The package finally srrived, bearing much more gifts than I had
expected! Mere attacked one of the toys before I even put the catnip
pouch inside it. Then Frank and Nikki played with one each, then Mere
snatched one of them again and developed a new game involving the box
and a toy, where sometimes the toy hid in the box and Mere attacked it,
sometimes Mere hid inside the box and pounced on the toy outside. The
box travelled around the floor. Nikki lay, a bit zonked out, with the
other toy close by and watched.

Nikki hisses and growls at Mere, but at the same time, she is fascinated
with her. She often sits close by, just staring at Mere while Mere
plays. If Mere comes too close by mistake, she hisses, but it almost
seems like a formality - she started out with the hissing so she has to
continue doing it.

The strange thing is, she's not coughing any more. I know this can't be
supported medically, but it's as if all that hissing had cleared her
airways and improved her asthma. I couldn't get her meds into her last
night, so she didn't get her daily Prednisone dose, yet she hasn't
coughed once that I've heard sicne then. I'm taking a risk and testing
this by not giving her the Prednisone tonight and see if she starts
wheezing. But thank you for the mask anyway, Julie. I'm afraid it will
come to good use. Nikki sniffed it eagerly, but I think that's because
it was in the same box as the catnip pouches.

Beautiful card, too. Thanks again.