Well hello everyone! I sure am happy, happy, happy to be home! What an ordeal I had, seriously. I have been sick since Thanksgiving and ended up spending 10 days in the hospital. Oh my, that is one scary place.
As you may remember, I was rescued as a wee kitten from a dog attack. Well, there was a big dog underneath me and a dog right beside me. I think I was in the oxygen cage for at least 7 days. I couldn’t breath good, but I could wheeze good. I had needles in by leg that they called an IV, but I called it “dang that hurts”, cause it did. But I just wasn’t up to struggling over it. I had xrays, shots, pills, xrays, shots, pills. My Dad and Mom came to visit and my Dad came every evening to stuff food in my mouth because I didn’t feel like eating on my own.
I was really in bad shape, bad, bad shape. In the middle of the night on November 30th I tried to go visit my HubbyCat Angel Alex at the Bridge. I was very close to joining my love, but Angel Alex wouldn’t have any part of it. Alex told me absolutely not, it wasn’t my time and even though he missed me terribly, our being together would just have to wait. Alex told me how much he loved me and then told me to keep my cute little butt at home with my Brother and Sisters and my Mom and Dad. He was as serious as I’ve ever seen him so I fought like a crazy woman to make him happy. You know what? Alex was right, it wasn’t my time and I am happy being loved at home and laying under the Christmas Tree.
Oh, that’s another thing. While I was in the hospital the house got decorated for Christmas. I wasn’t sure what was going on when I first got home because lots of things were moved around, but as soon as I spotted the Christmas Tree I figured it all out. Yes, we’ve got pictures, and I’ll ask Dad to share some of them next week.
As scary as that hospital place is, the humans that work there were awfully kind and very nice. They took such good care of me and whatever I needed someone was always around to make sure I got it. My Dad told me that every evening when he left the intake humans out front always wanted to know if I ate my dinner. There is just isn’t a good way to thank humans like that, they saved my life. My Dad tells me I have to be super careful since I am down to 7 remaining lives now. I used one this time and one early one with the dog attack.
Anywho, I’m still taking medicine and will be for at least another week. But I can deal with it because there’s no place like home. You probably saw the update Brian did yesterday, the pneumonia is gone. Now I just have to fight off this respiratory stuff. But I can do it, right?
Okay, that’s enough about me, I’ve missed all of you and now you can tell me what you’re up to and what I missed. See you soon! Remember, adopt cats, we deserve it!!!!! More Forever Homes More Often! Purrrrr! Zip! Later!
Gracie, you look wonderful! We’re so glad you listened to Angel Alex and decided to stay here!
Gracie, we’re happy beyond words that you listened to Alex and that you’re home again and on the mend.
Purrs and hugs.
You can do it Miss Gracie – YOU CAN! Well done Gracie, and well done family. What a time, what worry but HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!
Harvey and Team Dash
I am so glad you are home and on the mend, Gracie! We were so worried we were going to lose you!
Gentle pets and hugs sweet Gracie and so pleased to see you home and well. Have a super Saturday.
Best wishes Molly
Oh Gracie, we are so glad that you decided to stick around. We just knew you could make it and we know that you will continue to get better. You are one tough lady. So keep up the good work. Take care all of you.
Gracie we were so happy to hear you were back home where you belong and doing so well….one more week of medicine isn’t so bad now is it?! You’re with all your family and it’s Christmas which is “family time” with all the decorations and fun. Just take it easy – I’m sure napping is the best thing for you right now…..just relax and enjoy the love because you certainly have it there AND from all your friends here in the blogosphere.
Holiday Hugs to you and EVERYONE!
Sammy
Gracie, your post made my mommy’s eyes leak…for real and for true. I am so grateful you are clear of the pneumonia and almost there (well). Eat your food and enjoy the love. You deserve it. I didn’t know your story at the beginning ad that made mommy really really sad. But thank goodness you were rescued, you precious girl.
Oh Gracie, it is so lovely to see you!! It is right you are still with your brofur and sisfurs. They need you!!
As for me, I am flumping today 🙂 xoxoxox
It’s so good to see you well, Gracie. Alex was right… your family still needs you, and they’re obviously so happy to have you home. Rest up and let that medicine do its work to finish getting you all the way healthy again. Big purrs from all of us.
It’s great to see you Gracie!
Hope all is well.
Happy Holidays!
Star~
Gracie we are sure glad that you are home and will be able to enjoy a beautiful and blessed Christmas with your family. You are one BRAVE and extremely STRONG girl! xoxo
Oh Gracie you are looking so great! We purred our furry butts off for you and your siblings! We’re so happy you fought back and are improving all the time!
Gracie you look so so good,and we are all so happy that you are back home doing your recuperation! Your recovery is what being thankful at the holidays is all about.
