Wonderful pictures! Here are my contributions. This is our 16-year old Siphon, whom I found at about 10 days of age crossing a big street in Japan all by himself. The other cat is Rosie, also a rescue from our days in Japan. When Siphon gets to feeling frisky, he flops down on his side and kicks his elbow.

IZZY being funny OZZY JAZZY the Cockatiel and FUNKY the parakeet ROMEO (he's in doggy heaven now) OZZY I (he's in doggy heaven too) IZZY smokin his cigar IZZY & OZZY II OZZY hanging around The parrots are attacking the house! Santa OZZY Sun Bunny IZZY ROMEO the Raindeer

Talley-Sue - yes, it was gaping. Kathy was in no condition to assess her wounds for a couple of days. She is fairly big breasted and only found the wound when she was able to take a bath a few days later. I would say the wound is about the size of a dollar coin. I even missed it when she first showed me her chest bruising but I wasn't looking that closely at her breasts just the bruising. The wound is under the breast on the outside. It actually looks like a bullet hole not that I have ever seen an actual bullet hole in someone's body. She is still finding bruises that she didn't know she had. Kathy did call her Doctor right away but like everything else you have to wait for an appointment which was today. Kathy did tend to her wounds like a nurse would do and she had a fellow nurse come and check her out. She wasn't mortally wounded so she waited to see her doctor. Kathy went to her family doctor today - he had all the reports from the hospital and he noted again where all of her injuries and bruising was. She has to go back again next week. I went with her to do some errands today and I could tell Kathy was in pain and asked her where she was feeling it the most. She said her breast and wearing a seatbelt wasn't helping any either. She said she might have to start taking a Percocet during the daytime too because of the pain. One good thing she wasn't skittish behind the wheel of the rental car. She is a little more wary of the other drivers though. We weren't out for more than a couple of hours and she had to get home because she was exhausted. Kathy has nothing but good to say about the people at the hospital and the EMT and police and good samaritans that were on the scene. If I was her I would probably be moaning and groaning but Kathy is not doing that and she is allowing us to help her. Kathy's insurance company has the police report but when she goes to see the lawyer I am sure he will get a copy. Anne

Our two Bichons, plus one who crossed the bridge...all are rescues, and we keep their hair short. :O) My happy faced little boy, who will celebrate his 16th birthday in April. Our littlest, who loves to roll in the dirt (when she does that, she's Dirty Pearl, Pirate Girl): Our darling little pretty pretty princess, Bijou, gone too too soon...