Braille the Blind Kitty

25/11/2024

Please keep Braille’s special needs pal Scooter Magooter in your thoughts. As you can read, he has gone through a lot the past few days. 🖤

Scooter and I are finally home now. It’s been a very long day ..

“Case Summary: Examination
today revealed his historical hindlimb paralysis, but also a more subtle weakness and ataxia in his forelimbs which is new
for him. He was also noted to have an absent menace response and does not seem to track objects normally, which is concerning for blindness. These problems together would localize to a forebrain problem, and could be caused by many things such as a vascular event/stroke, cancer, infection, inflammation, or trauma. Scooter was also noted to have a new gallop rhythm on auscultation today. A proBNP test was performed and is suggestive of underlying heart disease, and a VCM was performed which was concerning for being
prone to clot formation (hypercoagulable). Given these findings, we discussed a heightened concern that his symptoms could be due to a vascular event, however MRI would still be needed to confirm this.”

So I have scooter and my bags packed for tomorrow, as we will be out the door very early in the morning to take him back to the vet so that I can work there all day while he is seen by the neurologist and the cardiologist tomorrow. Continued prayers are definitely needed right now. I hate knowing that he can only see shadows right now, but he smelled my hand and gave me a kiss on the face so he knows I’m right here…

21/11/2024

I am a fabulous cat. My mommies love me so much!!! And so does my sister, Lily 😸

23/10/2024

Braille here, reporting that nothing has changed since my humans got married. 😌 I still hiss in my brother Spyro’s face when he gets too close and I still sleep next to my sister Lily… and follow her wherever she goes. My humans made sure I was well taken care of during their party, too!!!

(Thank you for the well wishes everyone! Braille is still a happy little baby! 😸)

11/10/2024

My humans are getting married this weekend. Gross. I’m still a princess 😸

18/08/2024

Here are two pictures of Braille surprising us in the morning on the cat tree. “How did you get there?” are words spoken in our house very often 😹

On a health note, Braille has only had 4 seizures this year. One of those seizures was this morning but she recovered so well! This is a huge improvement from once every 3-4 weeks. Huge shoutout to her neurologist (Dr. Jenny Scarano) for being so gentle and observant with her, always.

Keep lil Braille in your thoughts and enjoy our little girl! 😸

27/07/2024

Happy from the lovely Braille! She truly is a princess in this house. She gets to sleep wherever she wants, whenever she wants. No questions asked and no disturbances (unless it’s time for medicine)! Aspire to be like Braille! 😸

22/07/2024

Braille has reached 4K followers! Thank you for your continued support. She could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉 Braille has so much love to give!

14/05/2024

Today is Braille’s 8th Birthday!!!!! My baby, I love you so much. I can’t believe you’ve been my hero for 8 whole years now! 😻

12/05/2024

Braille wants to wish all the moms and fur moms out there in the US a very special Mother’s Day! 🥰

07/03/2024

Braille just moved to a brand new house with Mommy and her sister Lily a week ago! She can already navigate almost the entire house. This is the biggest space she’s ever been in… but guess what?! No more stairs!! I think Braille is really happy about that 😸 Here is her happy face after getting head scritches at bed time. 🖤

A new surprise is coming for her this weekend when she gets to meet her new kitty brothers!! Of course, this will be a slow introduction. The boys are well behaved with special needs cats, as they’ve lived with them in the past. Updates to come once she’s met her new family members!

17/01/2024

Braille spent the night with her Gigi and unfortunately had a “wonky” morning and may have had a seizure (or was building up to one). She was acting very strange. But when Mommy came home she perked up! Braille loves to turn in circles when she is really excited. Look at the happy baby!

07/01/2024

A bit late, but Happy New Year from Braille and her beautiful family!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

24/12/2023

Braille here! I wanted to say thank you to everyone this year who STAYED POSITIVE with me!!! It was a rough year, but I made it through and I’m doing better than ever 😼

Have wonderful holidays - whatever you celebrate! We wish you a merry/happy/beautiful Holiday season and a wonderful New Year!!!