Thankful Thursday Blog Hop - I'm Better!

I've got a lot to be Thankful for today...

First, for all the wonderful people and pets who've been tweeting, Facebooking, posting and emailing, wishing me well - It worked! You guys really pull out the stops when good vibes and encouragement are needed, and Mom and I really appreciate it. 

Did you see this awesome graphic that Ann at Zoolatry made for me!? What a sweetheart she is. I'm going to crop off the bottom part so I can be The ManCat That Ate Hollywood!!

And thank you Dr. White and McKenzie for the subQ kit and for trusting that Mom and I would work it out at home. It looks like that one round of fluids got me over the hump, and yesterday I started drinking from the bathtub faucet again! I'm plumped up (a little) and not dehydrated anymore, and I'm feeling fine.  : )  How many lives do I have left? Has anyone been keeping count??

I'm also happy that it's Mom's big brother's birthday today - and that he's still around, though he's had a long hard painful miserable fight with Hep C. His spirits are good and he actually looked and felt much better today than he has in a long time, which is really something for someone with such an uncooperative liver. Hmm. Make that - which is really something for someone with a liver having to fight as hard as his has.

This is Uncle Mike and Grandma (Mom's mom) at Grandma's apartment in the Valley today.  She looks great for 83, doesn't she?? (Or for a lot younger, for that matter.)

My human uncle and grandma

So we're all hangin' in here (knock on wood), and want to hear what you're thankful for this week!

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And remember, you can join the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop all week, if you're not ready to post on Thursday.

Love you guys!

Cokie

"Animal Practice" on NBC

There's what looks like a totally cute new show coming up next season called "Animal Practice," about a grumpy New York veterinarian who loves his patients, but people - not so much. Sounds sort of like the "House" of vets.


Animal Practice stars Justin Kirk (from "Weeds" & "Angels in America") as Dr. George Coleman and Crystal - the capuchin monkey ("Night at the Museum" & "We Bought a Zoo") as Dr. Zaius. There are some other human and animal actors, too, but I think Justin and Crystal are going to steal the show.  ; ) 

Dr. Zaius & Dr. Coleman in "Animal Practice"

The half-hour sit com will air this fall on Wednesday nights at 8pm Eastern/Pacific and 7pm Central on NBC. Here are a couple of clips:

You can follow the show on Twitter @animalpractice and like it on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/animalpractice. The official NBC show website is HERE.

So... What do you think?

Cokes

Update: Stupid Ear Bump

So this is the deal, if you've been following... I had this thing on my ear that showed up out of nowhere. Mom freaked out. We REALLY try to avoid me going to the Vet, or having one come here because then I REALLY FREAK OUT. I'm 18 and Mom doesn't want me having a stroke because of an exam that may be for nothing harmful...

So we're waiting it out to see if it goes away with Neosporin.

It hasn't gone away, but it's reduced in size a little, and it's not dark red anymore, now it's pink, like the rest of my ear. So we're waiting.

Dad is POSITIVE it's nothing to worry about and will go away on its own. Mom still thinks it might need to be lanced or I might need oral antibiotics, but they're both pretty decided that they don't think it's a tumor, and the Vet is advising us via Mom's pics of my ear.

It's finally decent enough to show you a pic. I didn't want to gross anyone out earlier, but now it's just a big ol' pink bump on my dang ear. Not so scary looking. Mom's still not happy about it, though.

But I had a great time today - ran down the stairs into the courtyard, wandered around, ran back up again... I'm feelin' pretty fly for an old guy.

I'll let you know if there's anything to report...

Thanks, everybody!

Cokie

Pawcircle Update - Dateline: Saturday

Stop. Messing. With. My. Ear.

No news to report. Still waiting to see if Neosporin will have an effect on the scary bump on my ear, or if I need to go to the vet on Monday (See PawCircle Request  & PawCircle Update: Dateline Friday if  you need to catch up on the sitch.)


