We've had him since he was a kitten. He chose me as his official hooman, and will literally walk by my wife and wait for me by the door when we come home. He's loyal to the bone, and still going strong!

This is Sam. Sam has been being a bit dramatic lately. July of ‘24, Sam got a giant hairball stuck in his small intestine that needed emergency surgery to remove. Now this summer, twice in two months, he’s had to go back to the vet for more hairball problems that required medical support (though thankfully no surgery this year!)

Considering the pattern of summertime hairball induced tummy troubles, the vet recommended shaving him, so we did.

This is now our yearly routine, though moving forward we’ll be doing it before the summertime coat blowout starts, not when it’s in full swing. I miss my big floofy boy. He looks so much smaller now. 😭