It won't be long until Pogo, Batman, Rowdy, JoBella, Prentyss and Ximanga will be in the Main Area. We will most definitely have to do the kitten shuffle walk then!
This morning starts another day of packing up items from Catathon. They are still being mailed out!
Tomorrow is our next HumaneOhio. Today we will figure out if any of our kittens will tag along with the group going up to Toledo. We have a lot of kittens being looked at for adoption, but are not neutered/spayed yet due to not being of weight yet. We're working on that! Then we have this Saturday that hopefully we can get many of the kittens done! And of course, we'll have a few physicals too that need done.
Today starts our next Fun-Raiser. It's a fun one too! One of the resident cats will be voted as Cat of Liberty! The residents have been grooming, brushing their teeth, fluffing up their fur and putting a big smile on for everyone! As mentioned before, votes can come in now and ends at 9 am on Weds. with the drawing on 7/6 Thursday right after BOXES at 4:00.
I'd like to explain something........why are we having a fun-raiser so soon after having Catathon. There's a few reasons! First, some of our mods have planned this fun-raiser. To help with my load of work, they have taken this on and have organized everything. This particular fun-raiser has been in the works for quite some time. And that is why too, Paddy Purr is counted in the votes. The video was made way before he passed away unexpectedly. The video is awesome, also done by one of our mods. Yeah for our mods!
Another reason it was chosen to do this fun-raiser now is that we wanted it before we close out of ustream. YouTube will be new to all of us and we felt it was important to get this in, before we change over. That way we will have lots of practice before doing another one later!
And yet there's another reason. Many of you already know that my husband Steve has had a lot of problems with his knee. We've had many doctor appointments. I had mentioned previously that I would let you know what was going on. Now is the time. So here is "Steve news":
As we had thought, he has an infection in his knee and also in the bone marrow. There is no answer as to where the infection came from. Surgery is July 10, a Tuesday in Lima, Ohio. He will be in the hospital for 2-3 days. He will need an iv antibiotic therapy starting surgery day for 6 weeks. They will do a culture during surgery. His knee and all parts will be removed and a temporary antibiotic cement spacer knee put in for 8 weeks. They can fine tune the antibiotic for this spacer right then during surgery. He will have some stability with the spacer but will have to wear a brace to keep it stable. As soon as 8 weeks is done, they will then remove the spacer and put in his new prosthetic knee (his 3rd). That will involve another surgery and rehab.
So, because of this, I am going to be extra busy helping him and my mom. But, this is another reason to get this fun-raiser done now.
All is well here at FFRC. Kittens are healthy. We are all surviving the intenseness of the heat and humidity. Mars and Zurple are on my lap with Spiker waiting in line! And then Lucie will follow! They have their routines!
Bert's tip of his tail is looking terrific! I'm betting Dr. Darcy will give him an A+! This morning, since it's the first of the month, there's a lot of flea prevention to be given to the inside cats. We'll be working on that.
I want to send out a big thanks to our volunteers. They are simply amazing people. Their compassion and giving of their time is tremendous. And they do all that they do with a smile! They really are the backbone to FFRC.
