Posted by bozeman on February 22, 2003, at 0:08:40
In reply to Kitty update: Fever broken!!!, posted by bozeman on February 20, 2003, at 20:19:24
Most of the time I call him one of his "other" names -- Big Kitty, Handsome, Wild Thing, Great Blue-and-White Hunter, Kitty-Bunny, etc., but Zorro is doing fine (I know it's a corny name, but when he was just a wee bitty skinny kitten and appeared on my doorstep, hungry and cold, he had blue eyes and a blue mask -- he's blue and white bicolor -- and the mask positively dominated his face, along with those huge ears.) I fed him -- he was *starving*!!! -- and he slept in the tree out front every day until I came home and fed him again. No one claimed him, and after about ten days (and impending rainstorm) I opened the door and said, "Would you like to come inside?" He walked through the door like that was what he had been waiting for all along, and has been here ever since. Hasn't wanted out once. Knows the world is awful out there, and that he has a good pampered kitty home with me.
He started growing like a weed, and his blue eyes turned to grey, then to gold, then to brilliant emerald green. He's got long, beautiful white whiskers, and fur softer than an angora rabbit. I think all cats are beautiful, but he still just makes me stop and stare sometimes, he's so gorgeous. He's almost four now, and when healthy, he's about seventeen pounds of muscle and is quite a handful when he *doesn't* want to do something (like get in the carrier, or take his medicine.) <grin> His growl would scare a German Shepherd, and I am *so* glad he chose me, and that he remembers that when he's sick. Otherwise I couldn't treat him. (The vet just about can't touch him unless I'm there.)
He's still weak, and not completely out of the woods yet -- but he's only sleeping about twenty-one and a half hours a day now (instead of twenty-three and a half.) He's still very pale (his normally pretty pink nose is nearly white, still) and has probably lost at least five pounds. It will be about another week before I'm not changing bandages every day. But he actually grabbed my foot under the covers this morning! (half hearted, but it's a start.) He's doing very well, in no small part, I firmly believe, due to the combined love and prayers of all of you.
We've been napping, and I just got up to turn off the lights, etc. Going back to bed. (At least, since playing nurse to him, I have absolutely no trouble sleeping. Too tired I guess. :-)
Thank you all, again, for the warm thoughts and well wishes, and for letting me gush about my kitty-buddy. I'm so relieved he's feeling better I could just about cry. But I'm too tired for that so it's back to bed. :-)
bozeman
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