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"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote. News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. It doesn't surprise me that Ding is hiding much of the time, although he does come out at bedtime when Kathleen sleeps in their room. As they do with me, Mr. Clark gets on her chest and Ding gets on her legs. He does occasionally demand a belly rub. It does surprise me that the normally very extroverted Rhonda is staying in hiding, cuddled with Ding. She did respond to me on the phone. Meanwhile, my friends' cat, officially Tiger but answering to Fuzzbutt, usually sleeps with me. He's quite cuddly, and doesn't seem bothered by some cuts and an irritation on his face. We think he's getting into the drop ceiling and scratching himself on something; there have been at least 3 distinct cuts on his cheek and brow. They've merged into a good-sized scabbed area, and he's lost fur above it. One of my friends here is a human physician, and thinks there might be a reaction to triple antibiotic ointment, which we had been using. When it started to affect his eye, he, of course, went to the vet. It wasn't clear if the reaction was purely allergic or allergy with infection, but he did get a corticosteroid injection (Decadron/dexamethasone) with amoxicillin, and is now on amoxicillin with clavunate (Augmentin). The area looks ugly, but isn't sensitive when touched. Himself has taken to complete back sprawl on my bed, paws at random angles and, when awake, wanting chest rubs. He's a kisser, but not as much as Mr. Clark, and has the three dogs well trained. More dogs are coming; my friends are still moving from Louisiana. I'm hoping to be able to arrange a car and drive to Massachusetts to pick my guys up within a month or so. I'm sure Mr. Clark & the others miss you, Howard. Thank God you're back! (read medical/illness/medicine threads) rpca has morphed into a clinic forum and I am only the bone guru. I hope the worst is over for your move, etc. |
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Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. It doesn't surprise me that Ding is hiding much of the time, although he does come out at bedtime when Kathleen sleeps in their room. As they do with me, Mr. Clark gets on her chest and Ding gets on her legs. He does occasionally demand a belly rub. It does surprise me that the normally very extroverted Rhonda is staying in hiding, cuddled with Ding. She did respond to me on the phone. Meanwhile, my friends' cat, officially Tiger but answering to Fuzzbutt, usually sleeps with me. He's quite cuddly, and doesn't seem bothered by some cuts and an irritation on his face. We think he's getting into the drop ceiling and scratching himself on something; there have been at least 3 distinct cuts on his cheek and brow. They've merged into a good-sized scabbed area, and he's lost fur above it. One of my friends here is a human physician, and thinks there might be a reaction to triple antibiotic ointment, which we had been using. When it started to affect his eye, he, of course, went to the vet. It wasn't clear if the reaction was purely allergic or allergy with infection, but he did get a corticosteroid injection (Decadron/dexamethasone) with amoxicillin, and is now on amoxicillin with clavunate (Augmentin). The area looks ugly, but isn't sensitive when touched. Himself has taken to complete back sprawl on my bed, paws at random angles and, when awake, wanting chest rubs. He's a kisser, but not as much as Mr. Clark, and has the three dogs well trained. More dogs are coming; my friends are still moving from Louisiana. I'm hoping to be able to arrange a car and drive to Massachusetts to pick my guys up within a month or so. Glad to see you posting again, Howard. I hope it won't be too long before you're reunited with your clowder. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup
computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. It doesn't surprise me that Ding is hiding much of the time, although he does come out at bedtime when Kathleen sleeps in their room. As they do with me, Mr. Clark gets on her chest and Ding gets on her legs. He does occasionally demand a belly rub. It does surprise me that the normally very extroverted Rhonda is staying in hiding, cuddled with Ding. She did respond to me on the phone. Meanwhile, my friends' cat, officially Tiger but answering to Fuzzbutt, usually sleeps with me. He's quite cuddly, and doesn't seem bothered by some cuts and an irritation on his face. We think he's getting into the drop ceiling and scratching himself on something; there have been at least 3 distinct cuts on his cheek and brow. They've merged into a good-sized scabbed area, and he's lost fur above it. One of my friends here is a human physician, and thinks there might be a reaction to triple antibiotic ointment, which we had been using. When it started to affect his eye, he, of course, went to the vet. It wasn't clear if the reaction was purely allergic or allergy with infection, but he did get a corticosteroid injection (Decadron/dexamethasone) with amoxicillin, and is now on amoxicillin with clavunate (Augmentin). The area looks ugly, but isn't sensitive when touched. Himself has taken to complete back sprawl on my bed, paws at random angles and, when awake, wanting chest rubs. He's a kisser, but not as much as Mr. Clark, and has the three dogs well trained. More dogs are coming; my friends are still moving from Louisiana. I'm hoping to be able to arrange a car and drive to Massachusetts to pick my guys up within a month or so. |
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Hey, Howard
Welcome back, so glad to see you posting again. Tweed KFC, Boyfie "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote in message ... News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. It doesn't surprise me that Ding is hiding much of the time, although he does come out at bedtime when Kathleen sleeps in their room. As they do with me, Mr. Clark gets on her chest and Ding gets on her legs. He does occasionally demand a belly rub. It does surprise me that the normally very extroverted Rhonda is staying in hiding, cuddled with Ding. She did respond to me on the phone. Meanwhile, my friends' cat, officially Tiger but answering to Fuzzbutt, usually sleeps with me. He's quite cuddly, and doesn't seem bothered by some cuts and an irritation on his face. We think he's getting into the drop ceiling and scratching himself on something; there have been at least 3 distinct cuts on his cheek and brow. They've merged into a good-sized scabbed area, and he's lost fur above it. One of my friends here is a human physician, and thinks there might be a reaction to triple antibiotic ointment, which we had been using. When it started to affect his eye, he, of course, went to the vet. It wasn't clear if the reaction was purely allergic or allergy with infection, but he did get a corticosteroid injection (Decadron/dexamethasone) with amoxicillin, and is now on amoxicillin with clavunate (Augmentin). The area looks ugly, but isn't sensitive when touched. Himself has taken to complete back sprawl on my bed, paws at random angles and, when awake, wanting chest rubs. He's a kisser, but not as much as Mr. Clark, and has the three dogs well trained. More dogs are coming; my friends are still moving from Louisiana. I'm hoping to be able to arrange a car and drive to Massachusetts to pick my guys up within a month or so. |