I’m so happy that you are back at home and you can enjoy all the decorations and the christmas time. You are a brave girl and please give all this people at the hospital a big hug from me.
We can’t thank Angel Alex enough for sending you back to us, Sister Gracie!
Gracie, I don’t know if I will be able to type… I am crying to hard…. You have no idea how thankful we are that you listened to Angel Alex – although we know you didn’t have much choice. He is very forceful and persuasive when he needs to be. And in this case, I know he wasn’t going to take no for an answer…. You coming home, and rejoining your family, was the best present, and the best way you could show your husband how much you love him. And him telling you it wasn’t time was the best… Read more »
Back you are at your decorated bar, sure you can beat back the rest too after all you went through
Gracie Darling, You Look Marvelous!!! That’s what mum said before the flood gates opened! So, Miss Kitty will say it…Welcome home girlfriend… I sent two thousand hundred trillion Purrs to that hospital for you to come back…Miss Kitty so glad yu’ back!! And, Alex sent yu’ back because he knew how so very sad we all would be without you! Take yo’ meds and take it easy dear Gracie…
Miss Kitty luv yu’…
Bailey crossed his paws for you every step of the way & we sent up prayers for a miracle…. you made us very happy for being such a trooper little Gracie! And thank God Mom & Dad were such fighters too!!
Gracie my dear
Yous is the bestest! We knows yous will be feeling 100% soon and wes is so furry happy that yous did not goes over the bridge to bes with Alex.
Wes loves yous
Kisses
Nellie
Oh Gracie! Having you home safe and feeling well is the best holiday gift ever! How kind of Alex to let you know it was not time for you to go even though he misses you very much. Purrs from the Zee and Zoey Gang!
Gracie
Angel Alex is your guardian angel….we are so glad he stayed with you until you were well.
Hugs Madi your bfff
I am so glad to read the wonderful news that you are home and feeling better. You enjoy being home now and look forward to seeing the pictures. Hugs Carol
Dear Gracie, You look FAN-TAS-TIC!! I don’t even see any little shavy places though I bet you have a couple. Honestly, it’s so undignified that they remove bits of our furs — as if we don’t feel bad enough when we’re at the Stabby Place!! Anyway, it is so great to see you home with your family, Human and Feline, for Christmas. You keep having those nice nappies under the tree–nappies are SO restorative! XOXOXO
We were all purring and woofing and had all our paws crossed for you and your furblings during those challenging weeks. We are so happy you are all well on your way to a full recovery and that Angel Alex told you very firmly but lovingly that your time wasn’t up. xoxo
Yes, Gracie, we are also very happy to see you home again. Keep getting better and stronger.
We are so super happy that you are well on your way to being all better, sweet Gracie. And especially that you are back home! That Alex is a smart mancat, and it was so gallant of him to be so honest and adamant that you still had some lives left here on earth.
Our tree is up, too. We’re enjoying sleeping under it (well, Moosey and Zoe are). 🙂
Hugs to you and your whole family!
Gracie, you can’t believe how much we’ve missed you. I’m so glad–and I know your mom and dad are too–that you’re home and healthy. You look wonderful! One more week of pills isn’t too bad.
Enjoy those naps under the tree!
Sweet Gracie we are so happy that you are home and almost totally well. Yep, you can take your medicine and get rid of that respiratory stuff and we are still sending up prayers for you that it is all gone very soon. Hugs and nose kisses
Gracie, we are so, so happy to see you back at home where you are supposed to be. That was nice of your humans to make it all Christmasy for your homecoming. We are especially thankful that Alex told you that it’s not your time to go to the RB yet. Keep taking your medicine like a good girl. We will look forward to seeing those photos of you under the tree. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Gracie girl friend, you scared me! I was so worried…thank Ceiling Cat Alex sent you back to us; purrrs, Savvy
Sounds like you are doing great Gracie! I’m glad that Alex was there to talk you out of going over the bridge. That would have been very sad!
Nice to see you back in your rightful place at home Gracie, have a lovely Saturday!
Dip Bridge and Elliot x
Gracie, we we’re so worried about you! We’re glad you’re a fighter and are doing so much better now.
You look great, Gracie! We are all so glad that you are back home and on the mend. You stay strong and take care of yourself until you are back to 100%!
MEOW Gracie it is so good to hear from you. Socks agrees about the hospital being scary, he had a dog near him too. And while he likes our dogs he says strange dogs are different.
We has a Christmas Tree this year and decorations and everything. Maybe we will get pics with the tree.
Love is so healing! It’s a joy to see you looking well and our boys send extra purrs.
We are so happy you are home with your family! Next time you have a visit with Angel Alex, please thank him for us for giving you such wise advice. You do look healthy and very lovely in your photo. Everyone take a deep breath and sleep through the night. Jobi and Fisher
Thinking of you and sending healing vibes your way!
