A Year in Review: 2009

2009 was a pretty good year despite any ups and downs. In January, Little Magoo learned how to use a spoon. Watched his first snowfall. Squealed with delight! February brought… …discovering new things. Learning to read. Smiles. Playdates. Learning to stand all on his own. Silliness. March was a month full of shared joys, chubby [...]

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Snot and Silence

The other morning we started the day by bringing Toddler Magoo to the emergency room. The day before he had come down with a headcold and by mid-afternoon he had one swollen eyelid – the next morning it was two swollen eye lids, a swollen lip and hives. Off to the ER we went at [...]

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Saying Goodbye is Never Easy

Sadly, Mr. Magoo went and brought Kitty to be put to sleep today. He had not eaten in 4-5 days and was very lethargic. Not the Kitty we knew at all. I bawled my eyes out when he left with him. Like I said, I am very much not a cat person – but he [...]

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One Sad, One Funny

Sad: It looks like tomorrow will be Kitty’s last day on this Earth. Since about Friday or so, Kitty has hardly eaten a thing – barely uses the litter box – and when he does, it is only to go #1, and has been in his Kitty bed all weekend and all day today. It [...]

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The Results are In

We got a call from the vet, yesterday, with Kitty’s test results – all signs of his blood work point to….that he is fine. HUH? Yes, you read that right, he is fine. The cat that has been lethargic all day, walking like a drunken sailor and twitching all day is fine. He may possible [...]

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Here, Kitty – Kitty!

For as long as I have known my husband, he has had his cat, Kitty. He got the cat some time after his mother’s passing, from a friend…evidently the cat, then named “Jacco”, did not play nice with other kitties – so Mr. Magoo kindly took him in. My husband was very familiar with cats [...]

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