Pookie-fied

My friend out in NJ has this adorable pup as a foster right now. She sent me this picture along with this message: "Thought you would be interested that among other developments this week, we took in an emergency foster dog, an American bulldog named Pookie. It’s a little like having an infant in the house who’s perfectly able to knock me over with no effort, drinks a liter of water at a time, and snores at 150Db. Oh, and cries every time I leave the room for >3 minutes. But he’s an absolutely great dog and I can see he’s going to be a gem once he gets his legs back under him and gets a bit of training. (That said, I’ll be happy when I can go back to sleeping in my own bed, instead of on the couch next to his crate!)"


I love his adorable face and those eyes are so intense!

Shelf Heads

New shelf system installed in the office! The cats are already loving it.

Dreaming of Birds

Hot Tub

These two cats are way too big for this little clam! For the record, Lulu was there first. Felix rudely worked his way in and eventually kicked her out.

Remembering Simone

I wanted to link to a few past posts featuring Simone.

The Cat Burgler
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2006/07/cat-burglar.html

New Mattress
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-mattress.html

Simone with the Duck
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2006/11/simone-with-duck.html

Sickey Needs Pets
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2007/06/sicky-needs-pets.html

Vying for Sunspots
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2007/07/more-on-sunpatches.html

Three Little Bunny Rabbits
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2008/02/three-little-bunny-rabbits.html

Simone, The Beautiful French Fry
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2008/02/simone-beautiful-french-fry.html

Getting Long, Queen of Sheba Style
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2008/03/getting-long-queen-of-sheba-style.html

Sunny Simone
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunny-simone.html

Cat Out of the Bag
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2008/05/cat-out-of-bag.html

Sickey Sickerman
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2008/11/sicky-sickerman-she-was-staring-at.html

Sunshine Girls
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2009/04/sunshine-girls.html

Lettuce vs. Pork Tenderloin
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2009/06/lettuce-vs-pork-tenderloin.html

Really Wants Sun Beam
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2009/09/really-wants-sun-beam.html

The Flying Saucer
http://losgatolinos.blogspot.com/2012/03/sickey-is-in-flying-saucer.html

Simone's Last Post

Simone "Sickey" Guerrero died on May Saturday May 12th of liver failure caused by lymphoma (cancer). She had been losing weight and had a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms for the last three months with a working diagnosis of IBD (irritable bowel disease). IBD is part of a continuum which at the far end is lymphoma. Thursday she went in for an ultrasound with the goal of determining where she was on the IBD/lymphoma scale. From there she just declined incredibly rapidly and unexpectedly. Friday night we stayed up all night with her (Jimmy more than me I have to admit).  We took her to a specialist first thing this morning. They did what they could to stabilize her but they were essentially attempting to mimik the work of her liver. It was not sustainable. Even if they could have miraculously saved her liver, her lymphoma was advanced and aggressive. Her quality of life would have been very low, not what she would want at all. 

She passed away about 3:50 Saturday afternoon with us there by her side - Jimmy holding her paw, me gently stroking her. We are grieving and remembering her and all her crazy antics. Remembering her love of food (my little sous chef!) and passion for plastic. The most vegetarian oriented cat I ever knew - her favorite salad greens and asparagus! But she would eat any vegetable or green. Her ability to break into drawers (usually for plastic) and she could literally stab a piece of chicken off your fork as it travelled from your plate to your mouth!

Simone brought Jimmy and I a lot of joy. In her honor, JImmy bought an African Violet for his desk (we could never have flowers in the house before because Simone would eat them). I am going to put a bird bath in the garden as she loved birds. I am so glad that since we moved into this house she has been able to go outside, something she loved. She and I bonded in a special way the last few months going to the vet and hanging out in the garden (she was always with me when i planted!). She will be sorely missed.

I probably won't be answering my phone for the next few days so I hope you understand. Please feel free to write to me and I will share any condolences with Jimmy (and Max, Lulu and Felix). 

Rest in peace Simone.