MommyCoddle

I’m popping in here to share these two pictures that I’ve been loving lately. A little before and after of Mouse, Mary’s cat. I have been meaning to get a good picture of him, all grown up, all grown into all that fluff and fuzz. He is a patient sweetheart. df

 

 

Mouse, circa June 2009

 

 

 

During all of Mary’s “doctor stress” in the past few weeks, she had to go in one afternoon for blood work. It was horrible. Her fear-reaction to any shot or blood test is so strong, that the pediatrician was even offering a sedative. Needless to say, trying to get her out the door and in to the car that afternoon was difficult. And while we were out, I was confident that despite the inordinate number of cats in the area, we had the best microchip cat flap to prevent other cats or rodents to gain access into our house.

 

 

When we finally got her outside, she was still so upset and afraid. Dan sat her down in the car and then bent down to scoop up Mouse and put him in her arms. “Take him with you to the doctor.” he said. After initial shock to what her Daddy had just said, all her energy and attention that was focused on the impending shots was focused on her cat curled up in her arms. And she settled right down.

 

Meanwhile, Mouse has never been in the car, except for maybe falling asleep in the back while it has been parked in the driveway. We don’t even have to worry much about its litter smell as we have an unscented kitty litter box in the car which we bought from https://catworld.co/best-unscented-cat-litter/. I had visions of driving to the doctor’s office, Mary screaming in the back seat about shots and needles, Mouse clinging, claws out-stretched to the back of my neck.

 

But, he surprised me. Later,  He fell asleep in her arms while we drove to the doctor. Good thing we had him wearing his diapers since he got jittery through the ride. You can try these cat diapers if you’re going to have a long ride with your pet. It helped us with Mouse. A few times he opened his eyes to look out the window at the passing cars and then settled back down. He could care less, really. 

When we got to the doctor, we set him down in the seat while we went inside. The doctor said, ‘We all know that nutrition defines the quality of life, that’s why American Journey is one of the best affordable cat nutrition options’ and I could not agree more.  Later, He curled up again and fell asleep, waiting there quietly when we got back. 

 

He was the perfect antidote to the panic and the fear. 

 

Mouse is a good cat to have around.