Wednesday 2 November 2011

Gizmo's 15th birthday

Yesterday, the 1st of November, was Gizmo's 15th birthday. For those of you in the US, it is still Gizmo's birthday right now! So celebrate. :)

Gizmo is my eldest girl, and over the past year she has had a bit of a rocky time. She has frequent urinary tract infections (and she gets sick on almost every oral antibiotics, so I have to inject her - sometimes every day depending on what antibiotic she needs!) and was also diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease last year. A few months ago, Gizmo got a bad UTI that actually went all the way up into her kidneys, she had to go into the clinic and stay there on IV fluids for five days. Her kidneys took a big hit, and never fully recovered. She is now in stage 3 kidney disease (there are four), but is also losing a lot of weight. I am hoping I can get at least get her to maintain weight and then hopefully a long period of stable kidney disease... I hope.

So with all that is going on with her, celebrating her birthday was especially important. Especially for a 15th birthday! Here are some photos for you.

Gizmo on the night before her 15th birthday

This is Gizmo on Monday night, her last night of being a 14 year old.

Gizmo on her 15th birthday

And this is Gizmo on the morning of her 15th birthday! Isn't she lovely?

Gizmo on her 15th birthday

I had to work a 12 hour day on Gizmo's birthday, so you imagine how eager I was to get home to her! I found her on the sofa, sleeping on the pink Snuggie. The Snuggie was originally mine, but then my black kitty Dim Sim decided she loved sleeping on it, so it became hers. Gizmo loves stealing the sleeping spots of other cats, and she has taken to stealing the Snuggie, much to Dim Sim's disgust.

Gizmo with her 15th birthday present

So, for her birthday, I got Gizmo a new bed! (She has lots of other beds/blankets/sofas/etc as well). This is an adorable reversible bed by Fuzz Yard, the pattern is called Carnival. On the inside is a caramel colour fleece, and on the outside it is cream coloured with big pastel spots. And it is reversible, too! So I can switch from a fluffy inside to the material inside. Very cute and clever.

Gizmo with her 15th birthday present

Verdict? After an initial few minutes of completely ignoring it (she has to maintain that aloof kitty air, after all), Gizmo decides that she loves it. Like, really loves it. The cats sleep up in my room with me at night, and after I fell asleep last night Gizmo hopped off our bed and went back downstairs to her bed! She has been in her bed a lot this morning, too!

So happy birthday my beautiful girl, I hope the universe sees fit to grant us many more together. <3

What did you give your animal companion for their last birthday?

9 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday, Gizmo!

    She really is a beautiful girl and I hope that she can maintain her weight and be as healthy as possible :)

    I love her bed, I want a matching doona cover :p

    We got our girls a bed but they never used it, instead we kept all their toys in it. It's their birthday soon, I'll have to remember to do a post :)

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  2. aw that's adorable! Happy Birthday Gizmo! (Was she named after the book by any chance?) On a side note, Red has that same bed! He has the grey and blue one.

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  3. She's beautiful! Happy Birthday to Gizmo!!!

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  4. Gizmo is absolutely beautiful. You are so brave for supporting her through this illness, and I am wishing the both of you the best of health, and sending hugs.

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  5. Nawww... My Gizmo kitty is so awesome :)

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  6. Yay happy birthday Gizmo!

    I have no idea really when either of my cats birthday's are, but we get them random presents all the time - mostly toys to try and get them to play. Bob loves string. And our stripy pyjama pants...with our feet in them. Ouch.

    Charlee has the exact same bed and she loved it for a while...she prefers Nadine's lap/schoolbag/books/head though :P

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  7. Happy birthday to beautiful Gizmo!

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  8. Awww, Gizmo is so sweet.
    I'm not sure how old Apollo is, they estimated two when we got him, so we're always buying him random toys and treats. We should get him a bed like that, he's not a fan of the one he's got; that one looks much nicer.

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  9. Awww Happy Birthday, Gizmo! I hope you have many, many more.

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