Conference misery::feline

    Bob...thanks for caring!!!!   Your story sounds so much like when
    we rescued Dewey from the Junkyard.   The poor little tyke was about
    9 months old...but was barely 4 pounds and only looked like he was
    3 months old.   He as so sick and undernourished, the vet said his 
    changes were slim...but with alot of caring and love...BIG Dewey is 
    now 4 years old and weighs close to 17 pounds and is my biggest baby!!
    
    Please provide us updates and keep us posted.  Lucky is sure lucky
    to find you!!!
    
    Sandy

Bob,

Best of luck for you in your attempts to save Lucky.  I'll look forward
to reading about your progress!

Hugs,
Laura

    God bless you, Bob, for your unselfish caring.  Here's wishing Lucky
    the best of luck.
    
    My mind is very quick to conjure up images of little kitties sitting
    in the middle of the road, alone, sick, and frightened.  Thank goodness
    there's people like you to give this sad image a potentially happy
    resolution.
    
    (God____ stupid, thoughtless people who dump helpless kitties like they
    were so much garbage.  There is a special place in hell for those
    humans where the fires are bright and hot and where they are dumped
    for all eternity.)
    
    Please keep us informed.  I'm sure we are all hoping for a happy
    ending.
    
    Carl

    
    When I was a little kid, one of my favorite books was "Lucky, the
    Famous Foundling".  I think the book was published by Look magazine
    (long gone, it was Life's main competitor).  It was about a puppy found
    in much the same circumstances as your Lucky.  Lucky was nursed back to
    health and became famous as the subject of a Look photo essay.
    
    I hope your story ends as happily.
    
    len.
    

       GREAT!! Sure hope she makes it O.K.... Be SURE though, to have her
    given a rabies shot!! In that paret of the state there have been
    numerous rabid racoons, so the shot for ALL cats is a really necessary
    thing.
    
      JM

         Latest report was that she drank water on her own this morning.
    She also wolfed down 3/4 can of catfood. From talking to my wife it
    sounded as if she'd been to a vets before. She said she yowled real
    loudly when she walked in with her. Before then she'd never made a
    sound.
    
             Bob

    Bob,
    
    My prayers are with Lucky! I wiil keep my fingers crossed and hope for
    a quick recovery..
    
    Please keep us posted........
    
    
    *joyce and Shilo
    

         The last I heard Lucky still had a lot of congestion but was doing
    very well. She's started to groom herself and has a good appetite.
    She's still obviously being kept apart from the other 7 cats in the
    house. Leastways until the vet can give her a clean bill of health.
    She loves to be handled and melts into your arms when you pick her up.
    She seems to be a very happy kitty now.
    
            Bob

          Well Lucky is doing super!! When I dropped my children off at my
    ex's on Saturday she asked if I wanted to see her. She looks excellent 
    compared to a week ago. My oldest picked her up and she rolled over on
    her back in her arms nuzzeling like crazy. One thing I hadn't noticed 
    when I first found her was the flat almost pushed in nose. My ex's 
    boyfriend swears she's all or part Burmese. She's still very underweight 
    for a kitty. The vet figured she's close to a year old yet she's 1/2 the 
    size of my 2 boys who are both under a year old. My kids told me
    yesterday that my ex had her up in her bedroom. Lucky got a chance to
    see herself in a full lenghth mirror. She talked a little bit at the
    reflection then gently tried to tap it. I think she's part Lab as I've
    heard that she uses her paws a lot when begging for attention, claws
    retracted of course. So it looks as though she out of the woods with
    her immediate health problems. She'll be tested for any nasty diseases
    at her next vet visit. 
    
    
         Bob 

    
    Bob,
    
    Thanks for the update on Lucky.  It is so nice to hear good news..  He
    sure does have the right name.
    
    Take care,
    
    *joyce
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          Well Lucky had her vet visit last week. Needless to say the vet
    was very pleased at the progress she's made. He figures she's actually
    around 6 months old and is 1/2 persian. She's been given her first
    shots and given a clean bill of health. Her weight is now 5 pounds!!
    He's dubbed my ex the miracle worker. There're 2 parties that have
    expressed interest in her. Whichever party agrees to take her will have 
    to agree to keep her as an indoor only kitty. We figure she's been
    stressed enough by spending far too much time on her own at too young
    an age. I had a chance to visit with her for an hour on Saturday and 
    she's really a sweet kitten. My youngest daughter ,who I'm afraid has 
    grown quite attached, was playing with her. It was gratifying to see 
    her romping around after having seen her so sick just a month ago. She 
    loves to be held sleep on laps and is a face nuzzler. So she'll make a 
    great companion for whomever takes her. Now if only I could find the party
    that left her. Then again the thoughts I harbor are against the law and
    my nature anyway. In the event neither of the parties expressing an
    interest pan out I'll post an entry in the adoption note. 
    
    
             Bob

    ...but at least one more has been saved.  Lucky was sure lucky to have
    found you.  Thanks for this great news on an otherwise yucky Monday
    morning.  Don't you just love happy endings?
    
    Carl