Hugs!
Yow Sister Gracie: ya not nose me well..me haz bin meowin wif yer Brofur Brian fer a few monthz now n me n Mum bin purrayin n purrin fer ya to getz all bettur! We waz so scared ya wuud leeve diz werld n yer Brofur n Sisfurz n Pawentz beehind…we did not nose who ALEX waz n we understandz how ya wanted to goez to bee wif him…he iz a bunderfulll kitteh boy to say Ya shuud stay wif us here… Me bin fightin da Pnacreatitis n Bowel Disease n Herpes Virus n me made it too…we gotta enjoy… Read more »
Hi Gracie,and welcome home. We are very happy to know that the pneumonia is gone and that you are doing so much better. Just in time for Christmas too:)
Woos – Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
We are all so glad that you are at home Gracie and that you are feeling much better! Take it easy and make sure your humans take very good care of you!
Yay Gracie! You look fabulous! Me-Ommmmmm
Gracie I am so happy you are here sweet kitty. You look wonderful. My Charlie got real sick at the begining of the year so I know how stressful it is and how worried your family was. Purrs and hugs to all.
Gracie, I’m glad Angel Alex told you to stay on this side of the Bridge. Keep getting better and enjoy your Christmas decorations.
Gracie, you made this little ghetto kitteh so scared. I said to Alex, don’t take her from us right now. Her peeps need her too and he agreed. I love seeing you on the blog again and hope you can finish fighting this this off.
Oh sweet Gracie, what an ordeal that all was for sure and a scary time for you and your Mom and Dad. We are so happy that you are home and doing well and we continue to send you our purrs and prayers for your good health and full recovery.
Gracie, Mommy is all teary…that was too much of a near thing, sweet girl! Thank Cod Alex talked some sense into you. You concentrate on getting 100% well, and enjoying being back home, where you belong!
We are glad that ya decided ta stay here, but we unnerstand the temptation ta join Alex.
So very very Thankful that Gracie is back home. Just not quite time to be with Alex yet, dear Gracie, but when it is time – Alex will be there waiting for you. I could tell you a story about my angel Jason…the dearest black kitty there ever was. before he went over the rainbow bridge, he ran back to tell me, “I see Aone (Ah-wun)!” Aone, a petite little white kitty was the love of his life. Aone had gone home several years earlier from kidney failure. Our family was so devastated when Aone went home and even more… Read more »
Gracie you are so well looking it is hard to believe you were so sick..what a good girl for listening to Angel Alex..he knew you still had much to do here and when you do catch up again it will be wonderful..until then your family is not complete without you hugs and love to you all Fozziemum xx
Touching post, so glad you are still here Gracie – Merry Christmas month
You have been through so much and are so fortunate to have such a wonderful family to help you out. We are thrilled that you are so much better and did not leave us. Enjoy the decorations…this year you may even be able to take a few ornaments off the tree without getting in trouble 😉
I am very happy to see you looking so well Gracie. I will be happier still when that nasty old respiratory infection is gone.
I am glad that you took notice of Angel Alex when he told you it is not your time to join him yet. Don’t worry, he will be waiting for you when it is time.
Glad to see you nearly better Gracie,xx Speedy
We are so happy that it wasn’t your time to go to the Bridge. Even though the Vet takes good care it can be a very scary ordeal. We are glad that you are home where you belong! Love Cali, Andy, Tater and Shelly (C.A.T.S)
Oh sweetie – we are sooooooooo thankful that you are feeling better and will be okay. That was too close of a call for you to be so sick you had considered the bridge. Yikes. I’m happy you are a fighter and are back with us. Mario Smooches. (Tell your boy friend not to be upset with me giving smooches, I smooch all the bootiful ladies).
We’re a day late but hope you see this. Welcome back Gracie. We’re. So glad you’re doing better. You sure look good in that picture.
Take care and stay well,
Bugsy and Knuckles
Gracie, it is so good to see you for Sister Saturday and to see you home and feeling better! We think the vet is a scary place and we are just there for a short time, not 10 squillion days! you are a very brave kitteh! purrs,
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, HOllie
Dearest Gracie,
You being under the Christmas tree is the nicest gift there could be!
Love,
Lily and my Gracie Belle kitty, WA, USA
We are SO happy you are home, Gracie!!!
You gave us all quite a scare.
Now you’ve got some cuddling to catch up on!
xo
Gracie you are a true miracle girl purrrrrrr
Nice to see you looking so much better!
Scary stuff! Glad to see you home…
Yay, Gracie! You stay home now, and keep taking your medicine. We hope you all have a Furry Meowy Christmas in your house!
Gracie you look positively “Puma-ish” in that lovely photo. We are so happy you are home and doing better.
xoxo
Ms. Stella O’Houligan