What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?

To be honest, 2025 has been a bit of a shit circus for me and Cat Daddy, and we can’t wait to kick its sorry arse out of the door and welcome in 2026. 

Although my surgeries were a year ago, the consequences of taking the triple-whammy of antibiotics afterwards have been far-reaching; I still don’t feel normal, nor do I think I ever will be. 

(At the time, we just take antibiotics because we’re told to do so, and because we’re scared that we will catch sepsis and die if we refuse. Perhaps if they told us the truth, i.e. “These are just a precautionary measure, but they will mess you up for months and months to come”, we would be a little more cautious.) 

Cat Daddy’s health is also taking a dramatic downturn, with debilitating back and knee pain. He’s been suffering ever since mid-October and doesn’t seem to be improving much. 

Louis Catorze, however, at the ripe old age of fifteen and a half (about seventy-eight in cat years) couldn’t be better. That is the most important thing. In fact, it’s all you need to know. 

He’s all right, Jacques.

For more Catorzian capers, please visit http://louiscatorze.com

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20 responses to “La fin d’une mauvaise année ”

  1. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Catorze may be taking on the feline aspect of The Portrait of Dorian Gray.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      He absolutely is! There’s a portrait of him in someone’s attic, somewhere.

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  2. Kate Crimmins avatar

    You need good servants to take care of you like Louis has! 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      We do! It would be lovely if some e could whisk us to private doctors every time we needed it!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Given everything he’s been through health-wise, I’ll always be grateful for him being well!

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  3. Herman avatar
    Herman

    Wishing you a better and wonderful 2026. I’m sure Louis will take good care of you both… 😎
    My 2025 wasn’t good either concerning my health due to some minor nasty issues. I want a better year starting next month…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Oh no, I’m sorry to hear that! Hope your 2026 is better, too.

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    As Herman did earlier today, I wish both of you a better next year. I agree with your comment on taking antibiotics, but declining to take them is not that easy given the current way we live now. Take heart.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Thank you! No, I don’t suppose declining outright is an option, but we’re definitely not sufficiently informed about how much they mess us up.

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  5. Dr. CaSo avatar

    As I liked to say on my old blog, “la vieillesse est une salope!” Rosie and I hope 2026 will bring some relief to you and Cat Daddy, and a lot of love and good times with Louis 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Une vraie salope indeed! Merci beaucoup. 😊

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  6. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Wishing you and Cat Daddy a much better 2026 and wishing Louis a continuation of his wonderful, cosseted existence.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Merci! I know that the phrase “Living his best life” is used to excess, but Sa Maj truly is doing that.

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  7. M - avatar

    I first learned of the word “mauvaise” in a Grimm episode “Mauvais Dentes” where the creature (Wesen) is sabre-toothed cat-like.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      That’s a brilliant title for a blog post about Catorze!

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  8. RasmaSandra avatar

    At last I meet Dorian Gray in cat form. What an ever-handsome fellow he is.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Aww, merci! Sometimes he looks rough as guts, but when he’s all drugged and brushed he can look nice!

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  9. cat9984 avatar

    Louis wants you to feel better so you can continue to take care of him in the way he’s become accustomed to. Hope things improve for you and Cat Daddy.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Thank you! And yes, that would be Sa Maj’s motivation for us getting better.

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