I'm such a show off!

Mom's friend, Lori, was over fixing Mom's computer. While she was here I got up and used my litterbox!! Now mommy says I'm a show off cuz I only use it when there are witnesses, and that when it's just me and Mommy, I'm a slob.

What can I say? I love attention! I want to be a STAR!

Let's take a vote...I love this picture of me...should I change it so that it's the picture you see

all the time when you first log into my blog? What kind of pictures of me would you like to see?

Kinzi

Meet my neighbors!

May as well introduce you to my neighbors, Alvin and Lehana. (Isn't Alvin adorable?...he kinda looks like me!) They are rescued bunnies. Did you know that bunnies are the 3rd most surrendered animal to shelters after cats and dogs? It's true! Everyone loves bunnies when they are tiny and cute, but as soon as they hit bunny puberty, they go psycho and nobody wants them anymore. All you need to do is have them spayed or neutered and they'll go back to being your loving, snuggly friend again. These guys are pretty clean. They have a litterbox just like me! (they use theirs a little better than I use mine, tho) Some bunnies can be chewers and get in trouble with electrical wires or wood furniture, but Alvin and Lehana don't chew on anything but their hay. Daddy built the pen they live in, too. It's made of wood so it's a good thing they aren't chewers!

Alvin was adopted from a rescue in western Michigan called Twisted Oaks. He's about 6 1/2 years old now. Mommy has a friend who had a lop bunny like Alvin that lived to be 14! Lehana was adopted from Midwest Rabbit Rescue and Rehome out of Plymouth, Michigan. She was one of Mom's foster bunnies but when Alvin and Lehana fell in love, Mommy couldn't bear to break them up so she adopted her. They snuggle all the time! I wish my Herbie would come snuggle with me like that.

If you'd like to learn about pet bunnies, a good website is http://www.rabbit.org/. If you'd like to visit the Midwest Rabbit Rescue site to see what bunnies are available in southeast Michigan, it's http://www.rabbitrr.org/. Another great rescue group in southeast Michigan is Tiny Paws. They have alot of bunnies, but also hamsters, mice, gerbils, and guinea pigs! Mommy has adopted from them quite a few times over the years. They also have a website- http://www.tinypaws.org/.

Thanks for reading about my new friends!

Kinzi

Home sweet home!

Well, here it is! My new dog-free luxury kitty condo. I hate it. I want to be back upstairs with everyone else...enjoying the fresh air from the open windows...not down here! As you can see, the wall is kind of high so hopefully the dogs won't manage to get in here. Wouldn't put it past them to push the chair from the computer desk over here and use it to climb in...but we'll see if they're smart enough to figure that out.

I have 2 bunny neighbors. They're quiet, but I don't think the boy bunny is too thrilled that someone moved into his area. There's a tiny door where the bunnies can come and go from my area. (I'm hoping Herbie figures out he'll fit through it, too!) They usually have free run of the house except after they've been fed because, as you've probably guessed, the beagles steal their food, too! The bunnies and I are trying to get a petition started to just get rid of the dogs cuz then none of us would have to ever be locked up.

There's more big news today! I actually got up and walked to my litterbox and used it! Mommy and Daddy were watching TV in the living room and when I got up and headed towards it, Mommy got all excited and was making funny noises. All I did was pee for crying out loud...didn't think it was such a big deal. I'm just trying to prove to Mommy that I don't have to live in the basement. I want to be a good girl so I can keep playing upstairs...and not have to get so many baths!

I gotta go have supper now.

Kinzi

What am I supposed to do with this stuff?

Saturday is the big day. Mommy and Daddy are building my new prison in the basement. I certainly hope they don't expect me to help...cuz I can't use any of this stuff...I don't have any thumbs!

Guess I'll just sit back and supervise...make sure none of the dogs get hit on the head with a hammer or anything. I know where Mommy keeps the band-aids, tho...just in case.

Stay tuned for Saturdays post of the finished product!

Kinzi

Progress!!

