I imagine that it must get tiresome to come here to read and find me again pleading for funds to help these cats. I just want ALL of you to know, that whether you spend $1.00 or $20.00’s each time the donation brings tears to my eyes because it justifies what I do. You believe in me, you really do (Gee I sound like Sally Fields at the Oscar’s) “You like me, you really, really like me.”
Any one is welcome at any time to visit with us and see where these funds go. They all go to the cats (mostly to my vet) who told me last night that he hopes soon not to “be having these types of conversations with me regarding the fear of distemper.” So I just want to say that the monies goes for the cats, not for a new car or a trunkful of groceries. I can’t remember the last time Mike and I enjoyed a few days away at the coast, or even went out to get a nice dinner. We live, breathe and eat for these cats.
Jedi is another special being. She was the runt of a litter from Marlow. She came to us early in May and from the get-go, her mom would reject her, her littermates beat her up and we ended up having to do round the clock care for her. She was put downstairs near us and bottle fed and from the beginning, after each feeding, she would lie in Mike’s arms and suckle her front paw, a practice she continues to this day.
She sleeps with him every night and I can hear her contented purr all the way across the room at night. It is a sound that lulls me to sleep. Even if I have my own purr bodies nearby, her purr rises above the rest.
It cost $1,760.00 for Bentley to beat distemper- of which I am still paying small payments on the remainder of the bill. If it comes to Jedi also needing that care, Mike and I discussed and decided we will go for it and hope the vet understands the small payments we can make towards settling the bill. There are some cats here that would not have that option- but as a special friend who also rescues told me long ago- it seems it is always the special ones called Home before their time.
She matters, she matters a lot and I just pray this isn’t distemper because it gets so much worse before it gets better (if it even does)
Even if the money went for groceries for you and Mike, the food would only be in aid of keeping you up and running after cats. So even if it were spent on yourself, it would go for cats in the long run! But I know it all is for the cats. Don’t worry about that.