Great news! If Whitey/Blanco (lol) was in such bad shape I wouldn't involve
the owners either!
tonya
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Ok, guys, here's the update for the day. First of all, I am even more
convinced now, and I stand by my decision to not contact his previous "owners."
I just can't imagine anything good coming out of it. This boy is too special
to have to go back to that mess, and I'm afraid if I did let him go or call
them,they'd snatch him up and stick him in a cage or something, and I'm just
not willing to risk that. He would come to my house for days at a time anyway,
and they never once looked for him, and they still haven't since he
"disappeared" two days ago. Because I know for a fact he hasn't been home
because he's been in my sunroom. This is a unique situation in that I KNOW he
didn't just "get away" from his owners and get in this shape. I've seen him
for the last two years in the neighborhood, and the last six months he's been
coming to my house every morning and every night. This was just blatant
neglect. My heart is too heavy to even think of letting him get back in
that shape again. I really do have such feelings for these guys. Someone has
to be a voice for them. I used to feel bad about volunteering and putting so
much energy into animals when there are so many horrible conditions and
diseases afflicting our fellow human beings, but the last few days I've come to
an important realization, and that is someone has to look out for our
companions, too! There are lots of people who work on human charities and
advocate for research and development (and I don't think you'll ever see a huge
difference in modern disease treatment/management until you see a fundamental
shift in Washington and the drug companies and HMOs lose significant control
over research and development, but I digress, that's another topic altogther.)
But animals, who will be their voice? Someone needs to fight for them, and my
extreme sensitivity makes me suitable for that. I swear, I can't even bear the
thought of killing a mouse. I have no-kill traps. This
may sound corny, but I even avoid squishing bugs if I can. I'll generally
scoop them up and take them outside. I just believe in the inherent sanctity
of life...all life, regardless of its form, is precious, and should be
preserved.
As for King Blanco the Mighty Whitey (lol, I can't decide! Jeff still says he
is a "she" and "her" name is Whitey!) and his condition, he's continuing to do
well.
He pooped last night. I was so excited. :)
His Baytril dose is half of a 22.7mg tablet daily for 14 days. No diarrhea or
other problems yet, but I'll keep an eye out for sure, and I'll look into the
probiotics. His eyes/pupils are fine, I'm keeping a close watch on him for the
dilation concerns mentioned. His balance seems to be getting a little better,
but he still has a long way to go. Jeff set up his "tent" in the sunroom last
night, and put a heating pad in it. He's quite cozy. He's been on it all
night and day. I have the webcam set up where I can keep an eye on him from
work. I'm gonna include a link to it and post instructions at the bottom for
anyone who's interested :) We're expecting the lab results in tomorrow. I'll
be sure to let you all know as soon as I hear about them. Oh, and by the way, I
misunderstood Jeff. Dr. Dolen has not actually diagnosed Hyperthyroidism, he
just said it was likely with the thyroid tumor. We should know about that by
Friday. We'll also know more about the heart
murmur. The vet didn't do any vaccinations because he wanted to wait on the
bloodwork (probably to check for heart disease, as someone here mentioned.)
Anyway, here's the webcam and instructions if anyone wants to "peek" at Whitey.
Look in the "tent" on the right side of the screen, that white dot inside is
my boy :) Like I said, it really is a "storage" room right now, so please look
over and excuse the mess :( I'm gonna work on getting it cleaned up this
weekend I hope.
Camera Internet address:
http://camera.115cr339.ourlinksys.com
Web Browser - You can View Video using Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. When
you click View Video, an "ActiveX"component (OCX file) will need to be
downloaded and installed on your PC. You will be prompted to install this OCX
file if this file is not present in your system.
You'll see one of those yellow bars across the top of the window, right below
the address bar (or tab bar if you're on internet Explorer 7 that says "Click
here to Install ActiveX Control...." You'll need to click on it, and then when
the other window pops up that asks about installing it, click on the Install
button.
Note: The Wireless-B Internet Video Camera supports a maximum of 4 users
simultaneously. I don't think that will ever be a problem, but if several of
you get this email at once and it doesn't load, you'll know just try again in a
few minutes. I'm gonna close my connection to free it up til I get home.
Thanks as always for listening to my rambling. Oh, and for the record, a
website is still in my plans for the not-too-distant future, so hopefully it
will be coming eventually.
~Michael
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