Update on Knee ~ Hi

This is what she used to look like.

Now she is just a skinny version of this picture and

she has also lost some of her white whiskers.

The vet told me not to be surprised if I woke

up one morning and she was

bald.

Just kidding!

Things on this end are not going good at all.

She is still nauseated and throws up.

She got her eating tube but tonight it is not

working. Tomorrow I am going to the vet's

office and I am not leaving until he shows me why

it will not work when it used to.

I had no trouble over the week-end.

Last night she threw up all night long.

It seems that the feeding tube is too long.

I took her back today and he checked her out

and shortened the tube so it was not

so far in her stomach.

I was encouraged but now I can't get any

food down her. If I try to force it the water

or food just squirts out the back of the tube.

I am afraid to force it cause then she tries to run.

Is God trying to tell me something and I am just

too pig headed to listen?

Or is he trying to tell me to be patient?

My gut tells me pig headed!

So back I go to the vet to get something done

for poor little Knee ~ Hi. She was supposed

to have her next treatment for the cancer

but since she has not been able to eat or drink

I guess we will have to skip it this week.

AGAIN!

Why is this happening?

Any comments from anyone that has been there?

I appreciate all your comments and thoughts and prayers.

Please keep them coming! You are all so dear to me

and I send God's love and blessings to you all.

Lenna

Knee ~ Hi

Could Knee ~ Hi

have known what was in store

for her or did she just

have

a

Headache?

Today the vet put in a feeding tube.

All of her pretty hair was shaved

off around her neck.

She sports a white bandage that

keeps the tube in place.

Tonight I fed her for the first time.

Actually,

I used a feeding tube

for the very first time.

It works so

nicely and so far so good.

She did great, and has not even tried to throw up!

A HUGE YEA!!!

It will be so nice to go to sleep and know

she got fed today.

She even managed to pee.

Things are finally looking up.

The vet is

SURE that the tumor has shrunk that is in

her nose, too.

She did not have any chemo this week but come

Tuesday, if she is feeling OK. we will do that

again.

That will be two weeks of killing

that evil tumor.

Your prayers are still needed for my furbaby.

I do thank you so much

for all your kind thoughts and heartfelt prayers.

Your thoughts have gotten me through

this week ~ except for the 23rd. and

Nothing could have helped me that day!!!

Knee ~ Hi sends you lots of cat licks

and sweet kisses.

Take care all and God Bless you

and keep you safe from harm.

Happy stitching!!!

Lenna

Update : Knee ~Hi the cat

I am sitting here with Knee ~ Hi

as she repeatedly has the dry heaves.

Except they are not dry, rather she

throws up foam.

To say her chemo is not going well is an

Understatement!!!

I have taken her back to the vet twice in two

days and tomorrow is Sunday. Every time she

smells food she starts to throw up.

He did a complete blood count (CBC)

on her today and the numbers all looked

good except potassium (She won't eat) and her liver

was a little high. But considering the assault

to her system it is not unusual.

They had to give her Sub Q fluids twice and

she does better but this is worrisome.

I have not gotten much sleep as it is

because it is like having a very young sick

child in the house... again.

I hear every noise she makes and if I am asleep it

wakes me up.

But I can't really help her.

So please say a prayer for her that she gets

through this faze and is finally cured.

It's not too much to ask for one small

cat is it?

I am almost beside myself now

and don't know if I have done the right

thing.

It is always so easy to second guess

yourself when things aren't going right.

Why does this stuff always happen

on the week-end late at night?

The vet said I could call so I will in the morning

maybe I can give her something.

Do cats drink Ginger Ale?

It could be a solution!!!

Thanks for looking You all mean the world to me

and I appreciate your comments.

Take care and God Bless ~

Lenna

Prayers for Knee~Hi

Today I took Knee~Hi down to Copperas Cove to a Vet there

who operated on her beautiful ears.

Unfortunately, she has cancer.

Her other eye had

developed Horner's Syndrome this morning

and when the vet looked inside her ears one of

her ear drums was blown out and the other was

bulging from the inside.

Both were full of pus from the infection the tumor had caused.

He opened that ear drum, irrigated both ears and put

medicine inside her ears and sealed them with wax so the

medicine can heal the ear drums.

He also took samples and sent them off to A&M

to make sure it's cancer.

He is sure it is though.

No, she can not hear and she had not really

come back like we hoped so I need prayers for my sick cat.

We will start the chemo on Friday two shots once

every week for three weeks.

Then she gets two shots every

three weeks for three times.

She deserves to have some quality of life and the

Vet thinks this can happen cause cats respond to

treatment when they have lymphoma.

Not forever,

but sometimes for a couple of years.

Doesn't this sweet face deserve that?

So . . . your prayers will be much appreciated

and Knee~Hi sends you a lick.

Take care and God Bless ~

Lenna

Cancer Square

I finished this second square for the Relay for Life Cancer Quilt.

I have to take it to Donna who organized the Cancer Quilt

and is anxious to get the finished piece.

I have had a sick cat, a root canal and I had to

put my Mom in a nursing home temporally cause she

hurt her knee.

