Mama took this video of me while I was playing with her friend Adrianna. She says I’m an amazing little athlete. Mama says she’s sorry the video was blurry and the video cut off her head — we’re insisting that she take videography lessons if she keeps on wanting to take movies of us. *purrrrrrrrrr* [...]
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Hi there. Siouxsie and Thomas said I could write this week’s post because, well, I think they wanted to take a nap. Anyway, my name is Belladonna Moonshadow Kelley, or Bella for short. I’m so excited to be here in my brand new forever home! I don’t think I’ve stopped purring since I got here! [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, I told you about my visit to the vet to discuss Kissy’s leg. After X-rays and consultations with four orthopedic surgeons, my vet and I agreed that amputating her congenitally deformed and chronically painful leg would be the best thing to do in order to give her the high-quality and [...]
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As you may recall, when I adopted Kissy I mentioned that she’d had surgery to repair a luxated patella — her left rear “kneecap” was literally all the way around the side of her leg — and I knew she was going to need more specialized veterinary attention to deal with whatever was going on [...]
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In the two weeks (wow, how did that happen?) since I last updated you on Chrysanthemum — a.k.a. Kissy — and her integration into the Paws and Effect family, a lot of wonderful things have happened. Last weekend was the first time I had the door between Kissy’s room and the rest of the house [...]
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