Our place has been very different without Sunny around. Sunny is typically a very quiet cat — so quiet that you forget he’s around half the time. But the last week or so, while he’s been in the hospital, has been very different. It’s almost too quiet. I keep waiting for that little face, with his ears back, to come trotting down the hallway. I know it will come soon enough; Sunny just has to fight very hard and pull through. But I sure do miss him.

His bed has remained untouched since we brought him into the emergency room. Prior to these events, Macky would sleep in Sunny’s bed from time to time. Macky hasn’t touched it. He doesn’t even go near it. We have this area above our kitchen that Macky and Sunny climb up into — it’s their little “eagles nest” that they’re always sleeping in. We put a blanket up there to make it comfortable for them, and they would spend hours up there. Unfortunately, Macky hasn’t been up there since Sunny has been in the hospital. I used to love coming home from work, opening the door and looking up to see their little sleepy faces hanging over. I miss those faces together; I’m sure Macky misses his brother, too.

I think I feel for Macky the most. He doesn’t seem depressed, but you can tell he misses Sunny. As crazy as it sounds, I think Macky and I are dealing with this in a very similar manner. I’ve continually looked to Macky for comfort these last few days, and I feel as if he definitely knows why. I’ve noticed he’s done the same with me, too — actually sleeping on my lap the other day. The other morning, when we were expecting the worse, I was crying in the bathroom when I looked over and there was Macky. He was standing on the toilet, his head tilted slightly, and being ever so curious about my emotions. But he knew exactly why I was crying; he was just as concerned for Sunny as I was.

Rebecca and I held Sunny the other afternoon while at the hospital. He was too weak to move, but Rebecca was able to get him to purr. We’ve been so afraid he would think that we abandoned him. But hearing him purr confirmed otherwise. He knew who we were, and showed us his happiness of seeing us by purring. It was probably one of the happiest moments of my life.

And it was at that moment, too, that I realized I loved Rebecca even more than I thought I did (I mean, I love her a lot, but at that moment, I realized I loved her a lot a lot — if that’s possible). I’m so happy we’re both very animal crazy, and that we’ll do anything and everything to give Sunny the support he needs.

I’m heading to the hospital tomorrow to see Sunny. I cannot wait to see that little bundle of sunshine.

Sunny is still in the hospital. We’re told his temperature has returned to normal and has stayed that way all day. We’re also told he hasn’t vomited since early Monday morning. This is a huge step for Sunny, but we still have very far to go. We really need to get him to eat. Sunny hasn’t done so since Thursday night, and by not eating, we’re possibly getting ourselves into more issues. We’re hopeful, though, with these baby steps today (no fever, not throwing up), he’ll make the progression into eating. Sunny eating would be absolutely huge.

It’s been a rough few days for everyone. Rebecca and I took off work today to try to gain some much needed strength. For the most part, it helped, but we’re still very concerned for our Sunny. I cannot even imagine what’s going through Sunny’s mind through all of this. They hospital says he’s not in too much pain, but more like a discomfort. But to be away from home, away from your parents, and your crazy brother and sister? That must be very scary for him. I know he’s in great hands right now, but we still want to try to go visit him either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Macky has missed his brother big time. I don’t want to say he’s depressed, but he definitely looks for his brother from time to time. He’ll just walk around the place meowing over and over again. Macky knows his brother’s missing; he knows there’s something wrong. Macky slept with me on the couch today, as in actually fell asleep in my lap. This is something he NEVER does. It made me really happy, almost like he was comforting me. He was purring up a storm, too, so I’m sure he felt comfort as well. I cannot wait to reunite the both of them; they’re going to be so incredibly happy.

Thanks for everyone’s concern these last few days — all of your thoughts and prayers do mean a lot to us. Comments are formally open on Sunny’s site, mackymowiesunny.com, for those interested.

On our way home from Ohio on Sunday, we picked up our three kids (cats for those who don’t appreciate pets as your own kids) from my parents. We had dropped them off on Thursday night to stay the weekend. The boys didn’t really socialize and seemed a bit puzzled by their new, but temporary, surroundings. Mowie, on the other hand, acted like she was there all along.

When we got home and began to carry the kids up the stairs in their carriers, Sunny began to have a seizure. I quickly opened the carrier, at which point Macky went flying out. Poor little Sunny came slowly out of the carrier; shaking and paddling like crazy. He quickly found a corner in the hallway and shoved his head in there (he does this whenever he has a seizure). Within a couple seconds, his breathing turned somewhat normal and his body stopped shaking. But with a blink of an eye, Sunny went right back into another seizure.

We brought him immediately upstairs to our place to make sure he was okay. Unfortunately, he bit his tongue pretty badly again, so we opted to rush him to the emergency room. It turned out that the poor guy actually punctured his tongue and his tooth was sticking right through it. He’s now on antibiotics to help with the healing and making sure it doesn’t become infected.

The emergency vet kept him overnight to run a few tests that we haven’t done yet. We’re still waiting on those results. However, they did start him on seizure medication — something he’ll have to possibly take for the rest of his life.

We’re planning on taking Sunny to see a neurologist one of these days. Hopefully with the results of these new tests, and a few tests from the neurologist, we’ll be able to pinpoint why this all occurring.

Sunny is pretty much back to his normal self. He’s still a little confused and clumsy due to the medication, but that will fade away in a few weeks time. It’s so sad that this happens to our Sunny, but it’s certainly good to see that he bounces back relatively quickly.

Macky, on the other hand, is still a bit scared of his brother since the seizure (Macky was in the same carrier as him). He’ll growl and hiss whenever Sunny comes near, which is incredibly sad as parents. But his fear seems to be decreasing a bit and tonight was a huge improvement from last night. I’m sure after a couple days Macky will realize that Sunny is no threat and they’ll go back to being best buds.