{"id":4181,"date":"2020-05-12T04:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2020-05-12T04:19:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:19:29","slug":"newsday-tuesday-behind-the-scenes-with-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4181","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Behind the Scenes With Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Every performer, speaker, and even blogger has a life behind the scenes and my life with our precious tabby, Lily, has been rocky these past few weeks. As many of you know, she\u2019s a long-time survivor of kidney disease. Well, she\u2019s survived with it for ten years since she was diagnosed, although we\u2019ve had serious setbacks twice with her. I call them \u201ccrashes.\u201d Well, she has crashed again and it\u2019s been pretty awful for her and for those of us who adore her.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

After a week with no improvement, in fact, decline, we started her on a new treatment yesterday and we\u2019re praying like crazy that she can recover to enjoy more years with us.<\/p>\n

Happy note: she ate a little breakfast this morning.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m eager for the day she resumes bugging me when I try to eat my lunch\u2014begging for\"\" bites. I want to be tripping over her stuffed toys which she scatters all over the house. I want to feel like I\u2019m walking through Jello when I\u2019m in the kitchen preparing a meal\u2014especially her meal\u2014as she winds herself around and around my ankles. I want to have to stay in one position in bed at night because I don\u2019t want to bother her as she sleeps soundly against me. I\u2019d even be happy to sweep a couple of times a day when she gleefully kicks sand out of the litter box while taking care of her business in there. And I welcome your antics to get my attention when you think it’s time for you to eat.<\/p>\n

Come back, little Lily, all the way back, for another few years of your unique cat-ness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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