Spartans!

[brdgt]

Okay, I have other thoughts on having a great time in my climbing class (such wonderfully supportive teammates - can't wait to see them in the gym!), I got a shitton of work done on my dissertation today (a useful and well timed exercise in why you need deadlines), and I'm really looking forward to getting away for 36 hours this weekend with Greg and Nick (just like ol' times :), but right now... I feel like I am trying to convince my cat to live :(

She's still not eating on her own, she's losing weight rather than gaining, and she's just never been *that* kind of cat. She's always been... aloof and spartan and not affectionate. I feel like with Calvin, I know what to do, that affection works, that he wants to be here with me. With Yoshimi... I feel like... I don't know :(

And at the same time, she's a love. She's transforming into an affectionate cat. Who wouldn't with a feeding tube and constant attention?

And then she flicks her tail and me and it breaks my heart. That's how we picked her, flicking her tail in her humane society crate...

I want to speak to her and have her listen and tell her and have her hear me that I love her more than anything and want to live with her forever and ever. Because I do!

Comments

[angel80.livejournal.com]

Yoshimi, you WILL get better!

[elf-chick.livejournal.com]

xoxoxo
tell her all those things. she'll hear you. (i've always been a "cat talker" myself -- Tabitha got treated to whole conversations, and now i talk daily to Chloe when dad puts her on the phone.)
hang in there, both of you. *hugs*

[loreofcure.livejournal.com]

This is so freaking upsetting. If you need anything-- as far away as I am-- let me know. Love to Yoshimi.

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

Thanks hon. I'm bringing her in today for another test. Essentially the vet thinks that it wasn't a reaction to jasnusnori's cat and that she may have something else causing it - like luekemia...

[janusnori.livejournal.com]

oh my.. =( I'm sorry babe. Glad you're able to get out of town today! She's resting nicely in good hands here

[astronautical.livejournal.com]

oh, that is so upsetting. I'm really sorry B!

[h-loves-c.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty. Poor you.

xox

[wyoluvr.livejournal.com]

yoshimi is clearly on the autistic spectrum. i hope you guys get things figured out soon so you'll feel better and yoshimi can go back to being her usual sweet but antisocial self.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Ha! I bet a lot of cats are. Being autistic is normal for cats, being "human neurotypical" is the weird thing in cat land.

[discountchiapet.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry you both had to go through this.
xoxo

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, :(

[seriousleopold.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry you and Yoshimi have to go through this. :(

poor little furkid

[xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com]

I've been a little absent on LJ lately, but just saw this and wanted to tell you to hang in there. You're doing the best you can as a kitty mama, and she may not be able to say thank you, but a cat couldn't ask for a better home than someone who clearly is so dedicated!