31Jul25: crossed wires…

“Bo…oops!” I almost poked Andy in the eye!

It was past time for our friend, Bret, to come over, and Andy was waiting for him to show up.

I called Bret. I’d forgotten this week we weren’t getting together for coffee and rolls.

“Don’t fret, kitty! He’s ok but won’t be coming over today.”

It was worse before I got the whiteboard. I had slips of papers with appointment information stacked and stuffed under the lamp on the end table back in the bad old days.

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All of the confusion surrounding an appointment and what I had to go through to straighten it out the past few days threw me off. I knew Bret was taking his mother to an appointment, forgot it was this week, not next. In my defense, the photo shows the whiteboard I use to keep on track of Andy and my appointments. We have too many regular appointments I need to track, and it’s too easy to mess up on informal plans not on the board!

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30Jul25: Andy let’s me know…

He started to backtrack. I’d come too close!

After I scooted back a bit and he regained his confidence…

He stood in front of his dry kitty food bowls.

His favorite dry food, Royal Canin’s Persian food, which is made to be easy for Persian pug faces to eat.

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I don’t get paid for endorsing any brands I mention. My standard is: if my kitty likes it, it’s worth noting on case anyone else has a fussy kitty that might like it if they try it.

29Jul25: Andy’s upset with me!

Andy stopped long enough for a brief nose “boop.”

Come on Andy! Those mats between your front legs needed to come out. That was yesterday, man! Give me a break!

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Wow! Andy is really upset with me.

28Jul25: bath time…

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I worked on mats between Andy’s legs last night. He was not a happy kitty! My arms and hands took a few hits, but any kitty person knows lots of blood pours in one’s relationship with these little darlings! It was worth all the bleeding to eliminate mats from between his front legs.

Next: those mats on his butt that resist brushing out.

I hope Andy feels better with the mats gone.

I try not to pull the wrong way and cause him hurt or discomfort, but the bleeding suggests I need to improve my methods!

27Jul25: a brief visit…

…for flying insects, mousies, elephants, or whatever else might be there!

Then he turned on the camera to see if “they” were inside there!

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Whew! When a “zoomie attack” hits, I’m lucky to get anything to post here!

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My friend Terry and I have been friends so long we aren’t totally sure when our friendship began. I think we were two, just toddlers. If so, we’ve been friends for 75 years!

Yeah, the wee fart standing on the birdbath is me at about age three. Terry and I were friends already.

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26Jul25: just a bunch of Andy photos…

Of course, it always ends this way! “Boop!”

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Friday was my Class of 1966 monthly luncheon. I took a blueberry pie. Fried chicken was the featured entrée this time. Yum!

Hey! That’s not Andy. It’s my favorite doggy, Tootsie, my friend Donna’s little pal! Her ears are particularly “floofy” just now. I love the style, the look on her!

25Jul25: Andy’s day at the veterinarian’s, part 4…

Dr. Olejnik and Destiny returned to the examination room. In the interim, Andy had hopped off the examination table and climbed back into the safe place, his carrier!

Destiny shaved a spot on Andy’s groin – see that pink electric razor in the upper right hand of the photo?

I couldn’t look. I think this is just before the blood was taken….

Or, maybe this was when blood was taken.

Never mind! When it was done, the two released their hold on Andy, and he rushed into his carrier!

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The blood sample was to evaluate his thyroid function. Dr. Olejnik was pleased with his improvement. As you might remember, six months ago, he had hyperthyroidism that was treated with a medication I put on his ear. That’s not needed now!

24Jul25: Andy’s day at the veterinarian’s, part 3…

Dr. Olejnik tries her hand at getting Andy out of his carrier.

He’s putting up major resistance, hanging on with claws extended….

Dr. Olejnik struggles to disengage Andy’s grip on the carrier.

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Part 4 tomorrow is Andy giving a blood sample…well, getting a blood sample taken to evaluate his thyroid function.

23Jul25: Andy’s day at the veterinarian’s, part 2…

Dr. Olejnik arrived to listen to Andy’s heart.

Out of his carrier, his anxiety level high, Andy is a prime patient for blood pressure checks and listening to his heart! LOL!

Dr. Olejnik mentions she hears a bird tweeting while listening to Andy’s heart! It’s Andy’s soft purring, the air passing over his “purr motor” she hears.

Dr. Olejnik tells me Andy’s heart sounds better this time, that the murmur is better. We discuss his medication and how she is pleased he’s putting on weight since six months ago. He actually gained six tenths of a pound! I mentioned I’d switched from prescription to hairball formula kitty wet food and how he likes the change.

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Part 3 tomorrow is Dr. Olejnik taking Andy out of the carrier. Even two professionals Andy knows, Destiny and Dr. Olejnik, can have a time of it when Andy is of a mind.