Sunday Selfies.

It's time for my Sunday selfies but I haven't been able to take any that I am happy with. I was going to miss this week, but then I said to my mum that we should show them as they are and not just post the photos where I look good.
I have had a few off days this week and the diarrhoea is back and I have lost nearly half a pound since last week. My mum and dad know I get these days but then I bounce back.
I am feeling better  today and eating more again so hopefully I might be able to put the weight back. We are very glad that it is not one of my really bad turns.
So, here are my selfies.

You can see I am not feeling so good here because my third eyelids are showing.

I am sure that the sun and fresh air helps though.

Here is an old photo of me to make up for my not so good selfies.

You can see more photos with the Kitties Blue at the Cat on my Head.

Not Feeling so Good.

Ann made this lovely graphic for me, and I told my mum that we need to make an update on my health.
I had been doing so well lately and put on quite a bit of weight. The last couple of weeks I have had loose poops but we know I get them now and again because of my hyperthyroidism.
I haven't been eating very much the last few days and Friday my loose poops turned into the squirts. I am very lethargic as well.

Mum rang the vet and he said to start me on some antibiotics she had left. They are oxytetracycline and one of the few medications I can tolerate. He said if I was no better in the morning to take me to see him, so Saturday morning I got stuffed into my PTU and whisked off to see him.
He checked my BP which was fine and also listened to my heart which also sounded okay. I get checked regularly anyway because I am not on conventional treatment for my hyperthyroidism. I take a low dose of Prednisalone which stops my T4 from going to high.

Mum and dad took me for a very short walk before we went because they know I like to pee outdoors and caught a sample to take with them.
Most readings were okay but the blood reading was off the scale and also the white blood cell reading was very high. There has been a slight trace of blood in my urine ever since I first became ill but the test paper went darker than the highest reading. My temperature is normal

My vet said it seems like a UTI so I have to keep on the Oxycare for at least 5 days. I had a B12 injection as well.
I only ate 3/4 of a tin of food yesterday and only 1/4 so far today. He said if I wasn't improved this morning to withhold my prednisalone for 3 days and on the second day I will have an injection of a NSAID and if there is a marked improvement that will suggest that pain is making me not want to eat. My mouth and teeth have been looked at and there is a small amount of tartar but nothing to cause problems.

My mum asked about suddenly stopping the pred and he said the dose I am on is so low (1 mg twice a day) that it wouldn't hurt me.

I came back from the brink twice before and mum and dad say they will do everything they can to help me again.
If you can give me some purrs I know that will help me to.