Oops! It has been so long since I made a blog entry, I accidentally deleted the last entry instead of adding a new one. Oh well.... to the right is the rescued picture, of her demonstrating her “proprietary paw”...just about a year ago.

The picture on the left was taken of Purrrzac on Thanksgiving just a few days ago.

When she was diagnosed with cancer in early May, (and one vet suggested she may have only two months or so left) one of my first regrets was that we might not ever enjoy the holidays with her again. Fortunately, whether she was not as ill as thought, or if the holistic treatment is having a remarkable effect on her, it seems she may be her happy healthy self through Christmas, New Years, and.....? That is so much to be thankful, since as you can tell by now, she is the beautiful empress of our home!

Which leads me to wonder, once more... what goes on in these little minds? Ever since May, I have been fretting about how long we may have her in our lives, how soon she will start to suffer, showing signs of her health problems finally catching up with her, and so on.... and she lives one day at a time, as always, looking for the warmest spot to settle into, visiting her people to see if she can assist with whatever is going on, keeping her people company if she feels like it, or going off to snooze in the closet if she feels like THAT instead, greeting me wholeheartedly every morning with rolling on her back and turbo-purring and head-butting as though I am her long-lost friend... and soon, if all continues, she will wonder why on earth there is a tree downstairs... and then she will wonder where it went to.  We know this, but does she? Do animals have any idea of their mortality or do they truly take each day as it comes?