CVCA!

Her heart is really very good for a 15 year old kitty, with no concerns as far as anesthesia or using steroids as part of her future treatment for her tummy issues...

She is eating some freeze-dried raw (Stella and Chewy's) and some FreshPet Vital Grain Free (though not veggie free--darn--but she loves it) and some other varied grain & veggie free canned food and hasn't vomited in over 2 weeks. She started on Metronidazole about 10 days ago (25mg twice a day) and has put on 3 ounces since her Internal Medicine vet visit.

So, we are going to try the metronidazole and diet change for about 6 weeks and see how she is doing and wait to add the prednisolone and Leukeran for now. The diet change and anti-inflammatory effects of the metronidazole may be enough to get her to gain weight and stop vomiting and we can save the other drugs if and when they are needed.

In the midst of all those other doctors visits, I let her laser therapy sessions for her spine and hip arthritis lapse, but started up again last week. Of course, she has to be fashionably dressed for that, too!

And yesterday, she got to share some sun puddle time with her daughter, Coco the Couture cat...in the buff, of course!

Maybe one day, they can strut the Cat Walk together, but for now, this is about as close and cozy as Kely wants to be to Coco...

But she did get in some 'lap time' with Bronze Bob at Lake Anne this week... and we learned today that the real Bob Simon, the founder of Reston, passed away peacefully at home today. He was 101 years old and I have fond memories of meeting him last year when I gave him a tour of the newly opened Just Cats Clinic where I work. Here's a link to a nice article about him in Reston Now

The weather is telling us Fall is on the way and makes for meandering around Lake Anne very nice, including stopping by PetMac to say hello and do some window shopping!

So there's the update for Kely! Be sure to follow her on Instagram, too and catch all her new photos!

https://instagram.com/kely_with_one_l/

Monday Mewsings

It's finally warming up here in NoVa, so Kely can enjoy lake side lounging again!

She spends most of her week days with me at work (at Just Cats Clinic) either napping, sunning or modeling one of her new frocks made by Anna M, one of the sweet assistants at JCC!

But it's at the end of the day that Kely gets to hop in her Red Furrari and wheeling around Lake Anne! 

                                       

And she gets to feel the warm breeze in her face and luxuriate in the sun...can't you just hear her say 'Ahhhhhh'?

Monday Mewsings

You might ask what Kely has been up to the last three weeks... and maybe even worried that since she is a grannie cat, that she maybe even crossed the bridge!

I apologize if I worried you! If you follow me on Facebook though, you would see the Week Day Kely photos of Kely at work with me and well, know that everything is fine!

Kely has been rather busy, having her Wellness Exam and Lab Work...all which were good for an almost 15 year old kitty! The Sub Q fluids she gets 3 x a week have kept her kidneys working well and the readings were just the same as a year ago!

I started her fluids early, before her kidney tests showed much change, and I hope that helps her stay with me a good long time, as it's a joy to see her enjoy her Golden Years! Just for you who like to know #'s, her BUN is 37 and her Creatinine 2.5. Of course, her urine SpG is very dilute at 1.020 but she hasn't had problems with UTI's, so all's good there, too.

And as the weather is trying to be Spring-like, with some days in the 70's and others in the 50's, Kely makes the most of the sun puddles at work, and here she is in the kitty playroom at Just Cats Clinic. We have also had a couple of days where we could sit out by Lake Anne, just like last year and of course, Kely enjoyed that!

And there's a new pet supply store right by the lake and Kely stops in to say hi and browse and try out some of the merchandise!

I'm sure Kely would like everyone to know that Life is Good AND that she has a new Instagram page and we'd love for you to follow her there 

at kely_with_one_l (that's an L, not a 1)