Fri 31 Mar 2006

Shock and Awww…

Posted in Cats, This, that and the other at 17:30

The shock: while putting my pants on this morning, I felt a stretchy kind of pop in the lower right portion of my back, followed by sharp pain that reminded me of the time the dentist’s assistant accidentally hit a nerve while cleaning my teeth.

In other words, it hurt. A lot.

An awful lot.

Flat on my back, I phoned the office and explained the situation. After taking one Skelaxin (left over from Pat’s bad back last November) followed by a Skelaxin-induced nap, I went to the doctor and got a prescription for some other muscle relaxer, whose name escapes me now. The doctor had me move around a bit and said the problem was muscular, not in the spine, and should get better sooner rather than later.

The awwww….: Nicky is very devoted to Pat, bonding with her after we adopted him as a very young kitten. Pat had to take care of me as well as her usual weekday responsibilities of granddaughter Diana and the Good Cats, so by the time Jack picked up Diana after work, my sweetie was pretty worn out. She told me she went upstairs and lay down on the bed, and immediately Nicky jumped off the cat tree and joined her on the bed, making “Mmrrrp” sounds that sounded to her as though he was asking, “Are you all right, mama?”

6 Comments

  1. the meezers said,

    Fri 31 Mar 2006 at 21:34

    I love it when they make that “rrrrrpp?” sound. Then they cuddle up with you without waiting for an answer. - Meezers Mom

  2. Gigolo Kitty said,

    Fri 31 Mar 2006 at 22:35

    Hope your back feels better soon!

  3. Angus and Misha said,

    Fri 31 Mar 2006 at 23:29

    Gosh that sounds awful. Specially now’s the weather is getting so better. Rest up with the Good Cats and get well. Angus and Misha (good cats too.)

  4. David said,

    Sat 1 Apr 2006 at 14:37

    Hope your back gets better soon. The joys of getting older. I guess it’s
    our disadvantage for not having fur like a cat.

  5. Karin said,

    Tue 4 Apr 2006 at 6:57

    Hi John,

    Hope you feel better, and if not now, very, very soon! My cats, especially Douwe, make that mrpp-sound too and I like that a lot. It’s like having a conversation with your cat. It gives me the excuse to talk a lot, although I’m the only human in our house!
    Melle, Stijn and Douwe say a very loud MRRPP! too you….

  6. John said,

    Tue 4 Apr 2006 at 8:08

    Thanks, everyone, for the good thoughts… the back is coming around well. A couple more days and it should be back to normal.