Cats on Tuesday: Merlin's Big Day

Merlin: Well, it all started the day before yesterday. At my mom's bedtime, my food was put away! I didn't understand this at all, but since I had been given a lot of food (and I ate it all) about half an hour before, I wasn't complaining too much. I went to bed and curled up with my mom for a while, then went back down to cuddle with my dad and Dragonheart, and then when my dad went to bed, Dragonheart and I curled up between both our humans.

But then the next morning there was no breakfast! I kept meowing and meowing at my humans, telling them to feed me! They clearly must have forgot to put my food out, so I was trying to remind them. I was running all over the house, like I do every morning, playing and attacking my toys (and some things that my humans say aren't toys but that are fun to play with) and meowing and meowing, because I was hungry and wanted some food!!!

Well, I didn't get any food. Soon, my mom stuck me in the PTU with my sleeping bag and a warm fleece blanket, and then she gave food to Dragonheart!!! That wasn't fair at all, so I meowed and meowed and meowed some more.

Then my mom took me out to the metal monster with wheels, and strapped the PTU in. I kept meowing and meowing and meowing. I didn't stop meowing until the metal monster stopped, and my mom unstrapped the PTU and picked it up.

It turns out we were going to the vet's! Once there, I started purring for my mom while we waited a few short minutes in the waiting room. Then we went into one of the smaller rooms, where my mom took me out of my PTU and put me in another cage. I was purring and purring and the vet and vet technician were smiling at me. The vet tech took me out to the scale, where another lady who was waiting there with a cat saw me, and she said "oh my goodness." I guess she had never seen a handsome Sphynx before! So I was weighed and I weigh 2.7 kg (5.95 lbs, so almost 6 pounds!)

The vet tech brought me back to the room where my mom was, and I was still purring away. My sleeping bag was put into the cage with me, and I immediately curled up in it. My mom said goodbye, and the vet tech took me downstairs, and I was purring all the way.

A little while later, the vet tech came to see me again, and I purred for her. Then she took me out of my cage, and stole some of my blood! Afterwards, she gave me a shot, and I feel asleep.

When I woke up, I felt really weird! I was very groggy, and my behind felt a little strange. I couldn't believe it! They had taken my little Mancat bits! My little Mancat sack was empty!!! I curled up in my sleeping bag, and fell back asleep.

I slept on and off throughout the day, and whenever anyone was checking on me I purred. I love purring! I did miss Dragonheart and my humans though. After a while, the vet tech put my fleece blanket back in my PTU, and then I was put in the PTU, and carried upstairs. My humans were there! I started purring and purring and purring! I was so happy to see my humans.

My humans talked with the vet for a bit, and then we went into the metal monster and dad drove home while mom held my PTU on her lap, and pet me through the door. I purred and purred and purred.

When we made it home, I was gently put on the futon in the family room, still cozy in my fleece blanket, and Dragonheart came over and sniffed me. He sniffed me, and then he sniffed my butt! So I had to sniff his butt in turn.

Now, the vet had said that I could eat the next day, but that if I was really hungry, I could have a bit of food. Well, I was hungry! I was meowing and meowing and meowing for food. So my humans gave me a can of yummy kitten tuna stinky goodness! After eating, I curled up on my dad. First I helped him with the computer, then I curled up on his chest and fell asleep.

A little while later, I curled up on my mom's lap with Dragonheart. He sniffed me some more and licked me, and then we both had a nap. Then my mom went to bed, and I ran upstairs after her, then ran back downstairs.

After spending some time with Dragonheart and my dad, I was getting hungry again! I was meowing and meowing and meowing! So finally my dad gave me some more food. I was very happy, because I was hungry! Then afterwards, I played a fun game with the litterbox. I would run into the litterbox, dig, throw litter around, then run back out. I kept doing this over and over again! It was a very fun game! My dad didn't seem to like it, though.

Finally, we all went to bed, and I curled up between my mom and my dad.

This morning, thankfully, things are back to normal! When my dad took his shower, I decided to investigate the shower as well. It was interesting, but I decided to hang around outside the shower curtain while the water was spraying. After my dad showered, my mom woke up, and she fed me my breakfast, as usual, although again, as usual, I kept trying to eat some of Dragonheart's yummy vishus deer food, and I kept being brought back to my bowl. After breakfast, I ran around the house, playing with a lot of my toys! I had fun batting a bunch of my toys around on the floor, and attacking the leather wand toy my mom held out for me. Now, as I'm blogging, I'm on my mom's lap while we're at the computer, and Dragonheart is here too.

Thanks to everyone for their good wishes and purrs yesterday! I really appreciate them, and so do my mom and dad and Dragonheart. I seem to be back to normal, and my mom says my tiny incisions look good and that she can barely see them.

So thanks again everyone!

P.S. Dragonheart would like everyone to check out his Valentine to Stella. Thanks!

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