Coming for a Visit

I'm out visiting my furriends so let me in if you hear scratching at the door!

We Love You, Friends

Thank you so much for your beautiful words and messages, friends and furriends. We are taking a few days to heal a bit before we visit each of you. Tristan is back home with us now, her lovely urn is in a place of honor. She was very ill over the weekend, and suffered a stroke on Tuesday. Our Mom held her and kissed her as she was given The Bridge medicine. It was peaceful.

~Crikey

Goodbye, Dear Friends

Our sweet Tristan was helped to The Bridge this evening.

Happy Birthday, Tristan!

Today is Tristan's 16th Happy Birthday! She's had a rough go-of-it lately, but she is doing well now. We love all of you and we thank you so much for being the wonderful friends and furriends that you are:)
We are celebrating the day by eating special treats and rolling in some fresh catnip from our garden. Please feel free to fly your Boogie Mats on over to our house for some fun!

Betterer and Betterer

Tristan Update: It's a purracle! Tristan went to visit her V-E-T today and he reported that she can see! Her retinas have reattached, her blood pressure is normal, her thyroid levels are very good and she even gained more weight. We worked around the clock medicating, hand-feeding, petting, holding and hugging our sweet girl and now we are overjoyed with the results! We weren't ready to let her go and Tristan was willing to fight, so we did what we had to do. Thank you sooooo much for standing with us, friends and furriends. Your advice, your love and your sweet care means more to us than you can ever know. ~Crikey and Angela

Tristan Update

We thank you, furriends and friends. Your support during this time is so appreciated...and needed. Tristan visited her V-E-T yesterday, and we learned that her high blood pressure is now under control (with medication) and that there is a slight improvement in her retinas. She is still blind, but we're encouraged by the words "slight improvement." Many of our bloggie friends told us that retinas can sometimes reattach, and our V-E-T said that they are correct. We're praying that this is going to happen for us. And guess what? Tristan gained 2 ounces last week! Of course, it's hard to see her at 6 pounds when she used to weigh 17, but we're encouraged.

Tristan is learning quickly! We have created a safe environment for her (with a pet fence) and she has learned where her food, litter box, heated cat bed and play tent are placed. Through all of this misery, Tristan keeps purring away! She's amazing. We'll be around to visit each of our bloggie furriends this weekend. We love you so much, and are so blessed to be part of this unbelievable community.

~Crikey and Mom Angela

*Angela: Crikey keeps trying to convince Tristan to use a cane, learn Braille and wear dark glasses. He'll never change.*

Purraying for Tristan

It's with a heavy heart that we share our news about our beautiful Tristan.

As many of our furriends know, Tristan has been suffering from Hyperthyroidism, Arthritis and the early stages of Renal failure. She's been a very good girl through all of this, and has been taking all of her medications.

Last week, Tristan went totally blind when her retinas detached. This was caused by high blood pressure. We didn't know she had high blood pressure because the other conditions somehow masked it. Our Mom couldn't bring herself to do what she called "the right thing" last week when our V-E-T gave her the horrible news. Please purr for us as we go through this terrible time of decision making.

~Crikey