I'll have another Giveaway once Mom is done obsessing. Pepi says I'm not on his list, so I'm not getting too worked up about it, myself.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking that maybe I just need to get this puppy to chew this thing off my ear!

Have a great weekend everybody. Don't forget to watch Who Let The Dogs Out this morning on Animal Planet, and to join my bud @TillmanSkates (and me, if I wake up early enough) at his Twitter Viewing Pawty: #TillmanTV. The pawty's from 6-11am PDT. CLICK HERE to be eligible for the prize drawings he'll be doing all morning. 

Are the Puparazzi gone!?

Thanks for all the love!

Cokie

PawCircle Update - Dateline: Friday

Hi you guys.

Sorry for Mom going all hypochondriac on you guys. I have this thing on my ear and, while it does look scary, I don't think I'm ready for the RB just yet - MOM!?

I do appreciate the PawCircle Prayers and actually do ask that you keep me on your list through the weekend.

My vet, Dr. White, looked at the photo of my ear (I'll spare you the pic), and said that, while it does look like a mass, it *might* be something less ominous than one might fear. (She didn't say it exactly like that - I made it a little more fancy sounding. She really talks like a regular person.)

Dr. White - looking like a regular person
Hancock Park Veterinary Clinic
*HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*

So, rather than risk the emotional and physical trauma and drama of taking me to the vet - for all concerned, mostly me - Mom's going to treat my ear with Neosporin 3 times a day over the weekend, then see Dr. White on Monday if my ear's not getting better by then. 

So... Today I got ALL KINDS OF SNUGGLES from Mom. We even took 2 naps in her bed under the covers. 

Tonight Mom and Dad gave me a long (too long) warm bath, washed me all over, including my ear with the thing on it, then Mom put some of that goop on my ear. I'm still damp and scraggly from my bath but I do smell good.

Thank you so much again for all the prayers and good wishes, everybody. I'm gonna stay pawsitive! 

Love,
Cokie

Paw Circle Request

Cokie's mom here... Please put Cokie on your Prayer /PawCircle list today. I just discovered what appears to be a baby pea sized tumor on the outside of Cokie's ear. 

I can't imagine how it got there so fast. I couldn't possibly have missed it if it were there yesterday, as I'm always scrunching his ears and look at him closely when I wash his paws every morning before I put on his man pants. 

I noticed this from across the room today. Very obvious red bulbous growth of some kind. 

This is not good news, since in the last couple of years, under the best of circumstances, Cokie freaks out too much to even take him to the vet. We've had to have vets come to us and even that is traumatic - for them and for us.

Today we have no choice but to take him in though, and we're hoping that whatever it is, they can cut it off and be done with it.

I'm a very, very worried mama right now, though. 
Please picture Cokie vibrant and healthy! Thank you for your love and kind thoughts.
 

Ear looking fine on my birthday 3 weeks ago.

Thank you so much,
Kristin & Cokie

Vet House Call Today

Vet just left. Mom says I was a crazy animal!! Vicious wild banshee! She can't believe they managed to draw blood! I drew blood from all 3 of them.  ; ) They couldn't even listen to my heart with the stethoscope because I'd have scratched the vet's eyes out! That's right. I've still got it! (The vet and his asst were awesome though and really nice. I just couldn't let them know I thought so. )

Good news is my ears look great and my rear end looks great. Mom was afraid it might be awful because of my wearing diapers for so long but he said I looks really good back there actually. Thankyouverymuch. He palpated me & didn't feel anything unusual, & I obviously have lots of energy, am eating & drinking...

Vet said my head wobble could be a neurological thing common with aging, &  can lead to losing balance & even falling over & curling up - but that it gets better again. It comes & goes.

We'll get the blood test results in a few days Mom's trying to get a urine sample to give him. From me, not her. LOL.

So the good news is - Vet thinks I seem really healthy. That's a relief. Hopefully the blood and urine tests will come back with good results. Thanks for the #PawPrayers! I'll keep you updated.

And my friend and fellow flamepoint ragdoll Inigo Flufflebum is doing much better too this week!