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stephanie is: crying…
well it has been a pretty awful week and it’s barely started. i’ve been in pain since early monday morning. doing a bit better now. i’m trying to keep up with work. i had to spend most of yesterday in bed because i hurt if i sat up.

stimpy started getting worse. he was straining again and stopped eating or drinking. so we made another appointment not really knowing what was going to happen. he is a terribly sweet cat, a big lover, but he turns into the biggest bully when living with other cats. we had kind of been keeping our eye out for a good no-other-cats home for him but hadn’t come across anyone so far. and now all this.

we discussed it all with the doctor. he needs to be unblocked again and then have surgery. the most we can offer him is to be unblocked then come home again where he will surely reblock. i am sure the stress wouldn’t help when we unseperated him. the doctor offered to have us sign over ownership. she had a newly graduated vet that could benefit from doing the surgery (they would eat the cost). then he’d get all the fluids and proper aftercare he’d need and they would find him a home with no other pets.

i cried, but that is what we chose. that is the absolute best for him. they are going to call us to let us know how the surgery went, and we will be in touch with them about his living arrangments. i offered to help them out by taking pictures of the animals that need homes and posting them on thier site. i live 2 mintues from them so it would be very easy for me. we gave them our card.

i’m still crying some. he was never really my cat, but i did live with him for years. our household has been more mellow since he hadbeen separated from the others, yet it has felt off.

if you are in the northern virginia area and would like a big sweet teddy bear of a cat, i can put you in touch with the vet. once he has recovered from his operation, he shouldn’t be bothered by uti’s again. he is 5-years old and fixed. he can’t go to a home with other animals. the few times he has been around kids he has seemed a little scared but mostly just unused to them. he loves to be cuddled and curl up in the blankets to sleep with you. email me if you are interested. i know this is the best thing for him and our other cats, but it is so hard that i really want it to all work out as easily as possible. especially since the vet is being so wonderful about eating the charges to all the treatment he needs to get over this rough spot.

i just need some good news. this week has been bad.