Gracie's Trip to the Vet

My poor kitty Gracie had to go to the vet on Monday. A few weeks ago she stopped using her litter box when she would poop. Her favorite place to leave surprises was in Isaac's office under a particular chair...he would get so mad that it was kinda funny. Well, this went on for about a week and then we went to Hilton Head. I told Isaac to be sure to shut the door to the office before we left, but apparently he forgot because when we arrived home their were surprises for every day of the week in the office! Isaac was not in a good mood at this point. I suggested that we take her to the vet, but we thought this could just be a behavior problem since she was still peeing in her box and she has an attitude naturally. She stopped her new behavior for about a week after we got back into town and then Isaac's family came to visit. She started leaving surprises again, this time outside of the office because Isaac was now very careful to shut the door. On Monday, I found pee, and for me, that was it...Gracie was going to the vet. I was pretty certain that she had to have a UTI at this point. Isaac had her in the carrier ready to go as soon as I pulled in the driveway after work and the next 20 minutes she cried the entire way there. The vet was very nice and his tech totally man-handled Gracie during the visit. After sticking a needle into my poor baby's bladder, they found that she has a UTI. The vet broke the news after Gracie had opened the door to the exam room and ran down the hallway trying to escape. My child is very poorly behaved! But I guess I deserved it, since I am not a very good mother...I got scolded by the vet for not having her vaccines up-to-date either! What can I say...she's a indoor cat!

Here I am trying to cram a pill down her throat...and I have to do this morning and night for the next two weeks.

I don't know if you can appreciate the amount of cat hair that was shed during her stressful visit to the vet, but what you can't see in this picture is the white hair balls sticking to my black pants! It was all worth it for my baby.