Dear David, My best wishes go to you and to Barbara Doll. I have cats and can sympathise with what your going through. They are very very precious to me. (my children) I am glad that she will go on to catch more mice and birds...Amazingly animals seem to get on quite well after an amputation. I am glad she survived her encounter with your Tobacco man's vehicle. I lost a kitty to our coalman as a child, in exactly the same way. She was not so lucky...she died in my arms.
Cearbhael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David in Ballarat Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; angela; Vivienne sobek; Kaye Aldenhoven; chris; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Raie Subject: [lace-chat] A Difficult Day Dear Friends, Today started out bright and breezy as I was expecting 2 friends of 50 years up from Melbourne for the day. However, at about midday, just prior to their arrival my tobacco man accidently ran over my dear cat Barbara Doll. At least he stopped and came back in to tell me. She had shot off under the house which is about 12" high at the front and there was I all clean and showered worming my way through 125 years of dust, broken bricks etc. to try to get to her. As I got near, she walked out the other side. I could see that her right back leg was shattered, but I could not get near her. It was pathetic watching her trying to climb a tree. Eventually my friends arrived and we caught her and got her to the Vet. After many x-rays and examinations it seems she was extremely lucky - the hip is OK. It's mainly around the ankle area which is all dislocated and smashed. The orthopod is to check the x-rays in the morning, but it looks as though we are facing amputation tomorrow afternoon. I offered to invent a prosthesis, but there are too many problems with fur etc. They said she'll cope really well and it's far easier for a cat to lose a back leg than a front one which they use so much for grooming, digging holes etc. David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
