Here's little pick-me-up for you all, the other + kitten, Trixie's littermate, Powder, at the Humane Society. Such doll she is with her little bobtail:
http://www.oregonhumane.org/cats/detail.asp?animalID=45143
And then on to business.
All I can say is wow. For the first time in so long, I feel real hope, not just manufactured-talk-yourself-into-it-because-being-depressed-for-too-long-sucks hope. And what gives me the most confidence in what you all are saying is that it makes sense. It's simple, it's natural, it's much less dramatic than we overreactive species like to make things.
And it's also what my mom has been saying, but her overreactive daughter (me) in true daughter fashion has been sighing and saying in my head, Oh Mom, you don't know. :) You can never give them a big enough Mother's Day Gift, can you?
What I like most about what you (Chris and Belinda) say, is that there are exceptions. Many exceptions. You're not saying that the rule is wrong, but that maybe it's not as set in stone as we are told. I believed fully that a + cat had no place on the euthanasia list, but I was beginning to doubt that I could enter into loving these guys with any hope that they would make it. After all, I love them, groom them, keep them in a safe, low-stress, but high-fun environment, feed high quality food (Evo dry and a raw mix), and supplement when recommended by my vet, but I've lost two before owning them two years. I'd heard rumors that + cats can live full lives, but to see so many of you with cats that have lived outside of expectation, it just gives me hope. Don't worry, I know that the rules are still there, but it helps.
So, thank you, and I'm more eager than ever to talk to my vet next week.
Leslie
