Re: Simon is pink and naughty

[Wheezercat42]

I didn't think it was insensitivity either, I was being silly.  They're so cute when they think they're being naughty.  My Tyr (an FeLV- guy) is almost 3 years old, has been here since he was 2 weeks, and likes to think he's the "big tough feral".  He wants to be petted, but doesn't want to ask, so he follows me around the house - being silent for most of the game until I get close to a closed door, then he either swats me or "stomps" to get my attention.  Other times, he'll approach something off limits, look me in the eye, and go in or on the off limits place while keeping eye contact.  When I make a fuss and tell him he's not supposed to be there, he bolts about 3 feet, then struts around with this look like he's hot stuff because he dared to go where he wasn't "supposed" to go (I didn't really have a problem with him going where he wasn't "supposed" to go, it just makes the game more fun if he thinks he's getting away with somrthing).  You've got me giggling my tukus off over here with the "beautiful belly boy".  I have several orange guys, and all but one have kinda big bellies and all but two are goofballs (I don't dare refer to Sarah as a goofball - she thinks she's waaay too dignified and sophisticated for that - it's her "hoity-toity attitude that makes her such a goof).   The only time Legolas's PCV got above 18 was when he had a dose of epogen - and then it lasted maybe about 4 weeks and soared to about 24 - when it was that high, he used to start wrestling sessions with Redbud - he had to be feeling very good then - Redbud is 18 pounds, Legolas was about 7 1/2# then.  Starting a good wrestling romp with Redbud was taking his life in his paws :).   I'm so glad to hear that your cancer news is good all around.  With what you've been through in just the last couple weeks, you've more than earned the chance to relax a little.   In a message dated 1/27/2005 10:34:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon thinks he is naughty too, so it's not really insensitivity. He thinks it's funny that he's naughty.  Right now he has been grooming himself for 30 minutes, though, rather than being naughty.  Before he got sick, he used to do this all the time, focusing large amounts of it on his round orange belly.  It's why I started calling him my beautiful belly boy.   He had an oncology appointment today.  His bilirubin is down to .6, which is almost normal and 50 times lower than it was at its highest!  His anemia is a lot better but not as much better as I thought it would be-- his PCV was 20 (normal is 33), but 2 weeks ago it was 11 or 9, depending on the reading.  He was able to get Adriamycin for the first time today, and it is the strongest of the lymphoma chemo drugs.  The oncologist said he is in partial remission, with probably more than 50% of the disease gone.  This of course is temporary, and the question is just how temporary. But it is wonderful nonetheless. My dog had good news too-- her cancer, after hardly growing for over a year on an experimental drug and some herbs had grown a lot last month, but this month seems to have not grown much again.  So I felt better today than I have in a long time.  When I got to one of the places I work this afternoon someone looked at me and said, without knowing anything, "wow, you look great, better than you have in months." Usually I get nervous when I feel so much better that something bad is going to happen, but my body needs to relax a little.     Where there's Life, there's Hope Kathy "If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." Catherine-