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So Billy's home again! For those who aren't up to speed, Billy ended up at the vet's after he completely stopped eating. We found out that he had an obstruction in his small intestines through exploratory surgery, and he's finally home today, shaved belly and all. The vets were hoping he would...

Hi guys. I haven't been here in awhile - life has taken me elsewheres but I have always recommended these forums to people in need of help or just wanting to talk about cats. I wish I could come under better circumstances, but such is life. I need help this morning, if possible, about what to...

Yay!! I found this accidentally last night while showing my pre-vet friend the original videos. http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat#p/u/0/VgmXrARr6aI Just in time for the season!

Xerox is running a postcard campaign to support our troops. Its very easy to do! Go to this website - http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html Pick a postcard you like, personalize it, and send it! It can't get any easier! What a wonderful way to say "Thank you" and "We love you!" to our...

Billy sleeps with me most nights, while his girl Cally is still too afraid of humans to sleep very close at all (as in she sleeps in the next room as far as I know). This morning, around 5, something woke me up. I hear Cally cough or hack a bit near the stairs, and Billy bolts out of my bed to...

So here's the update as of now. First the more hopeful situation. As a recap, little baby Max was born in March, and was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma around his heart a few months ago. He's been through four rounds of chemo so far, and he's due for new scans this coming week to see if the...

My friend has a Norwegian Elkhound, really amazing dog. He sent me this email just now to see if I knew anything about it - wondering if any of you have any clues on advice I could give him. I might see if a friend or two of mine in vet school has any info if no one here does. Thanks guys...

Little Miss Cally has gone from feral to her royal highness! No peas under here, scary lady! The boys have no desire to sleep on the pile of blankets and pillows left from my parents' visit - that is for the princess only!

I've been sick for something around three months now. Chills, shaking, dizzy spells and vertigo, nausea, profuse sweating, tremors in my hands, and tachycardia. The doctors can't figure out whats wrong with me - I've been tested for lupus, other autoimmune diseases, hypothyroidism, Lyme...

Wanted to see if you guys could give me some ideas. I have naturally rather low blood pressure - I tend to be in the range of 100/60 and that's perfectly fine for me. With my cardiac and dizziness problem lately though, I've been put on beta blockers and diuretics, both of which also lower...

Well, I got an update from my friend with a brain tumor. He has decided to forgo any further treatment unless and until the unlikely event that his tumor grows in such a way as to make surgery a less risky option. So right now, its a wait until the end. I'm trying to get my friends to join...

Well, this is fun. My entire town and university are being evacuated because of a chemical fire. http://www.theeagle.com/local/Fire-forces-evacuations Its not all that serious at the moment, at least where I'm living, and really, I think they're kind of over-reacting...but still. The feral's...

I'll try and bold major questions, so they don't get missed amongst my ranting. I have been having continuing problems with my health this year. It started with a number of sinus infections - not that bad. Then, around the beginning of June, I started experiencing tachycardia (fast heart...

A friend of mine sent the boys some treats in the mail - apparently they REALLY liked them. Here's where I keep the treats - on the bottom shelf, next to the white CD boxes. To get to them, a kitty must hop onto the piano bench, jump up to the piano, move from there to the top of the TV, and...

Miss Cally wanted me to show you guys just how rough she has it. Man, the indoor life is just awful! She has to sleep on hard, uncomfortable surfaces. And there is no one to fluff her pillows for her! I mean, gosh, what's a girl gotta do to get some amenities in life?!

Okay, I have a friend who is going to need surgery to take her gall bladder out, and I thought it would be nice to send her a get well card, and one of those "chicken soup in a jar" things (where you basically have all the ingredients you need in a nice jar, so that they just have to add water...

I'll try and put pictures up later. I don't have all that many, because she's still afraid of me. But after getting the all clear from the vet, I started letting Cally out of her room while I was home. At first, she would kind of timidly walk around the second floor, and meow at us from...

I don't often ask for vibes and prayers from the group here, but I know that they work, and I seem to keep on hearing bad news every time my parents call me, so here I am. The first thing is actually very personal to me - I have a very dear friend who has a brain tumor, or cancer, or something...

I've been reading nightly to my little feral, who is still in full "I hate you" mode from last week's vet escapades. Some nights, she hides where I can't see her, but mostly she sits in her little cat cube where she can keep an eye on me. She often lays her head down to sleep while I'm...

So Cally had her vet visit and bloodwork done yesterday. The vet left a bandage wrapped around her paw, which I didn't notice until I got home. I'm rather surprised they didn't remove it there - they did the blood work hours before I picked her up, and they knew she was feral, and that she...