31 October 2013

Joining in........

Mum says that since we started blogging we have joined in so much fun and every event that was happening. She said just because I am not well is no reason not to join in Halloween so here I am....
                                           I sure do love spiders....

                                  Have a great Halloween my friends.. I am still plodding on..
                                                Love and hugs GJ xx

28 October 2013

Plodding on... One day up and one day down....

                        Hello everyone. Mum does not always feel up to posting but we do want to keep friends updated. At the moment I am plodding on and one day is a good day ( sort of) the next not good. yesterday I brought the meds straight back up but later in the day they stayed down and I nibbled a little. Today they have stayed down but as yet no nibbling. I am though somewhat calmer so that is a good thing. As both mum and dad say at the moment we plod on and just enjoy every moment.. Thank you again everyone.. Love and hugs to all.. GJ xxxx

26 October 2013

A little update on little me......




                                   Hello everyone, well its been a mixed few days and very much mixed emotions too. I continue to be eating either nothing or tiny amounts and continue to alternate between calm and very much mixed up. Mum was at the vets on Thursday and spoke at length to the vet nurse. They talked about how I was and what they should or shouldn't do. Mum was emotional and cried throughout but the vet nurse was lovely and said she knew mum and dad would know when and that they would help all they could when that time did come. The one bad thing is that our special vet has had a bad accident with his leg and has broken it very badly. He is in hospital now waiting for an operation and could be out of action for quite some time. We are though happy that we can still see the other lovely lady vet who also understands me.
    Yesterday mum and dad were at a wedding and when they got home last night saw that I had not eaten anything at all. Mum went in the fridge and got out some fresh prawns and didn't wash them which made the smell very good. I was given a few  and ate them up. This morning a few more. They are not good for my renal failure but mum says at this stage whatever can tempt me to eat a little must be good.
   These photo's are just a little while ago and as you can see I am having a calmer time today. Mum and dad are at another wedding tonight. That's two in two days, this one is just the evening party though.
     You all take care. Many many thanks for all the wonderful caring and comments we are getting because believe me they help so much.
                                Love and hugs  GJ xx

23 October 2013

Thank you all my friends....

Hello everyone. I am looking towards all my friends and sending thanks to you all for all the lovely comments and caring. dad has managed to get appetite tablets down me which has meant I have eaten a small amount and that means my other tablets stay down. I am calmer today and quite sleepy. I have stayed close to mum most of the day. I cant tell you how much you all mean to me. and how much comfort all the comments bring.
                                             Look  what was outside today..
                  My sweet woofie friend Nuka from The White Dog army  left for the bridge and mum said the beautiful rainbow was guiding his way.. Run free and skip across that bridge sweet Nuka..
                                     Love and hugs to all.. Thank You   GJ xxx

22 October 2013

A little update and our thanks to all..

Hello everyone, Carol here with a little update. Jasper has for several days been struggling in that he has eaten nothing  but has drunk lots of cat milk which I think is sustaining him somewhat. The not eating has a knock on effect because as you know he has renal failure, heart failure, high blood pressure and now the dementia. Not eating means his little kidneys cant work properly. We have tried everything to tempt him but to no avail. Because of nothing much in his tummy his meds have come back up several times. The dementia the last two days was just awful and we felt powerless to help. I was with him until work at 2:00 and were he would usually be very close to me he just didn't know what to do. I spent the whole shift just churning it around in my head and knowing we had to make a decision soon.
  All your purrs and prayers were coming in and until I got home I didn't see them. Barrie had managed to get two appetite pills to stay down and Jasper had eaten a little shredded chicken. This meant his meds given later stayed down. This meant Jasper was a little calmer in himself and he was sat quietly. When I was woken at 4:00 this morning for a call out Jasper was making the awful noise but was also maybe a little more alert.
  This morning Barrie again has just managed to get another pill down and so far it has stayed so fingers crossed he will eat a little. Two years ago next month Jasper was in the vets on a drip and we were told they didn't think he would survive, he did. Then we were told that we could have a few months, we have had so far just short  of two years and that has been a gift. I have had many cats in my life but none like Jasper who is the most loving, gentle and affectionate cat ever. The vets all love him and no matter what they do he never ever gets his claws out or bites.
   As I write this I can hear him making that awful noise which although distressing I now know is not pain but confusion. he has just walked to me as if to say what are you doing and hopefully before I go to work he will sit a while with me.
  I know one thing though and that is the fact that you all our friends from all the corners of the globe are keeping us going and hoping and it is just magical. Thank you all. We love you.. Carol, Barrie and of course our GJ xxxx

    

21 October 2013

Unsettled times....

Hello everyone.. The last few days have been very unsettling for me and mum and dad.I am so very unsettled and the awful confusion is taking over me. It really seems as though I just don't know what is happening to me and the worst thing is that no matter what mum and dad try I am just not eating food . I go to the food sometimes and look and very occasionally will eat a very tiny amount but it is tiny and it is very occasionally.Mum is trying everything and is throwing away at least three lots a day and trying different things each time. I have no weight on at all and when I am picked up am as light as a feather. Mum says I am bone with fur on top which is what I feel like. I am virtually surviving on cat milk which at least has some vitamins. The worst thing is that I just yowl the awful noise of confusion and mum gets upset and tries to see what she can do which is of course nothing as I don't know what I want. Today it is raining very hard and I have been asking to go out which I only do with either mum or dad and usually hate the rain. I have gone out in the rain because I asked so loudly and just stood there all confused and got very wet in just a couple of minutes. Dad said no Jasper stay here with us but I didn't know what I wanted. Mum took these when I had been out and maybe you can see a little of how small I have become.




             I am so very tiny now. The worst is not knowing what to do for the best. How can I go so long with such a tiny amount of food if any most days. I am even some days bringing my medicine back straight away, I suppose that's because there is nothing in my stomach. Mum is on late shifts the next few and doesn't finish until 11:00pm with on call in the night so we may not get to visit a lot. I shall be with dad and he cant do the blog.  Love and hugs my friends. GJ xx

18 October 2013

I went to the 40's event too thanks to the fabulous Boolatry.....

When mum and dad went on there 40's weekend I was a little miffed to stay behind, or so they thought.. I donned my WW 11 aviator kit and went along too. They had no idea until I won first prize for my costume. Thanks to my wonderful friend at Boolatry for the wonderful graphic.
                    Today I am featured across there. Please visit and take a look.. Here
                                              Hugs GJ xx

17 October 2013

Dad and me.....

I like to lie on the back of dads chair when he is working on his lap top as close as can be...





 
                   Hope all my friends are ok. Love and hugs to all.. Hugs GJ xx

16 October 2013

A few of mum and dads 40's weekend plus little old me......

Mum asked me could she show you some photo's from their 40's weekend away. I said she could so long as she added me too.

                                                These two were waiting for the parade and happy to pose...

                                                   He loved the attention...
                                                           But was afraid dad would take him away from his dad...
                                             The gentleman on the right goes every year and wears his own medals from the war with pride..
                                                       With his lovely wife of 63 years who wears her dads medals from the first and second world war, he came through the first world war and was killed in the second one in the blitz.
                                                    Fun with two young ones joining in..
                                                         Dad too...

                                         These two were snug from the rain in their stroller...





                                               Our friends Coco and Nugget with their poppy..

                                       This lady is one of the singers...
                                    This little lad was collecting for help the hero's and was happily putting the coins in his collection tin with glee..







                                            Of course I am the best of all...

                       Hope you enjoyed a few of mum and dads pictures...
                                Love and hugs to all... GJ xx