Yes, We Have No Maine Coons

Yesterday Hunter went in search of the Rainbow Bridge.  He stopped eating and drinking two days before and became super weak.  He was still able to walk around but kept loosing his balance from time-to-time.  We took him to the vet and he was put down.  Now,  I thought that was going to kill me but this morning Victor was hardly able to get up.  We took him to the vet and his platelets ( I think that's what the doctor said) were down to 11 from his usual 26.  She ran a couple of tests and sure enough,  HE HAD CANCER SOMEWHERE IN HIS BODY TOO!  We put him down this afternoon.  I have a theory that Hunter and Victor might have been from the same litter.  I found Hunter when he was a kitten.  He wandered into my mother's yard and she called and told me to come over right away.  I did and he went home with me...end of story.  I figure that there had to be other kittens in the litter and Victor had been living feral for years, you could tell.  They died a day apart.

Now we are down to six cats and two dogs.  I am so sad.

Bad News

My heart is breaking.  We have just found out that our little Hunter will not be with us much longer.  He has Lymphoma.  We have him on steroids currently but I'm told that he will only last about two or three months. The doctor said that he will just get weaker but not be in pain. I've had him since he was a kitten 18 or 19 years ago.  He's the only cat I've had that tries to talk.  He learned how to say "hello" and "my room".  He is also the only cat I've had that learned how to hug my neck when I pick him up. I will miss him so much but I know I will see him again someday.

Other wonderful news is that someone got my Discover card information and charged something online at Walmart.com.  It was just under $25.00 but I'm sure that was not going to be the end of it.  I have since cancelled that card. Now I need to find out who got my information. I don't use my Discover card for everything...only certain places.  It had to have been either one of the vet offices or the heating /cooling company that just worked on our heat pump.  I'm just having such a wonderful weekend!  After the Discover Card fraud division makes it's report I will know more about what happened.

Our Health insurance went up $70.00 this year so we are paying over $500.00 a month for horrid coverage.  We have a $1500 deductible.  When we do our taxes we don't need to add our doctor bills up because we qualify for the medical deduction just because of the amount we pay for the actual insurance!

I'm tired of worrying about all this crap.  I'm going to bed and putting it in God's hands.

Good Night From Muttzncatz's Place

FIRE!

We live very close to an abandoned Hotel.  This Hotel has been empty  and used for storage since 2005. During the weekend it became the site of a five alarm fire.

Luckily nothing else in the area caught on fire.  This happened early on Sunday morning around 3:00 AM.  There are still fire trucks there today (Tuesday) because every so often a fire starts again in the burned out shell of a building.  There were six structures and only one is still standing.  Arson is a heavy possibility.  The news said that the owner of the hotel had not paid taxes for the last four years.  Now they can afford to pay the taxes with their insurance claim, right?  Arson, well...maybe????

The cats are doing well.  I'm doing battle with the fleas again but that seems to be common for Summers now.  I believe that the Frontline Plus flea treatments are no longer working.  I think the fleas have become resistant to those chemicals.  Even some Vet techs agree with me on that one.  Something new needs to be developed to combat those horrid blood suckers.

The makers (Pella) of our new sliding glass door will be out to see our new door on Thursday.  There is a 1/4 inch square spot in the center of the door that has zero coating on it.  Both the stationery and the sliding door has glass in them that appear to be distorted. if you move your head from side to side it looks like like there are vertical lines running through the glass.  I now refer to our new slider as the fun house door.  We'll see what happens after they inspect it.

Good Night From Muttzncatz's Place