A bit of a delay...

Lucky (?) Bijoux!

We were all mentally prepared for the big surgery today - AND - it has been delayed....

Seems that the anesthesiologist is not in today and they really want her to be there. Soooo - we are now rescheduled for next Tuesday (the 28th).

It will be okay.

Bijoux is looking great, and eating well. She started regurgitating again the past 2 weeks (after a nice month of none at all!) but I think it may be the hot weather. Lots of food is going in and only a bit is coming out, so I think she is fine to wait another week before surgery.

Of course from a purely selfish point of view it means an extra week for me to worry about her and get mentally re-psyched up for the surgery - but I am sure that I will be fine too.

Thank you SO much to everyone who emailed or called and said they were thinking about her. It really does help to know that there are others who care about her too!

(And a special thank you to the couple who made a donation to Bijoux's care - it really helps!)

Now that I know what I am NOT doing today - I can figure out what I should do!

First, good thoughts and crossed fingers for Miss Sally. She is being spayed today and we are a bit worried for her. Sally was one of 4 pups that came to us last summer. Their parents were siblings (grrrr to the people who let that happen!!!) and the litter had some very weird genetic issues. As it turned out, Sally was the most affected and has had many, many episodes of allergy, weird food troubles and odd health issues that her foster/adoptive Mom has spent a ton of time researching and coping with, and has managed all of these troubles amazingly well.

So. Today is her big day. Please think about her. She has the best possible vet doing the surgery - but - her sister had a very hard time and nearly died during her spay. So obviously we are hoping with all of our hearts that Sally does okay. She has a lot of people pulling for her....

I will let you know tomorrow!

Next, we seem to have an issue with a foster dog - Shania - that is eerily similar to the symptoms that Curtis had. She is off to the vet this morning...

Genie cat will probably be going to her new home today or tomorrow - yay! She is an AMAZING girl - super friendly and takes care of ALL the kittens here - whether they are her kids or not. She is going to a great home but we will certainly miss her. It is always fabulous when kitties get placed but just a tinge of sadness too. Every foster takes a bit of your heart away with them, but we couldn't keep doing it if they all stayed!

Anyway, I hope you are having a lovely day with your animal companions.


Thank you for thinking about us!