Snow mania & Kitty update

What is with all the snow all over the country? It's been snowing in freak places like New Orleans, Houston, Las Vegas, and Malibu!? It's snowing here today, but it's supposed to snow in New York. The snow is actually falling gently right now but it was blowing sideways earlier. Cars are already blanketed as are the rooftops. It's just starting to stick to the sidewalks.

Steve and I will venture out to visit Kitty at the hospital tonight. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed Kitty wasn't able to urinate. So Steve came home early from work and we took Kitty to the vet around 4 o'clock. They took him right away and sure enough, he was blocked. They treated him last night for the blockage and he came through that very well. Today, they took an x-ray of him to see if there was any more blockage or stones in his bladder. Yup, bladder stones showed up. So they have to do surgery today to remove them. This is costing Steve a small fortune (he does have the option of a three month payment plan for the surgery costs) but Kitty will be all better and then we'll do preventative care here at home to reduce the chances of this happening again. Cleo seems fine but so did Kitty until about 2 o'clock yesterday. Even though there are other contributing factors, they do eat the same food and drink the same water, so I'll be keeping an eye on Cleo. Kitty should be home by Monday.

Here are some pictures of Kitty enjoying licking the leftover whipped cream from my mixing bowl, and posing so handsomely.





Needless to say, we aren't going to Maine for Christmas. We won't be able to afford in-home care or boarding for both cats and we don't want to leave Kitty so soon after all this drama. Everyone is disappointed, but we'll go visit Maine next month.