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glad that you and tippers were able to walk 2 times. i can understand it makes her happy. we were having a sunny afternoon and i also had a nice long walk with the dogs along the riverside. the next days there will be rain and wind again, so this was a good day.
sleep well!
Hi Patti,
Glad that Tipper lost some weight as I know that really worried you. The weight though is probably tied to the thyroid not the cushings, so it might start going down now that she is on medication.
I know the situation with Grace is not a good one. :( Wish I had the answer for you.
Nice that you got to walk today. So now we are expecting, get this, rain storms tomorrow! Probably flooding too. Then by end of week, we'll drop the temperatures again and through march we'll likely be cold. *sigh* I'm enjoying these couple days of of at least warmer weather, even if it comes with problems. :)
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Hi Everyone:
I kind of figured that Tipper's weight was brought on by the thyroid, so I will be glad when it comes off because she has never had weight on her like this. Yesterday was the first for the split and it seemed to help her better thru the nite. I was awake all nite never slept a wink as I am feeling so bad about Grace it terrible what she has been thru. I emailed the rescue to take her there Saturday. I watched Tipper all nite . It seems she ahs more of her episodes when she first goes to sleep, but there were some during the nite. She sis not appear to move about the bed as much before her 10mg dose at nite, so I think it was the cortisol climbing. We will see in a few days if she starts with any clinical symptoms and cannot stay on this dosage. I am looking to be giving her melatonin today as that is all I have. How many hours apart can I give it I forget? I do not want her pressure rising any more as it was high and I don't want eye problems or her heart racing. It is a challenge each and every day we get up. I so hope the storm passes us as TIpper will go nuts with thunder. Blessings
patti
Hi Everyone:
I have a home for Gracie with a retired couple that have no other animals. They sound perfect and I am meeting them on Saturday at noon in Erie Pennsylvania. About an hour from me. I am happy, but I am crying that I won't see her anymore. I am happy she will be safe and loved in a wonderful home. They have owned cats in the past, but never a bog Maine Coon like Grace. I need to get myself together as this is what has to be. I gave Tipper some melatonin before the rain started as she was laying by my closet ready to go in and it seems to have calmed her, but the worst is yet to come with the thunder and 60 mile and hour winds tonite. Say a prayer for Grace that this all works out and she is happy for the rest of her life. Blessings
Patti
Oh Patti, I am crying right alongside you. I don't know how or why Grace has wormed her way into my heart, too, from across all these miles. But she has, and I will be missing all your reports on her. This arrangement sounds perfect for her, but I understand why your heart is aching.
Please give Amazing Grace some farewell pets from her Auntie Marianne (and here are some big hugs for you, too!)
Thank you Marianne:
It's going to take everything I have to do this. I feel like I saved her only to let her down. I don't feel good about having to do this to her, I was up all last nite worrying about her. I spoke to the people that want her for 45 minutes. They know what I expect from them in order to get her. I told them if it doesn't work out I want her back immediately. I don't want anything bad to happen to her anymore. I have been crying since I hung up the phone. She is just so special, I will never see another one that wonderful in my lifetime.
Tipper has been sleeping off and on after the melatonin I gave her. It stopped raining, but the worst has not started yet. I pray my Tipper makes it thru tonite OK. How I wish things had turned out differently for Grace. Blessings
Patti
glad, that you found a home for grace, you will miss her off course, but getting a home of her own with -i hope- lovely people is good!
maybe they will provide you with updates on grace. and they can call/mail you. she deserves more space and a house of her own.
did tipper survive the storm and thunder without too much stress?
i hope so!
hope the new dosage will work for tipper.
Oh I know your heart hurts bad to have to give Grace up and of course you wouldn't if at all possible. You did explore every option available, it just wasn't there.
I hope this couple will love her and spoil her rotten, brush her and play with her. Give her everything she would ever want in a kitty life. Everything except you of course, because I am sure that she will miss you too.
