Vino's definitely gotten way, way more affectionate since his health
scare last month.  Not only is he a lap fungus every single night on the
couch now, he is also a total bed buddy.
The bed thing might have something to do with him being cold, but I
think he genuinely seeks more physical contact with his hoomins now.  I
think he loves us more now because we made him feel better when he was
so sick.
What he does is he comes up and paces back and forth in front of my head
when I'm lying in bed.  Purring up a storm.  Eventually, I grab him and
stuff him under the blanket with me.  I'm lying on my side and he curls
up with his back to my chest and his head and shoulder resting on my
bottom arm.  He purrs like crazy non-stop.
Eventually I'll have to turn over, so I gently slide out my arm from
under him and he lays his head down on my pillow next to mine.  He will
sleep like this for hours.  Just like a hoomin, body under the blanket,
head sticking out and on the pillow.  Soooooo sweet :-)
He has definitely recovered from his blockage now.  He is eating more
food (I am down to mixing only 1/3 of a can of Iams with a whole can of
the s/d) and has put a lot of weight back on.  He races around the house
and yard and bats his furry mouse around.  He is no longer only sleeping
in the meatloaf position.  His fur is growing back on all his shaved
patches and I even see some tiny hairs appearing right where his abscess
was.  So it looks like eventually he won't even have that dime sized
bald spot.  Soon he'll be posing for pictures again :-)