Barney is an Angel Now.

[Taz_Zoee]

Aww, that was a great video. He is looking so good! I loved the purring at the end.

[Medusa]

Yodie watched the video w/great interest and when she heard Barney purr, she pressed her nose up against the monitor. Then she looked at me as if to say "You're not gonna try that w/me, are ya, Mom?" Looks like you had a pretty good success to me, Lara.

[lvpets2002]

WoW that was another Great Video by Barney.. He is looking to be doing so much better.. Now you know if Barney comes up missing then I sure hope no-one follows him to TX.. He just makes want to cuddle cuddle him && give all kinds of Whisker Kissess & Loves..

[Purr-tender]

Now he's all handsome for his little trip to the vet tomorrow! There's nothing wrong with that baby's purr machine!! Music to my ears!

Praying for a really good check up tomorrow. Maybe once the vet is able to clean his ears out thoroughly he'll feel even better. What time is his appointment? I think you are 3 hours behind us here in Ohio. Needless to say, I and many others will be anxiously waiting for what the vet has to say.

More prayers and hugs,
Mary

[Emeraldgreen]

Now he's all handsome for his little trip to the vet tomorrow! There's nothing wrong with that baby's purr machine!! Music to my ears!

Praying for a really good check up tomorrow. Maybe once the vet is able to clean his ears out thoroughly he'll feel even better. What time is his appointment? I think you are 3 hours behind us here in Ohio. Needless to say, I and many others will be anxiously waiting for what the vet has to say.

More prayers and hugs,
Mary

I know, his purring was out of control! It actually worried me a bit because it sounded very rumbly, kind of like Tiger's did, and that was not a good thing. I will mention it to the vet. I'm hoping because he is so little, that when they do the xray's of his skull that they will be able to get his chest in the picture at the same time. That way they could see what his lungs look like too.

His appointment is at 10:20 tomorrow. I wish he was even cleaner. I just can't figure it out. That cat has been washed a total of at least half a dozen times in less than 2 months and he is still kind of waxy feeling to the touch. I had so many sudsy bubbles and scrubbed him alot. He only washes his paws and face mostly so he doesn't help the situation but I just figured he'd be fluffy after this last wash! lol Darn it!

I want to find a picture of what he should look like so I can use it as a goal marker. I've looked online and have found alot of long haired black and white tuxedo cats but none are of the small build like Barney. If anyone spots a picture of a cat that you think Barney 'would' look like if he were healthy, please post it. I need the encouragement!

Mary, I'm sure if Yodie was ever subjected to a bath, he'd have a less rustic experience than the old rubbermaid containers! lol Poor Barney, he is such a trooper. His nose looks better today so maybe the polysporin is doing something afterall. And, I've been getting Surolan into his right ear twice a day for the last 4 days so I'm sure it's helping. The bleeding in his left ear seems to have stopped so we're making some kind of progress.

[Catty1]

Here you are, Barn-Barn!

[momtomany]

The Dunn gang will be waiting impatiently for what the vet has to say about Barney. He does look a little better to me. How is his dry food holding up? Hopefully I will be able to get his next bag of food for our Barney boy.

[Moesha]

I love that kitty!!!

I completely understand what you mean when you say you don't know about updating because you feel like your repeating yourself. That's how I feel about commenting. I love seeing photos and videos of Barney, but I feel like I say the same thing everytime you post one. That causes me to not respond as often as I should. Everytime I see him I just fall more in love with him. I really do think that his eyes look like there's more life in them now than at the beginning of his story.

[Scooter's Mom]

I love reading Barney updates, too. I just don't post very often b/c of time constraints.

[Lizzie]

While waiting for your update on Barney, I thought I'd comment on your remark about:

"His appointment is at 10:20 tomorrow. I wish he was even cleaner. I just can't figure it out. That cat has been washed a total of at least half a dozen times in less than 2 months and he is still kind of waxy feeling to the touch. I had so many sudsy bubbles and scrubbed him alot. He only washes his paws and face mostly so he doesn't help the situation but I just figured he'd be fluffy after this last wash! lol Darn it!"

I know just what you mean. I thought that when I bathed Lorna and got the old, actually ancient, poop off her she'd look so much better but even after a couple of months of bathing she looked and smelled better but her fur still didn't look the way I'd hoped. With others who have lived longer, it's taken several months of bathing to get the ingrained staining out of their fur, and both bathing, good care and good food to get the fur looking good. It will happen. We can see the difference already and, six months from now, we will hardly be able to recognize him.