Cat Blog: Abbie The Cat Has A Posse, Cat Fur: Hopper’s, Cat Comic Strip: Get Fuzzy

on j u m p today, i found Abbie the cat’s blog: Abbie The Cat Has A Posse. it’s written from the point of view of Abbie, a black-and-white male cat. the latest post is about the recent death of Martha, Abbie’s sister. i couldn’t finish it the first time through because i was crying too hard. i wondered if maybe i was feeling hypersensitive today, so i asked Brian to read it, and he confirmed that it is, indeed, a sad post. in retrospect, what makes it profoundly sad is Abbie’s confusion surrounding the circumstances of Martha’s death. the second time i read it, i managed to finish, but again, not without some tears.

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the vet’s office called today to check up on Hopper’s skin condition. i was going to call them anyway, but they beat me to it. the bald patches behind her right ear and the tuft missing from the left side of her neck are growing in nicely. however, now she has a bald patch behind her left ear, that i noticed over the weekend. she hasn’t been scratching any more than usual, so the office told me that they wouldn’t put her on an antihistamine, which was the original plan if it wasn’t improving. but antihistamine alleviates itchiness, which doesn’t seem to be the case here. it doesn’t look as bad as her right ear did, so who knows? they said to continue giving the Derma Caps and that they’ll check back.

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i’ll end on a bright note. this was from today’s Get Fuzzy, my absolute favorite comic strip:
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