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7:55pm

Smitty is in the hospital

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Smitty

Well, it has been quite busy the past couple days. Poor Smitty is sick, he has been hissing and crying off and on. Sometimes he acted fine like there was nothing wrong then other times he would hiss if you even looked at him. I took him to the vet last night and one press on his abdomen told the vet he needed surgery NOW! I gave him a quick kiss and assured him Mommy loves him and he was gone. I could hear him screaming all the way down the hall. He had a blocked bladder. I remember as a child our cat had to have surgery for this, Moe was made into a "girl" to help him out. I am assured Smitty is doing well and will not require that type of alteration, he will however have to be on special cat food the rest of his life. He will not be coming home until Monday afternoon. His catheter comes out tomorrow and he needs to be monitored for a couple days to make sure he does not re-block. This poor cat, he probably thinks we abandoned him. Oscar is really lost without his brother. He has looked all over the house for him, even checking the cat carrier he seen him leave in. Oscar was so upset last night he slept in bed with Joe and I, right by our heads.
On another note, we adopted Ditto yesterday. She is such a lovable kitty. She was spayed yesterday and came home right after I dropped Smitty off at the vets office. Ditto got her name because she looks so much like a cat we had a couple years ago. So Michael felt Ditto was a fitting name. When you have the number of animals that we have names become difficult to come up with so we use names that fit the animals or the situation. Such as Marysville is a horse that my husband bought in Marysville. Wild Thing is a deer that is WILD....Okay, well I better get my motorcycle test done for the safety course tomorrow that I will be taking after I deliver a mail route.