What a great story! See, it's these wonderful experiences we have with cats that make us do it over and over even though sometimes we feel devastated over our losses, we know, I think each and every one of us that we are here to take care of them. I guess I am going to have to read that book too(-:
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:13 PM, katskat1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Gee! Now you got me started on another topic. Speaking of Homer's > Odyssey, I recently rescued a kitten less than 5 weeks old. Eyes and > nose all gooey. Siblings either run over or died shortly after being > taken off the road. The person who rescued her called me cause she > knew I was a cat person and didn't know what to do. > > I cleaned her up and when I got the gunk off her face she had one eye > bulging and sightless and the other apparently sightless. 2 days > later (right after July 4), I took her to my vet for emergency > surgery. She had to remove both eyes because of severe infection BUT > she tested negative for FeLV. Awful young to assume I know but I had > her do the test anyway. A couple days ago I took her in for her shots > and had her tested again. Still negative. I will have her tested one > more time when she goes in for spay. > > Her name is Koko because: 1. Koko is American Indian (Blackfoot) > word for 'night' which she will always be in. 2. Koko was the name > of the first gorilla taught American Sign Language for the blind and > had a huge vocabulary. 3. Koko used her vocabulary to convince her > humans she wanted a kitten. A REAL kitten. She got one, and she > loved it and other kittens she adopted over the years. COOL? > > Koko is the bravest, most ornery, energetic kitty I remember having. > She has memorized the house, attacks the dogs and other cats from > hiding places, plays with the cats, plays with the dogs, (who seem to > realize she can't see and play gently), jumps off high places once she > has gotten familiar with them (my bed, the back of the couch), and is > having a blast with life. I doubt she has ever been able to see cause > she was dumped while so young. Next month she gets spayed and has an > umbilical hernia repaired then, I am hers and she is mine forever! > > I gotta get/read that book. > > kat > ^ ^ > = " " = > > > > > On 8/24/11, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 08-24, Natalie wrote: > >> Welcome to 70 - I'll be 71 in December! Great age, isn't it? > >> > > It's great to know quite a few of you are in your 60's or 70's. > > Now I don't feel quite so bad being 78. > > > > Lorrie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- *Marcia Baronda* *Baronda Supplies & Service, Inc.* *1550 S 2700 Rd.* *Herington, Kansas 67449* *Phone: 785-466-2501* *Cell: 785-230-6499* ** **
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