I sent BlueBird your messages, and got this response: Boy, those brought some gratitude tears..... LOTS of them. Those people are special. Please tell them that of all the people online, the cat people on this ng are the most special. They've always been right there for me even though I can't...

I don't expect to be back here for a month. In a few hours I leave for Australia, friends from other newsgroups. On the 30th I'll see Tish, and hopefully some other rpca people in or near Sydney. I can get email while I'm gone - I'll check it sporadically - but I probably won't have access to...

Since we have several medical professionals who post here, maybe one of you can answer my question. Here's the background: I recently had an upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. I have had both procedures before, and for the past several times I have always been put out, which I much prefer. The...

My meowmy has been giving me nasty tasting medicine every morning and evening since I had my teeth worked on over a week ago. At first I just took it, because I figured it was just that once. But she KEPT DOING IT! EVERY DAY! It tastes really nasty, so finally I started objecting. She thought...

Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both...

This morning I woke up early. Last night it was especially cold, and I hadn't turned off the electric blanket, as I usually do before I got to sleep. I was overly warm when I woke up, so I threw the covers back. Immediately, Lindy, who was lying close to me, began protesting, vocally, loudly, and...

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... We went to a party at a friend's house Saturday night. She had hired a psychic to do Tarot card readings for the guests. I signed up and went in to see him. He asked me two questions first: my date of...

"Cheryl Perkins" wrote in message ... When you find and buy a really cute little knitted mouse at a craft sale, unusually well-shaped with added whiskers and features and stuffed (allegedly) with catnip, the cats will show some mild...

I don't know what it is with Nanki-Poo and fingers. When he's in a very loving mood, he will usually eventually start chewing my fingers. At first, he chews gently, but gradually he bites harder and harder. Last night he came to me in bed and wanted some loving. He wouldn't quit...

Skeeter has made the trip to the Rainbow Bridge. For the past several days, she would eat only if I put a few pieces of dry food in front of her. She still ate very little, and later she threw up everything she had eaten. She was getting progressively weaker. Last night, rather than spend the...

I just talked to BlueBird. She said to tell everyone hi. She's still hanging in there, but she only gets on the computer once a day, just long enough to read her e-mail and occasionally send a joke or something to some of her friends. LittleBit is doing amazingly well. The vet gave up on him,...

I sent BlueBird many of your messages of sympathy and encouragement, as well as a couple I received by e-mail. This was her response. Joy Will tears be a good enough answer? You take care of that end. OK? I just can't think of anything but spending time with Little Bit right now. We've been...

BlueBird's health problems are getting worse, and she is able to spend very little time at the computer. Mostly, she can just read e-mail. She doesn't have the energy to sit there long enough to do any research at web sites. She would like anyone who can do so to e-mail her information...

I had an e-mail from BlueBird today, which included this paragraph: "Again I thank you, too, for sending posts to me from the Cat News Group. They mean so very much to me. Did I ask you to tell them that, after my praying before we went to the vet's office, I got on my knees and claimed healing...

My Soma water bed sprung a leak a while back, and I didn't catch it before it had ruined the box springs. I replaced the bed with one of the new "pillow top" mattresses. It's pretty comfortable, but it makes the bed a *lot* higher. Lindy likes it just fine, but Skeeter has stayed away from it. ...

Dave Gerecke is on his way home, even as I write. He is taking the bus to St. Louis, then flying to Los Angeles via Denver. We are going to try once more to touch base at LAX. Wish us luck! ;-) -- Joy Owned and operated by Lindy and Skeeter

Stolen from another newsgroup: Ok, sing along, cat lovers! On the first day of Christmas when I brought home my tree My 12 cats were laughing at me On the second day of Christmas

Thanks on BlueBird's behalf for the messages of encouragement you have been posting for her. Earlier today I sent her the messages you have been posting. This evening I got the following e-mail from her. I will continue to save posts and send them to her. -- Joy Life is what happens to you...

"Mark Edwards" wrote in message ... This morning, I was getting ready to take my shower - running the water, putting my left foot under the water to test the temperature, and so on. As the water reached the right...

Lindy apparently subscribes to the saying "A cat in the house is worth two in the back yard." I was eating my breakfast in the living room this morning, as I always do. I looked out the sliding glass door and saw a gray cat in the back yard. At first, I assumed it was Nanki-Poo, who is...