Tiffy .. there are so many kittens out there this year .. I just cant believe it. But if you really want to give someone a chance in life .. adopt an older cat. Many are put to sleep because kittens are so cute and the shelters run out of room for everyone. Or they become ill due to over crowding. Dont purchase one at a pet store!!! The shelters have so many. I personally have 7 cats of my own .. three of whom I have raised since they were only a few days old. But the rest have been rejects from the shelters .. older cats who no one wanted. They all get along no matter their age .. they just need time to introduce themselves to other pets. I tend to have a soft spot for the underdogs so many of my cats have had issues. One of them named Mouse was a wild cat that was found in the bush in Northern Ontario .. a hunter found and trapped him .. he is so beautiful. He actually is a purbred Ragdoll. Mouse is the cat in the back of the photo .. Meshoo is also a stray Ragdoll .. they have the best personalities .. so calm and regal. All they want to do is love you!! I have a crippled cat .. and actually I named the kitten after him .. Taz senior is now 17 years old and doing well. I hand raised him as a foster kitten. Then he developed issues with his balance. The shelter wanted to put him to sleep but I was having none of that .. so I took off with him :o) I never did foster for that shelter again :o) If they had put him to sleep I would never have found my best friend .. I just love him to death!!! He is mommys boy. Its odd how I have such a strong bond with him .. I have had many cats but none like this little man. He is my world .. odd .. but true. Fostering any animal is truely a labour of love and boarders on insanity :o) Since April I have been up every two hours feeding and stimulating kittens .. thank god I dont sleep well to begin with :o) A friend of mine adopted one of my kittens this year .. guess what .. he gets her up at 5 am to feed him :o) He got into a routine when he was little and because I have had so many little guys this year .. he use to get up with me at feeding time ... he would even wake me up if I missed the alarm by pushing his head into my face :o) Poor Debbie .. I hope he has out grown that bad habit :o) Well I am off to feed the new zoo crew .. they are so cute :o) Laura

Well, I finally got through to my DIL last night. She said that they called the doctor about the fever and he said to wait and see if it continued and then call him back if it did. She said that it gets high, they give tylenol, then it goes down, then repeats the cycle. I told her if it keeps coming back there is an infection somewhere, and it could be because of the operation or just a cold or something. She said that Tristin was pretty quiet and lethargic yesterday after spending the day before that just crying. I told her to monitor that temp and not to be shy about calling the doctor back. If it continues today, to CALL HIM BACK. We will see how it goes today. Sherry

(((Springer Mom and Baby))) Good advice from Laurie, as always! When going thru similar situations, I've always marveled at how our furbabies seem to handle these things better than we could. Our cat Nikita came home after a week-long stay in the hospital (she burst her bladder after slipping and falling from the top of the wardrobe, and it was sewn together and some ugly stitches lined her tummy) - I was going crazy with worry, and the first thing she did when we reached home, was to coolly walk over to her PinkPanther, snatch him up in her mouth and hide with him in the bathroom. The vet did tell us to keep her confined to a small area for a couple of days, and then to allow her to just 'be a cat' later. She was zipping around the house at full speed in no time. You'd never know she had been thru major surgery (it was terribly 'major' for me!) I know waiting for results is really hard. Hope everything works out well. Nikita, Max and Simba send their regards to your Bubba. Let us know how it goes. Take care, Pranjal

Thanks everyone.Just talked to DDIL and she said he is still out and intubated but they want to keep him low key for a while.They did give him a transfusion today to give him a little boost in healing.So far so good but keep the prayers going. Maryann-Gosh,it doesn't seem possible that your twins are already 31/2! Time flies doesn't it? LOL They moved Rowdy to Lubbock yesterday for the surgery and Jillian is in Odessa.He will be staying there until he is ready to go home in about a month.They said today that Jillian will be in Odessa for at least another week.Lubbock is about 100 miles from where we live and from Odessa.Odessa is 60 miles from here.DDIL is going to ask tomorrow if they can transfer Jillian to Lubbock but I really doubt they will.