Hope Tipper makes it through the night with no panicking. Ours was snow here, but waiting on the rain and wind to kick in. Should be a doozy.
hugs,
sharlene and molly muffin
Patti,
maybe the couple will let you call them or visit to check in on Grace a few times? Just to be sure that she has acclimated. They do sound perfect though and retired too so she won't be home alone for a long time.
How did Tipper do with the rain? Did the melatonin help?
Hi Everyone:
Yesterday during the day I gave Tipper melatonin and sprayed the closet with pheromone spray. WE had one round during the day, and one at nite that brought thunder, Tipper slept off and on in the say the poor thing. Right before the thunder she went to the closet she could sense the barometric pressure change probably and then the thunder started. The thunder was over quickly thank God. I could not get her out of the closet, but she was not panting after the thunder left and she just lay on the floor in there. Today I am so tired I did not sleep well. I never gave one of my animals away, it's just not something I would do and Grace is weighing heavily on my heart. This couple called me yesterday from the pet store they are shopping for her. They got her a pair of steps to get up on and look out the picture window in their living room. They want her to sleep in bed with them! It all sounds good, so it better turn out good or I told them to bring her back to me. I feel like I am letting her down by doing this, and it is making it hard for me. Tipper is doing ok. I called the vets yesterday and got the substitute vet asked him about a tranquilizer for Tipper. He at least calls back promptly. He said he did not want to do that and give her the melatonin. I am going to need something for spring I can see it coming. Please pray for Grace. Blessings
Patti
You are getting a tiny taste of what it is like to be a foster parent. We fall in love with each little charge then have to let them go. But you are a vital, important step in Grace's new life - a life she would NOT have had any chance of if not for you. In the short time you have had her, you have given her more than she's probably ever had in her life - more attention, more care, more love. These things she will carry with her always. You leave a mark on her heart just as she leaves one on yours. You are also bringing great joy to another family thru Grace. You are helping fill a void in their life just as Grace filled one in yours for a time. You are passing on the hope, happiness, and love that Grace carries with her from your home to her new one. You are helping to create a new family unit. YOU have shown her what it means to be loved, YOU have shown her how wonderful life can be. And now you are letting her go to a home that can offer just as much, if not more because she will not have to be so limited in their home. You are doing the right thing for all. Be sure her new family has your email and hope they will send you pics and updates on Grace. That is a truly wonderful thing for foster parents - to know their little ones are doing good in their new homes. You will feel as if a part of your heart is being ripped out as you drive away with her but remember, if not for you Grace would probably not be alive to have a new home. YOU saved her and gave her the chance she needs to live out her life in love and care....and give love as you have taught her. That pain you will feel between your shoulders is simply your wings making their appearance.
Hi Patti
Glad you found Grace a home I know it can't of been easy for you to see her go but you did the BEST for her in every way. I have not been getting post notifications again.
So I haven't posted for a bit. Hope you are OK
Diana & Teddy xxx
Hi Everyone:
I am trying to stay busy today so I don't think about Grace leaving me. Well it isn't working too well. I am still crying about her. I hope these people truly know how special she is, and how I struggled to let her go. They better treat her like the princess she is. I will take some pictures of them tomorrow with Grace. Tipper walked tow times today. I can see that she has lost weight now just by looking at her. It is fairly warm today so both dogs had a good time. I am so glad
Tipper was OK last note. I need to get something before spring and storms coming. I ordered. Some cleaner online as it takes a special cleaner to kill corona virus. I will have to clean that room thoroughly and keep all animals out for 3 months to make sure all of it is dead.
This is going to be a bad weekend for me, but I was blessed to know Grace and have her here for as long as I did. She was really playing with me this morning, and running and jumping to get her toys. I will give them to the lucky couple that is getting her.
Thank you Leslie, you have such a gift to be able to write like you do. I will never forget this very special, wonderful cat. Blessings
Patti
Leslie always knows the right thing to say. Sending you a big hug. You saved grace and couldn't have done any more.
Mel
Xxxx
I cried when I read what Leslie wrote. She does have a way with words and fostering I can tell you is dear to her heart, so maybe it if because she and some of the others here (hello Glynda) know the feelings you are going through all too well themselves. You will be okay eventually and Grace will always be a part of your heart. This couple sounds wonderful and I they are already looking at ways to make Grace feel like the special being you already know her to be.
