I miss Baxter, our goofy orange cat. I'm allowed to play with the dogs a little, but so far I'm not allowed to be near cats. Apparently, despite their reputation for cleanliness, cats carry litter box residue on their paws and are for now
pets non grata. Baxter has been confined to the spare bedroom while my immune system gets itself worked out, and I haven't seen him for months. The other day I crept into his bedroom just to see him, and found him sleeping in the closet, on top of a pad of foam rubber we bought for one craft project or another. He looked up at me, blinked, and
hissed.Fine, you little fink. I risk deadly infection to see you and you hiss at me? Jeez.
Meantime, I'm suffering from a horrible attack of nausea. Chemo, the gift that keeps on giving.