March 27th, midday

Asleep!

Awake.

Matilda is such a nice cat. It is strange to make her acquaintance at this stage, when she is just about to give birth, because in my mind, I cannot separate her identity from her pregnancy. I also have no idea about her background before she was handed over to me in a carrier just yesterday afternoon. I relish however long I have with her before her kittens are born, though, because eventually, once her kittens are old enough to strike it out on their own (and they will get adopted as soon as they are made available for adoption), Matilda will get spayed and get adopted separately into her own home. I don't know how much of her behavior can be attributed to her being pregnant, or even her upper respiratory infection, but she has been just lovely so far.
She sleeps a lot, obviously, but in different places, preferably in the same room as me, it seems. She is curious enough and when she is active, she just walks around the apartment sniffing things and seeing if she can fit into certain spaces, which she can't, and I don't let her anyway because I don't want her having her babies under the couch or something.
She lets me handle her without any complaint. I can rub her belly and she just purrs and purrs. The only time she struggles is when I try to give her the URI medication, which is antibiotics in liquid form. I think it probably tastes really bad, so I don't blame her, but it does get frustrating because she has to get her full dose. Also, when she eats, I mix her canned food with warm water to make it easier for her to lap up. She grunts because of her congestion and smacks her lips, so she sounds like a little piggy when she eats. Her congestion sounds a lot better already compared to yesterday, but she still sneezes a lot.
No sign of kittens yet! I have to go out this evening (C will be home, though) so I hope she doesn't have them while I'm away.