I'm glad Tipper got some walking time today.
hugs,
sharlene and molly muffin
Patti,
I'm crying too as I type this.
It's a great sign that they're out shopping for Grace! As much as you'll miss her, this definitely sounds like a winning situation for her. Sleeping in bed with them too <3 How sweet!
As I said, ask them if you can visit once or twice to check in. Getting email updates is a great idea and maybe the three of you will become friends through your love for animals? That would take away any doubts that you have.
Tipper had a better night that I expected to hear. We had the rain all night and today too. I can't recall hearing any thunder.
I could never be a foster parent. I'm MUCH MUCH to attached to my furbabies!
Please try to get some rest dear.
two walks, and the thunder was over quickly, not a bad day for tipper. just try to think about the good home you found for grace and if they are as nice as you mentioned here, they will send you updates and pictures.
what was the reason the vet did not want to give you tranquilizers for tipper? they must know that you won't harm tipper. stress is not good especially for cushing dogs.
hope you will catch up with some sleep tonight and have a safe trip tomorrow.
Thinking of you Patti.
Remember that Grace is going to another loving home.
Please ask these people to keep you updated on her. It will make you worry less.
Hugs!
Thinking of you this morning, Patti, and sending you strength and comfort. I know this trip today will be so hard. But just remember, we will be alongside you in spirit. And Grace will never forget you, and you will never forget her. You will always remain connected, even across the miles. And that is a sweet thing, even though the parting will be so hard.
Right here this morning with you. Think I will just pop along for the ride.
You have done a wonderful thing with Grace. Not easy but definitely wonderful
Hope Tipper had a good night so you are rested
Hugs
Sharlene and Molly muffin
Thank you all for your kindness and remembering Grace. I had to log on to see how Zoe was and I am crushed to hear the news that she has passed. God help each and every one of us get thru this. I am glad to know you are all with Grace and I on this very hard journey. She and I are playing now for the last time together. I am talking to her and trying to explain to her what will be happening. I hope she forgives me for having to do this. She is the perfect cat and should never have had a life like she did. I will post when I get back as I am just overwhelmed with this task and with the passing of sweet Zoe. Blessings to you all
Patti
Thinking of, hope you are ok. I know Grace left a stamp on you heart. I hope her new parents are telling you right now how much they will love and spoil her.
Come back and let us know your ok when you feel up to it
Big hug
Mel
Xxxx
Hi Everyone:
I am back home, I have just cried all the way back. It was one of the hardest tings I have done. I was so upset I forgot to take pictures. The rescue was so depressing I could not stop crying. The people who got her were OK. I guess I am so taken with this cat, no one would have been good enough. I really did not even want anyone to touch her or hold her. Might sound strange, but that is how I felt. The owner of the rescue decided she wanted her when she saw how beautiful she was. I said no because she was promised to this couple, and they had already bought her stuff. I am not feeling well from all this, I guess the thing I cannot get out of my mind is that I will never see her sweet face again, or hear her talking to me while on the computer. I will never forget the innocence and sweetness brought into my life by this cat.
God Bless. Grace
God Bless Zoe and Addy
Patti
Oh Patti, I am very sorry to hear that you were not all that crazy about the couple. I was so hoping you'd feel good about them. It wouldn't make you miss Grace any less, but at least you might feel better about things. But still, the fact that they went to the trouble of consulting you about things to buy for her is a plus. It means they do care about giving her the best home they can
Always remember you saved her from certain death, being left alone in the woods with no claws. She will miss you, too, Patti. But she will be safe inside a home with toys and a bed to sleep on, and two people to claim as her own. No matter what, you saved her.
