ring pics, hand shots - and prayers please

[Linda W]

Gorgeous ring and it looks beautiful on you. Special thoughts for your furbaby.

 

[beechezz]

Date: 5/11/2009 9:48:25 PM
Author: Vergey
And finally a picture of one of our babies, Gretta, we just celebrated their first birthday. She was okay with her new clothes as she''s okay with pretty much anything, we didn''t bother trying to dress her brother Garett though

. A couple of months ago we took them to the vet because we thought he was getting a bit thin, and he was behaving strangely - very cuddly and uncharacteristically lazy, and he had some bald patches. We found out that he''d gone from over 12 lbs to 9.1 in just under 2 months and had severe jaundice. The bloodwork was inconclusive but our vet was quite sure that he had wet FIP (a disease that''s not well understood, but is more common in shelter cats (which he is). There''s no cure and treatment can only delay the inevitable for months, if you''re lucky, it seems.) but put him on a long-shot 7 pill a day prednisone/nutrient/antibiotic regimen for hepatitis... the weeks following awful. We both felt so worried, and so guilty - about thinking it was worms, not taking him in sooner, not feeding him the right foods, not noticing that his skin was yellowish, any number of things. About a week after he started his pills he began to eat voraciously, but even then we''d been warned that the prednisone would make him hungry so he might still be terminal even if he looked to be gaining weight. To see him getting visibly heavier and livelier and not know that it meant anything was even worse, in some ways.. But now, it''s been 9 weeks, our home scale says he''s back to 12.4 lbs, his fur is growing back in thick and healthy, he plays with his sister and runs away from hugs and petting like his antisocial old self

. He''s going back to the vet this weekend for more bloodwork and we''re both hopeful that he''s really, truly okay. I refused to take pictures of him while we thought he was sick, since I''d just bawl looking at them anyway, so the minute he''s pronounced healthy he''ll be the star of a loooooong photoshoot and I''ll be back to post a pic of him, too

OMG, I am so glad that Garett is getting better. I, too, had a kitty named Atticus with FIP. Unfortunately he lost his battle at only 15 months old. He was the light and love of our lives, and we miss him deeply. I am just so glad that your vet was able to help treat your little boy! God Bless him.

On a lighter note, your ring is just divine! I love it and it provides you with great finger coverage. Congratulations!

 

[Patchee]

Hey ... what are you doing with my ring!

I have the same one. Only size 6.5. Color D. hahahhaa of course I love it!

 

[Patchee]

Hey, give me my ring back... I have the same ring.

D. 1.5 K 6.5 hahah of course i love yours!

 

[Kelli]

Oh I hope your kitty is ok!!!

Your ring is gorgeous and those are NOT chubby fingers!

 

[Vergey]

Hehe I must say I''m loving this attention! On my ring''s behalf, of course

. And thank you all for your thougts, Garett''s getting a lot of goodwill from this thread

.

"Try not to be self deprecating - there are plenty of other people in this world who will put you down" - that comment struck me as so true, on a totally different topic. I loathe tooting my own horn, and in college people do that for you - I''ve had to totally revamp for the real world job hunt. Talking about your achievements confidently and proudly but without outright bragging is definitely a skill - and it''s one that''s well worth learning.

Patchee - I''ve got A D now too! Quite a bit smaller though so you can''t accuse me of stealing this one

. I recently inherited part of my great grandmother''s nose rings. They used to be diamond-flowers (the ones with one big round surrounded by littler rounds?). My very sweet grandmother had the centres set into studs for me for an early birthday gift and the smaller diamonds into an eternity band for my mum, and the vendor she worked with had them sent off to GIA, one came back a D 0.52 ex/ex/ex and the other''s a J 0.48 ex/ex/ex. I remember her wearing them (I''m Hindu, and nose rings are actually very common), and they were always so sparkly and HUGE, but I didn''t realize how heavy they were until I held them - I couldn''t imagine wearing them in my nose, and she wore both at the same time! The colour difference is definitely visible side to side but I''d never noticed on her nose - though in all fairness I didn''t know there were different coloured diamonds then- with my head in the way all I see is sparkle

. I don''t remember much, but her nose rings are something I''ve always associated with her, so it''s really nice to have part of that to remember her by every time I look in the mirror.

 

[chiquitapet]

Beautiful ring!!! And I see no chubbiness!!!

Dust to your furbaby!! I hope he gets the all clear soon!!!

 

[tyty333]

Your ring is beautiful even on that humongous finger of yours

!

I''m hoping kitty is well on his way to recovery...are we going to get pics of him soon?

 

[OUpearlgirl]

Beautiful ring! It looks HUGE on your itty bitty fingers!

I''m sorry about Garret.. I really hope he doesn''t have FIP. I lost a kitten to it and it''s just terrible. I''m praying for your little guy!

 

[Feralpenchant]

I am sorry to hear about your baby''s possible FIP diagnosis. When I worked at an all cat vet clinic, we had a kitty that had FIP that boarded and I always sat with him cause I figured he was lonely in the isolation ward. Such a sweet cat

Your kitty sounds like he''s doing much better, I''m glad! 3 pounds in 2 months is like us losing 30lbs in that time. Hopefully he''ll bounce back and be fine! Maybe it''s not FIP after all, we can hope! ****DUST****

Your rings are beautiful, btw

 

[peaches]

Your ring is gorgeous! Congratulations to you!!

And I''m so glad to hear that kitty''s on the mend and feeling better!

 

[audball]

As another feline furbaby mama, I send a double truck load of PS **********************************DUST************************************* for baby Garett

ETA: Your ring is LOVELY! and your fingers are FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR from chubby.

 

[icekid]

Gorgeous ring! And lots of hugs to your poor kitty.

 

[alli_esq]

Ohhhh I LOVE three-stone rings like this, and yours is perfect! With such lovely finger coverage too!

I wish you and your sweet kitty the best!!