A Sick Little Friend

For the past few weeks, I have been on vacation and I start back to work this Monday. My kitty Spike, who will be nineteen in April, has been sick the last couple days. He has been very attentive at night, wanting to sleep "on" me since vacation started. He seemed fine otherwise. He did have a cold when I had mine, but it did not compare to the nasty one he had last year. Now he seems to have lost interest in eating the last few days. He is still drinking water and using his box, but today he did not want anything. Yesterday, he had a bit of kitten chow and treats. Today, he ignored those. I tried to bribe him with milk. No way. I roasted a chicken and tried that-nothing doing. I put a bit of catnip on the bed. He seemed to want to put his nose in the bag of it, but nope-he did not want any. The other two hoodlums were rolling around on the bed, drunk with catnip. Spike just wanted to sleep. He is purring and he doesn't have that ungroomed look he had during last year's illness. I hope he bounces back soon. I am keeping a close eye on my boy. I don't want to lose him. Maybe he has a bit of tummy trouble and is just off his feed for a bit. I love this cat. I hate going back to work when he is sick. Thank goodness hubby will be home to help watch over him. I pray, pray, pray this isn't the end for my little guy.