Sending warm hugs. It was so brave of you to send Grace off on her new life. I am so sorry she is gone, though. I know you will always wonder about her, and a part of you will always miss her. This is such a hard day, all the way around.
so, grace is in her new home now. i hope those people will send you updates and pictures. maybe you can give them some advice about her behavior, the food she likes etc. do they own a webcam? that would be nice. from what you told us, grace is a laid-back cat so she will be part of the family soon i hope. and having a house of her own must please her too. i have rescued and replaced many animals, so i know how difficult it can be to let them go.
have you heared from them yet? maybe they will allow you to visit her after she has settled.
hope you will sleep well after all the events today.
Hi Patti, I hope that this was an emotional response to having to give Grace up to anyone and that they will be wonderful to Grace. I cannot imagine anyone who sees her not wanting to give her a good home. It wouldn't be right actual for the rescue lady to take Grace, because if she is doing cat rescues, then she likely has cats in and out of her place constantly, so not good, as Grace needs to be a solo cat in the home. Good call on that.
How is Tipper today?
I know this is a very, very hard day on our forum home here, so I hope that you are taking some time to just enjoy your babies today and not think too much about 'what if's'.
hugs,
Sharlene and molly muffin
Patti, I'm sorry you had find a home for Grace. I hope she will have a long life in her new loving home.
I hope Tipper is doing OK. I might not be on here much lately but I think of all of you often.
Hugs to you and Tipper.
Hi Patti,
I've been off the board for a few days...I've come on tonight to the very sad news about Zoe, so I'm already in tears...and now I'm feeling heartsick for you too!
You saved Grace from a terrible fate, the awful family who were about to dump her during the worst winter weather...she never would have survived all these weeks out on her own in the elements and she would have suffered so much if you hadn't come along that day.
She's been safe and warm in your house all this time and getting so much love from you. I'm hoping the couple who have adopted her will just shower her with attention, and I think they will. Calling you from the pet store and telling you they were buying things for her just has to be a positive sign that they really want her and will be good to her. If things had been different and she didn't have that virus I know she'd be with you now, but it couldn't be that way. I have a good feeling she is going to be great in her new home. Just think, if she was still with the original dopes you saved her from!
I hope you can sleep well tonight knowing you were the one who gave Grace a 2nd chance!
Hope Tipper and your other babies have a restful night too.
Barbara
Patti,
You saved Grace and ensured that she have a forever home. I'm glad you told the rescue woman "no" as I truly believe that she would've sold Grace for the money.
Give yourself time and by all means call them and ask how things are going.
I'm crying with you dear.
Hi Everyone:
It was a very hard morning I could not go into my office knowing Grace was not there. This made me so sick I got chest pains from it. I am just not feeling well from all the stress. Tipper is notnhavingnthe best day, she had some panting going on, and some breathing noises. I am just using my tablet and I am sitting on the bed with her. I can't seem to go in my office. I hope that changes in a few days. I never had an animal impact my life in such a short time like she did. In just heard maybe another storm is coming to the northeast. We had snow on the ground this morning. I have not walked with Tipper today, and I know she wants to go, I am just not feeling up to it. I think whenever I can get some one to sit with Tipper I will take Delora out for something to eat? I dont think with the way she is feeling, and all that she will be around much longer. My babies are sensing something is not right, I am going to play ball with Tipper, and then Toby. I have to get Tippe her Adequan shot on Wednesday so the vet will have to face me, I can't wait to see what he says to me.Blessings
Patti
Thinking of you today.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin
Hi Everyone:
I just called about Grace. The lady told me they are going to have her picture enlarged and put it on the wall with the grandchildren. That made me very happy, to know they are loving her. I was her protector from any more bad things happening to her, so I can breathe a sigh of relief. I miss her sweet face terribly.They have been taking pictures of her on their cell phones and sending them to all their friends. They said the whole family is coming to see her that they cannot believe she is so beautiful. Tipper has perked up a bit, but I haven't.
I am not feeling too well from all this. We are just having a very restful day. I made a pot of chicken noodle soup, and Tipper is showing me how she will destroy her toy because of no walk. I just cannot do it today. Blessings
Patti
Patti,
it will get better and I am so glad that the people don't mind keeping in touch with you. They must know how much you love Grace!