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HB, Have you checked out uship.com for the kitty transport? You can list
your need free of charge and get people to bid on doing it (moving your kitties). Pick and choose your driver from among many rated drivers who will be competing for your business. Pat |
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"Pat" wrote in message news HB, Have you checked out uship.com for the kitty transport? You can list your need free of charge and get people to bid on doing it (moving your kitties). Pick and choose your driver from among many rated drivers who will be competing for your business. Part of the deal in my ex's housemate coming down to help was that I'd personally get them. He was very adamant about them going with someone they knew. |
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On 2006-05-21, Howard C. Berkowitz penned:
News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. At least newsreading shouldn't be a very taxing application for your backup machine =) I'm very glad to see you back. I hope that you can soon collect your kitties. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. Howard, I've been wondering and worrying about how you are doing and how the cats are doing. I'm glad that your ex and her housemate are willing and able to take the family in, and hope that you can get them back soon. I'm sure they miss you as much as you miss them. I hope that you will be able to collect them soon and that all goes well. How are you doing? How bad were you damaged when your car(?) was wrecked? What can the group do to help you out, besides ask the owners to purr for you to be re-united with your babies asap? Take care and please keep us informed. Pam S. |
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welcome back, Howard. Glad to hear things seem to be settling down for you.
Hope you can be with your darlings soon. Lily & her mama -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote in message ... News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. It doesn't surprise me that Ding is hiding much of the time, although he does come out at bedtime when Kathleen sleeps in their room. As they do with me, Mr. Clark gets on her chest and Ding gets on her legs. He does occasionally demand a belly rub. It does surprise me that the normally very extroverted Rhonda is staying in hiding, cuddled with Ding. She did respond to me on the phone. Meanwhile, my friends' cat, officially Tiger but answering to Fuzzbutt, usually sleeps with me. He's quite cuddly, and doesn't seem bothered by some cuts and an irritation on his face. We think he's getting into the drop ceiling and scratching himself on something; there have been at least 3 distinct cuts on his cheek and brow. They've merged into a good-sized scabbed area, and he's lost fur above it. One of my friends here is a human physician, and thinks there might be a reaction to triple antibiotic ointment, which we had been using. When it started to affect his eye, he, of course, went to the vet. It wasn't clear if the reaction was purely allergic or allergy with infection, but he did get a corticosteroid injection (Decadron/dexamethasone) with amoxicillin, and is now on amoxicillin with clavunate (Augmentin). The area looks ugly, but isn't sensitive when touched. Himself has taken to complete back sprawl on my bed, paws at random angles and, when awake, wanting chest rubs. He's a kisser, but not as much as Mr. Clark, and has the three dogs well trained. More dogs are coming; my friends are still moving from Louisiana. I'm hoping to be able to arrange a car and drive to Massachusetts to pick my guys up within a month or so. |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanada" Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 2:10 AM Subject: Sort of back online Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the same without my own cats. Mr. Clark, Rhonda, and Ding are staying with my ex, Kathleen, and her housemate; I've talked to Mr. Clark over the phone. He is recovering well from some nasty dental problems, which were worse than I had realized. Indeed, he is recovering so well that he's not even dominance-challeging the resident dogs -- he simply raised a head and hissed "begone". They scattered. Howard, I've been wondering and worrying about how you are doing and how the cats are doing. I'm glad that your ex and her housemate are willing and able to take the family in, and hope that you can get them back soon. I'm sure they miss you as much as you miss them. I hope that you will be able to collect them soon and that all goes well. How are you doing? How bad were you damaged when your car(?) was wrecked? Physically, not at all. As I got out, I found I couldn't stand, and had the good sense to call 911. As an aside, I can't say enough good things about the Arlington County, Virginia, emergency services. The police did get me checked immediately by paramedics, but, as I explained about the stresses of the past few weeks, with Mr. Clark being on top of the list, they got the on-duty mental health responder to the accident scene. Essentially, she diagnosed that I had gone over the limits of exhaustion, and needed a few days of rest and observation. It's funny how sleeping on a real bed, after several weeks of a bedroll because my bed had been shipped, getting a hot shower, etc., helped get me out of a fugue. The hospital that had beds available wasn't ideal, as it basically was intended for people in complete psychotic breaks, not anxiety and depression, and not short-term (few days) intervention. The most useful thing was art therapy, where I discovered, after not doing charcoals for 20-30 years, that I can still sketch decently freehand -- not a skill especially relevant to the situation, but some relief from the constant pressure. Fighting the medical bureaucracy to get what I needed, in its way, was also useful -- getting me out of the immediate rut. Getting someone to help with the move (there had been some plans earlier that fell through due to illness) also was a major factor. Now that I'm in St. Louis, I'm staying with friends that have medical qualifications, and are urging me to ease back more slowly. I do have an office set up in the house and am doing more and more from here. I need to work on the strategy for getting my three back, but part of that is being sure my reaction times are back to being safe for a long drive. |
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