I stood up to poop!!! (but I did it on the carpet and then sat on it. Oops! Sorry Mom!)

Today is the last day of my icky antibiotic. Wahoooooo!!!

Kinzi

Another fun day at the spa...

I swear, Shelter to Home volunteers are coming out of the woodwork just to help give me a bath! Remember Brenda, Mom's friend who helped with a bath a while ago? This time it was her son, Nathan. Personally, I think he needed a bath worse than I did! When his feet where in the tub with me, more dirt was coming off his stinky toes than was coming off me! I don't see anyone pinning him down and scrubbing him like they should be!

This picture is me getting blow-dried after my bath. I don't mind it too much.

I guess last night Mommy and her friends went to Pottery Creations in Wyandotte to paint pottery. Mommy says she painted me my very own food dish! I can't wait to see it!!! I bet food tastes even better when it's served in a special bowl!

As for me...I'm moving around alot better. Mom leaves me out on the floor most of the day when she's home and I've been good and haven't gone potty on the floor. I heard her talk about building me a special pen in the basement that's beagle-proof. I think that is next weekends project. Oh boy!

Kinzi

Caught in the act!!!

FINALLY!!! Mom used her phone to quickly snap this photo of my sweetie giving me a kiss just before I left for the vet last night. I TOLD you he liked me!

Dr. Dickie isn't sure why I'm still not walking very much. I now have to take glucocosomine and some other big word supplements and she's going to do research and call Mommy about it later. I did walk a bit more last night so I'm getting there...it's just so easy to lay here all day when Mommy is serving me my food and keeping me clean...why should I bother to get up when I have such an attentive maid taking care of me? haha

Kinzi

Rub-a-dub-dub...3 ladies in a tub!

You guessed it...tonight I was forced to endure yet another bath. Mommy's Aunt Sharon, who had come over to visit once before and did nothing but love on me...tricked me this time! She was responsible for pinning me down while Mommy scrubbed...and then she pinned me down again when I had to get blow dried. I showed my teeth and snarled a few times but apparently nobody takes me seriously around here.

Oh well...I smell fresh as a baby's bottom...for NOW!

Ohhhhhhhhh...and then right while I was getting blow dried, my sweetie, Herbie, came to see me and gave me a KISS! I can't believe Mommy didn't have the camera ready for that! I could have framed it and put it next to my bed so I could see it all day long. *Sigh*

Kinzi

Yo Home-followers, check out my crib!

Yup, that's me, shamed and humiliated to be quarantined to a baby play pen. Remember Kathy, one of mom's friends who helped pin me down for a bath previously? Well, apparently she's also responsible for this contraption. One side has big holes in the mesh but mom says it works perfectly cuz she can still plug in the vacuum without having to move me. WHATEVER!! Mom says when I'm done going potty all over myself then maybe I can get a fancier set up. I guess that's something to shoot for, eh? This thing isn't all bad tho...it's totally beagle-proof! I can eat my dinner at my own pace without worrying it will be inhaled in one gulp by a pesky dog.

I walked a few steps last night. (Actually...I ran like the wind when Mommy brought this pen into the room). I hid behind a chair and Mom had to move the chair to get me out. May as well make her work a little, right? This morning I wanted Mommy to scratch me so I walked about 4 steps and plopped down on her feet. It worked...she's a total sucker for my cuteness.

I get to roll around on the floor on a blanket when Mom is home...but when she's at work I get stuck in the pen like a big baby. Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Ooohhh! Mommy has the brush out...gotta go get me some good scratchin'!

Kinzi

What the heck is a Weeble?

