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Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back, Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back, Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Wow. That is great that he loves the food! I gave Pearl some senior Science Diet tonight (thinking that must be lower in salt than fancy feast) and she tore into it. I hope that she continues to like it so well.

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Welcome back, Sam! Christine

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back, Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

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[[Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I'm not familiar, so I'll refrain from comment. This ain't the same RPCA I left!  :( ]] From the look of things (as someone who accesses the ng via the internet), the holy-mess that took place over the past few weeks has died down considerably. Thank goodness. Purrs for Smokey’s successful treatment with the prescription food, and that you guys can buy him as much quality time as humanly possible. Skritches to both kitties! Donna, Captain, and Stanley

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back, Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Welcome back, Sam!  So sorry to hear about Smokey – I hope the food does the trick and he get many, many more years with his slaves! Hugs, CatNipped

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yodeled: Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :(

That seems to have passed, fingers crossed. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.

Sounds like some kids when you take them to their babysitter.  It’s "Mom, I don’t wanna go!"  Then when you pick them up, it’s "Aw, Mom, I was having a good time!"  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic.

YAY Smokey!   Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

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Welcome back Sam and purrs for Smokey to stay healthy, Suz

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Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.

You chose a good time to be away.  Actually I was only thinking about you a day or so ago and wondering when you’d be back, so welcome back Sam.   This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :(

It’s getting back there now. Purrs for Smokey, kidney disease can now be controlled for many years if found early like Smokey’s was. Tweed

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back, Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Welcome back, Sam! Purrs for Smokey that he may, like our Cosmo, have many, many years left with you. Ginger-lyn Home Pages:   http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/   http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy)   http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against                                              Animals in Movies Website)

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Welcome back! Lots of purrs and best wishes for Smokey, — Polonca & Soncek

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out. On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back, Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

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Gone two weeks and what happens?  A flood of messages.  Many about a situation with which I’m not familiar, so I’ll refrain from comment.  This ain’t the same RPCA I left!  :(

I faced that same problem when I got back from the island. I soon realised I could just delete whole threads and not miss anything important, nice, funny, or cute. Glad to see that the group is returning to normal now (or maybe the trolls are still posting – I’ve killfiled them so wouldn’t know). There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I’ll just say 1)  "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)  Happy Birthday where appropriate, 3)  congrats on successful job searches – hope they turn out to be everything you hope for 4)  housing purrs to those in need There are many more threads than I can recount.  I hope nobody will feel left out.

I’m still optimistically hoping to read the 4,900+ messages I currently have left… On topic:  DW went to pick up the cats where they had been boarded.  Missy was in her carrier, ready to go and Smokey was on his leash.  Smokey, however, didn’t want to leave.  He went exploring all over the boarding/office area.  Took them almost 10 minutes to corral him to get him back into the car.  Smokey’s exams while we were gone showed stage 1 renal failure.  He’s on a prescription diet now – fortunately he loves the stuff and Mistletoe won’t touch it.  Vet thinks the diet will give Smokey several more years.  We’re optimistic. Glad to be back,

Glad to see you back. Frank has been doing very well on his kidney diet (Waltham’s Renal wet food). The bloodtests in May showed that his kidney values are purrfect. Purrs that Smokey does well on his diet, too. — Marina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

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