Then Sunday I got sick and am running a fever went

to the Dr. today and it snowed.

The snow was great but I can't even build a

snowman cause I can't go outside.

Big Bummer!!!

It has not snowed for years and I have

to stay inside.

Thanks for looking.

God Bless ~

Lenna

A Cat, Root Canal, Reindeer Games and a Pear Tree !!!

This is Knee-Hi the cat!

She is called this because she has

white hair that comes up to her knees.

Do cat's have knees?

Oh well, she has been sick with Horners'

Syndrome. At first we thought it was an upper

respiratory infection. So the Dr. treated

her for that. When her third eyelid

came up and covered one forth of her

eye I knew something was wrong.

I took her back to the Vet and he

confirmed it was Horners' Syndrome.

So . . . they have to put her under and

clean out her ears and inject medicine

into the ear cavity give her more medicine

and hope for the best.

Well, the best wasn't meant to be.

I had to take her back and her ear drum is

all healed, she had blown it out with the

pressure of the infection, so that is great.

But. . . she has to take another bottle of

liquid medicine about three weeks and we

will again hope for the best.

To date . . . I have already spent over $ 1000.00

and counting. Could you put a cat to sleep

cause she has an ear infection?

Sorry, but I can't!

MY cruel boss said I should just hit

her over the head

and be done with it.

Or, better yet

he will do it for me.

Compassion ~ NONE!!!

Could you do this to this sweet face?

But . . . sweet face or not this cat KNOWS when

I am ready to give her the medicine.

Don't think for one minute cats are not

Smart!

Mine is very smart.

I have tried everything I can think of

to trick her

and finally I just have to grab her by the scruff

of the neck and pull her head back

and when she opens her mouth,

squirt it in and make her swallow it.

Not easy but I am doing it!

Hopefully she will be well when we get

through with this batch of medicine.

Boy the money I could have spent on

Cross Stitch!!!

Say a prayer!

What a sweet face!

Reindeer Games ~

I got another one of these done for

my twin brother and his new wife.

They came down from Tulsa two weeks after

Christmas. I got it finished

even though I was having trouble

with my back tooth on the right side.

Went to the dentist and he had to do

a Root Canal!!!

Ugh ~ it turned out to be a nightmare.

Had to go back and have him

shave off a smidgen of tooth so

my top tooth would not touch it

while it healed.

Then . . . when he finally finished it up

the next day, Tuesday, he discovered

that some moisture had leaked out of my

tooth into the root cavity.

It caused pressure to build up and cause

the pain I was feeling over the weekend when

no self respecting dentist is around to help.

It was excruciating ~~ I'd rather have a baby!

I could not even stitch!

All that time on my hands

and I can't EVEN stitch!!!

What a huge bummer!!!

Of course, why would anything to do

with my mouth be easy?

He is a wonderful man, does not hurt you

and does a complete job. I now am the

proud owner of one finished root canal.

YEA! YEA! YEA!!!

Next I get my post cause my tooth is gone

and looks like a tooth aircraft carrier.

Then it is the crown.

Boy, the money I could have spent on cross stitch!

Let's talk!

It's Official . . . I really don't like the Pear Tree!

I had done all but one of the outside pears

and discovered it was off by one row . . .

at the Top first pear!

Thus . . . the evil frog!!!

I tore all of it out and then put it all back in.

I could not find this pattern

after taking my last pictures.

I found all the others so knew it

must be close by.

Voila ~ I found it and just wanted to get it

finished!

Not to be, however ~

It is still looking like this after two weeks.

I will get back to it after I finish the

cancer quilt square I am doing.

As usual thanks for looking your comments

help motivate me to finish my

stitching and I do appreciate them so much.

Take care and God Bless your stitching fingers.

Lenna

TUSAL . . .

it's that time again,

or rather past that time.

I realized the moon was up and though it was

only an upside down sliver it was no

longer invisible.

OOPS!

I missed it again.

But here my TUSAL is again ~ getting

fuller as I had to pull out the shovel, part of the car

and all of the shadow stitches in the snow of

my Crabby All Year.

I have put them all back in and then some. I just

have the snow to do for January. I am looking

for my sparkly white thread to combine

with the white.

So . . .

it will sparkle!!!

The frog

has made his appearance in Jan. thank you

so much ~ FROG!

Do we need to start over in Jan? I don't

remember. I can do that! No problem!!!

As always thanks for looking I appreciate it!

May God Bless you all and your families too, and may you be blessed

with the best year Yet!!!

Lenna

O Christmas Tree and Fa La La . . .

O' Christmas tree thy candles shine so brightly!

What a hoot this one has been to stitch!!!

I have really enjoyed it.

Why are some so much fun and others

are just a chore?

I got my second part in the mail today.

I will get the owl done

and wait for the third

part to get here.

Sew on the beads and Viola it will be done.

Just in time for next Christmas.

Maybe I can get it framed by next year.

This is my start on the Ornament SAL

and this is the first installment.

So . . . tomorrow I will work

on this one again.

It shouldn't take to long to finish.

Here's hoping!!!

Thanks for looking and leaving your

encouraging comments.

I appreciate them so much.

God Bless ~

Lenna