C 2009 Kitties From Heaven
| 2008 a year in review |
| 2008 was a very eventful year for Kitties From Heaven! First of all, and most exciting for me, I was able to return to Iowa and resume running my rescue personally! We took in two new resident Kitties this year. Fuji (FIV+) came to us from Okanawa, Japan where she was rescued from a feral colony by a local resident, who, with the help of a US Marine, sent her to the US. Kitties from Heaven was contacted to take her after two other rescues had committed to her and then left her in the airport hotel at the Seattle Tacoma Airport. I was living outside of Tacoma at the time and was able to pick her up on her last day there! She is still very skiddish, but is healthy and happy otherwise! Tabatha came to us from much closer! We picked her up in Des Moines, Iowa in December. She was 4 months old at the time, and once she was let of the cage she had been living in, she was a little fireball! Now 6 months old, she is still, sadly, testing positive for FeLV, but don't tell her there. She is running and playing with all the energy of 10 kittens! She is a character... there's no other way to describe her. We LOVE having her here. She livens up everyone! Sadly, four of our friends went to the bridge this year. Legolas and Punkin passed away from diseases related to their FeLV before I moved home in May. Coleridge passed away from a heart condition this spring, and Simon passed away in October from liver disease related to his FIV. We miss all of them dearly. We faced a couple of medical issues this year as well. Mr Cat had an abscessed tooth that led to the decision to removed what teeth he had left. He hasn't noticed, and it certainly hasn't slowed down his lion like appetite! Elron is suffering from a bone deficiency that causes his bones to be brittle. The head of his femur has fractured off in his hip socket, reducing the range of motion. We began raising funds for his surgery this fall and so far have raised over half of what he needs! We only have $200 left to go. Meanwhile, it's a full time job to keep Elron from jumping off counters and climbing the furniture. You'd think he was a kitten again! I'd also like to send out a special thank you to everyone who has helped Kitties From Heaven run smoothly this year!! Dr. Culley Holm Holm Animal Hospital Fort Dodge, IA Penny Medley - sponsors Champagne Hideko Miyahira - sponsors Fuji Tyler Rock and Family - sponsors Fuji Animal Lifeline of Iowa - sponsors Tabatha Funds for Elron Debra Palmer Penny Medley Hideko Miyahira We do currently have two cats who do not receive any sponsorship at all, Mr Cat and Buck Rogers. If anyone is interested in sponsoring them, let me know. Thank you to everyone who has helped us out this past year. Without you, our special needs rescue would not exist! We're looking forward to another great year and we hope you can share it with us! |