She has been given a second chance twice now. Patti, you did a wonderful thing for Grace and these people.
HUG!!!!
Ditto! Patti, you gave new life not only to Grace but to people who needed to give the love they carried in their hearts to Grace, a love that was in limbo. You breathed life into Grace and the couple who gave her a furever home. I could envision this couple out shopping for Grace and the excitement they were feeling; I wondered how long it had been since they felt so giddy with excitement. You gave them a child, Patti, a child to lavish all that love on that was sitting in their hearts just waiting for release.Quote:
Originally Posted by doxiesrock912
I see the tears we shed over babies like this - the ones we take in, help, then let go to a furever home - sort of like a baptism. We have taken in their neglect and abuse, we have given them a glimpse of what life truly can be, of what love is, and then we hand them off with tears flowing. Those tears carry all of that abuse and neglect we took in away, just as baptism washes sin away. Our tears wash them "clean" and allow them to have a new life.
Namaste', dear Patti. The Divine in you has saved a life.
Here's my ditto to what Leslie, the gifted person said.:cool: It sounds like the outcome of Grace matter is a very positive one all around especially for Grace. I'm cautiously relieved about the fact that those couple might be willing to leave a door open for you to stay in contact in some fashion so you will be in the loop as it should give you a piece of mind so you can step in if anything should happen to her. (I hope not and chances are probably not) Can you gently approach them if that's a possibility with them as it could be also beneficial to them at some point in their lives for various reasons especially depending on how old and healthy they are. I can't see them refuse this if they put Grace's best interest and well being first because they must know how much you care about Grace by now. But for now I think we should all be happy for Grace that she's found her forever home and hope that this new chapter of her life will be filled with love and care she so deserves and craved for it seems like.
She's such a beautiful cat and also her luck was so incredible on that faithful day when she met you. I have no doubt she is a survivor. You've done something awfully good, Patti. ;)
Hi Everyone:
I know I did the best thing for Grace, but her absence is killing me. I cannot face being in my office without her pawing at me and seeing her sweet face. Tipper was restless earlynthis morning, moving about the bed every few seconds. Either the cortisol is climbing in the early hours, or she is uncomfortable from something inside her making her feel that way. I guess we will see what the new numbers are next week. It is snowing here and very cold. We will not be going out walking. I don't feel well anyway. In some ways I wish I could go back to last week and Grace would still be here. Tipper is very sick of being inside. We do not have to go out until Wednesday to the vets. Tipper seems to be doing well on the 15mg in the morning. I am hoping this will be her dose for a while as I have so many different mgs of the trilostane I could start a small pharmacy. Blessings
Hi Patti,
I'm sorry you're missing Grace, it's hard after you made such a connection with her. It sounds as though she's getting attention and love with these people...I know that doesn't exactly make your heart stop hurting though.
Are you doing an acth next week? I lost track of what dose you're doing now...15mg in the morning I know, but what's the evening dose now?
My vet was sick all last week so I haven't been able to speak to him about the triglycerides and fish oil. Hopefully this week I'll be able to get him on the phone for a few moments to discuss.
No snow here...suns out but temps dropping, took Trixie on a long walk along the river. Time for her breakfast and med.
Hope your day goes okay...I know it's going to be hard for you to face your office space.
Barbara
Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. I know the office is a tough one for you. Can Tipper go in with you? or Toby? So you aren't alone in there maybe.
hugs,
Sharlene and molly muffin
hi patti, i am glad that grace found such a good home and that they like her so much and keep in touch with you.
more snow? just what you needed.
take good care of yourself and hopefully you and the doggies can have a decent walk tomorrow to clear the head!
We're getting more snow too Patti, just when things are starting to thaw.
Daisy hasn't been herself the past few days. Hoping it was just a bug because she skipped a few meals just not in a row. No diarrhea or vomiting so I don't believe that it's related to her recent increase in Trilostane.
I'm so sorry that you and Tipper aren't feeling well and that you're really missing Grace. Time will heal and I am glad that Grace's newest family is keeping you updated. They sound like really nice people.