Thanks Jannie but Holly is a little poopoo head. LOL Spoiled rotten and knows it. Since she can get up on the furniture she has become a real menace. I caught her on my table this afternoon, picking pine cones out of the basket, dropping them on the floor and eating my African Violet plants. Are African Violets poisonous to little short legged dogs? I hope the roads are good tomorrow too! I bought, at a thriftstore, a hunter green LEATHER recliner for...get this...twenty bucks. The store agreed to hold it for me until tomorrow. I HAVE to get to the city to pick up the chair and go to the seminar as well. The storm is suppose to hold out until late in the afternoon and I'm taking the truck...all will be well. Lori

Woh, awsome thanks. And the name fits perfect. Iv tried animating those running wolves befor. I made a couple but for somereason I couldnt upload them to anything. The format was .Gif. so iunno. Thanks again~

First we have to figure out which door. I think I don't like Pal's for this exercise because they have a less pronounced grain than most of the golden oak I've seen. I'm thinking along the lines of LWO's 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 or 11, or the one I posted. The grain is too fine on Pal's, the color isn't yellow/orange enough on LWO's 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 13. Twelve is so ratty it's impossible to believe anyone would keep them (maybe they could be painted). Speaking of which, is the rule going to be no painting? I think it should be. What about staining? I've been thinking of the exercise as how to work with the color as-is. What's the consensus?

I didn't realize that there was any such thing as a benign melanoma, but I sure hope your girl's turns out to be benign. Three weeks seems like a tremendously long time to wait for a pathology report, though. I'm also confused about the anesthesia. Why would they say anesthesia for no more than an hour when the procedure itself is no more than 15 mins? Why would they keep her anesthetized for potentially an extra 45 mins? These are questions I’d be asking. Vets use Metacam because, as far as I know, it is the only anti-inflammatory labeled for any sort of use in cats (bupe, Tramadol, and fentanyl are exclusively painkillers), though that labeled use does not include the type of surgery your girl will be having. Still, I don’t permit its use in my cats. There are far too many reports of serious illness and death associated or suspected with Metacam. The manufacturer of Metacam also has kidney-related warnings in its package insert relative to its use in cats. If the manufacturer is putting these issues in the package insert, I’m certainly not going to dismiss it. Here’s a link to the package insert. I recommend you read it in its entirety: http://www.bi-vetmedica.com/content/dam/internet/ah/vetmedica/com_EN/product_files/metacam/Metacam%20cat%20Injectable%20PI.pdf As far as buprenorphine is concerned, it’s important to note that ALL drugs come with risks. This is especially true with cats who are, as a species, drug-sensitive. It’s just another situation where you have to weigh risks and benefits, and do your due diligence in researching reports of adverse drug events. Metacam has developed a problematic reputation among many owners whose cats have suffered adverse effects from its use. As far as I know, buprenorphine does not have nearly as many reported adverse events associated with its use in cats. Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook, the drug reference used by most practicing veterinarians, offers these precautions relative to bupe’s use, “All opiates should be used with caution in patients with hypothyroidism, severe renal insufficiency, adrenocortical insufficiency (Addison’s), and in geriatric or severely debilitated patients. … Rarely, patients may develop respiratory depression from buprenorphine; it, therefore, should be used cautiously in patients with compromised cardiopulmonary function. …” My animals have been my primary teachers over the decades … but the Internet comes in mighty handy, too. Laurie