I think Mommy has lost her marbles. She came back from her trip to Florida with a really bad cold so not only is she keeping us all up at night with her constant nose blowing...but she's been singing to me and they aren't any songs that I even know! It all started when I started getting a little more mobile...I've been falling out of bed alot and rolling around on the floor. Mommy keeps singing "ya ya Roly-Poly" over and over and then laughing...apparently you have to have seen the movie Pillow Talk with Doris Day to know what the heck she's singing. At least she's amusing herself cuz neither me nor any of the other critters here have a clue what it means. I'm going to have to try to watch that movie. Then today she woke up from a nap and saw I wasn't in my bed...so she leaned over and found me on my back, all 4 legs in the air, stuck...because I'd rolled out of bed and crash landed into a beagle and couldn't move. So she starts laughing and says "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down". What the heck is that? Is she cracking fat jokes at me that I don't understand or is she taking too much cold medicine and it's affecting her ability to think rationally?

Anyway...that's all that's going on around here. I'm rolling around the house, Mom's taking tons of cold medicine, and we're all watching football in between naps. Life is good!

Kinzi

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!

Guess what?! I DON'T have that! But...what I do have is just as hard to say and spell! Dr. Dickie now believes that I have Immune Mediated Polyarthritis. The short description is that my joints are really inflamed, possibly caused by a bacterial infection. I'm on a super duper dose of Prednisone and some really nasty antibiotic that will melt my throat if Mommy doesn't drown me with water immediately after giving it to me. (Seriously...I think it says that on the bottle!)

I'm doing much better and I actually walked a tiny bit today! Mommy and I just got back from visiting Dr. Dickie and when we got home, I leaned over too far in the laundry basket and fell out..so I got up and tried to walk to my bed in the living room. The kitchen floor is slippery, so it looked more like Bambi trying to walk on ice than a kitty walking...but trust me...I was using all four legs and I moved myself a good ten feet before I crash landed in the hallway. Mommy was so excited...it's been exactly 2 weeks since the last time I even stood up! So go ahead...all of you can do a happy dance...I'll sit this one out!

I'm eating really well. My blood tests showed that I have alot of white blood cells, which means an infection...but my liver and other junk are all fine...so all that time of me refusing to eat didn't cause any long term problems. Whew! I don't see that being a problem anymore because of the prednisone. Have you ever taken it? It makes you so hungry you want to eat your own arm! The dog laid too close to me today and I considered taking a bite out of his tail!

So that's it for now...I'm on the mend...eating like a horse...and being a good girl. Ohhhhhhh....and the nice lady, Rhonda, who works at St. Julian's, gave me a bath today! I felt so glamorous getting scrubbed up, combed out, and blow dried like a super model at the spa! I was soooo happy that I pooped on myself as soon as I got back in the basket. Oops! ...that's not very glamorous, is it.

Till next time!

Kinzi

I'm hanging in there!

My fever is staying away and I'm being a good girl and taking my pills. Jessica brushed me today and then sent a photo of me looking all spiffy to Mommy on her picture phone. Mommy thinks I'm beautiful! (which is no secret!). I still haven't stood up, but I keep falling out of bed so I'm moving around alot more. Mom says she needs to get me a play pen so I can be safely confined for when I start walking (and that pesky beagle can't steal my dinner!) She tried to buy one on Craig's List but it was already sold by the time she called the seller. She's going to have to hit thrift stores and garage sales. If anyone has one, please let Mommy know!

Kinzi

Sorry it's been so long since I've written..

It's been a bad week for me. I've been battling a bad fever and I'm still not walking. I haven't stood up since a week ago Wednesday. The vet thinks it's my joints that are hurting because nothing seems to be broken. (Sorry there won't be a cast for all of my adoring fans to sign...)

My mommy is in Florida for the long weekend, so this nice lady named Jessica is baby-sitting me. Things were great until she also took me to the vet for more pokes and prodding. (can't a cat get a break around here!?) So now the meds have been increased and I get my temperature taken alot and fluids squirted down my throat...it's no picnic being me!

So...hang tight...I'll write when I can. Mommy is waiting for an email from the vet since she didn't get to talk to her during my last trip. Once we know more, I can tell you more. I'm just going back to sleep on my super-cushy bed Mommy made for me...and thanking my lucky stars that I'm in Michigan and not roasting my buns off in Florida with Mommy.

Till later...Kinzi