Hi Everyone,
I'm very sorry for the lack of communication from Mykl and myself. We are
all doing fine. ISO has blended in quite nicely with the rest of our
furries and has become the best of buddies with Hathos [our male buff tiger
kitty]. Mysti, continues to be our neurotic-aimless kitty, and Brandi [our
mutt doggie] has returned back to her position of 'maintaining peace'
between the 3 of them. Mostly when ISO and Hathos get into their tumbles
and tackles. :o)
It's been hectic as all for me, with a change in employment and maybe yet
another move. *If* I get this one, I would end up being on probation for a
total of 9 months for this year !?! Somehow, that just sounds Wrong, but
anyhoo.
We're also putting together a haphazard wedding next month, thanks to our
fabulous abilities and fascinations towards being drawn into the black
holes of procrastination. Yes, Now is the Time to start Panicking!! Wish
us Luck [prayers would work too...] !!! And currently, I'm desperately
trying to hang on to the last strands of sanity. I've come to the
conclusion that 'sanity' is something that teenage children are destined to
apply all of what they've learned as so far in their short little lives, to
the depletion of whatever minimal supply their parents have managed to keep
and maintain throughout the years. Maybe some of you can relate by simply
saying '16 year old son-middle child'. I might also add that This
particular life-form reminds me of my teen-self, with his surly 'know it
all' attitude. You have no idea, how often I've asked my parents: 'Why did
you let me live, when I was doing this to you?' And believe me, nowadays,
I can hardly wait until we're grandparents, to be in their shoes, as they
smile and reassure me that it's 'just a stage' and we will survive it all.
Meanwhile, I sit here contemplating whether I should order the 'Tough Love'
book [same thing my dad bought while raising me] or if I should have them
send me their copy, if they still have it. If, That isn't 'coming full
circle', I really don't know what is.
Anyways, Life here is utmost busy-busy and I am to the point where I can
no longer stay up to date [I have read each and every up to this point] on
all the posts here. I apologize if any of them were bounced back in error
by my mailwasher [I get 300+ mail per day, with tons of it being spam].
For the time being, I need to request a removal from this list, until
things calm down a bit for me.
I truly thank you all for being so supportive during our days with
Pixel. We will continue to keep everyone who has had to become involved in
this list, in our prayers. As many of you, we know first-hand, the
heart-wrenching journeys, felv and the other related illnesses travel.
For those of you who are on that trail, my heart goes out especially,
please Do bare in mind, the decisions you will make Are the Right ones and
follow your heart, as it will tell you when the time is right. Pixel lives
on, in our hearts and amazingly enough, we feel a little was blown into ISO
somehow, as he has some strange characteristics reminiscent of him. Like
when he's asleep our bellies, his hind legs sometimes rhythmically
twitch? Pixel had problems with sudden onset of paralysis which grew to
his mid-chest area in the matter of 2 weeks. He tested very positive in
the in-office felv test, but further lab testing resulted in a negative
reading. We never did find out what the true cause of his illness was, but
there wasn't a doubt in our minds that it was a tumor that grew on his
spinal cord, which was probably an off-shoot of an felv related side
affect. Consequently, during his last few weeks, his hind legs twitched,
just like ISO's now do, while asleep. ISO is in excellent health however
and has been vaccinated prior to us adopting him from the local SPCA.
ISO ended up becoming a very lovely kittie and a very welcomed addition to
our family. Brought Hathos out of his depression and they are the best of
buddies. We discovered this past winter that he Loooves his fuzzy blankie
and will instantly start purring and 'making bread', when wrapped in
it. I'm fortunate enough to fall asleep most every night to the sound of
that marvelous purr of his. Please keep in mind that although our loved
ones may need to leave us, sometimes, a little bit of them do come back in
the most wonderful of ways...
Farewell for now and we bid our best wishes to each and everyone in this list.
With all our love and sincerest gratitude,
Miya and Mykl.
For he purrs in thankfulness when God tells him he is a good cat.
-Christopher Smart
