Pukey kitty

Gunnar has been our pukey kitty for a while now. He barfs a lot. Usually at 5:30 a.m. Right by the bed. On the carpet. Or if it's not 5:30 a.m., it's the same time I need to leave for work. We switched the food to hairball control. We took him to the vet. He's been taking Laxatone to break down those hairballs for about a year now. And he was hurling way less. But it started up all over again.

Right after the new year, he started barfing every day. Laxatone wasn't helping. It got to the point where he was walking around, looking miserable. And he lost 2-3 pounds in as many weeks.

Yesterday, he kept hacking. All day long, his head was moving like he was retching. He puked clear liquid several times. It was heart-breaking to watch. It's the sickest my tough guy cat has ever been.

This morning, he went to the vet. After blood work and X-rays, we learned that it was, in fact, just hairballs. A big one in his stomach and another one in his colon.

The vet said that they should pass. But gave Gunnar shots of anti-inflammatory, anti-nausea and some antibiotics because he was running a fever.

So, we hope that Gunnar feels better soon.

Sick puppy

If you're a dog and you're feeling pretty bad, maybe like you're going to get sick, where do you throw up?

A) Anywhere on the floor
B) On the tiled bathroom floor
C) You ask frantically to go outside
D) You throw up on the bed, right next to mom's head, refusing to let your people move you off of the bed and then you throw up on the foot of the bed too for good measure.

If you guessed D, that's what happened at 5:30 a.m. Ugh!