Service 30 Jun 2008 06:40 am
The best-laid plans and neuter-fest
Day 18 - June 28
Previously, my friend Bobby Davis had asked that I come to his new rental home and help a group of folks paint it in preparation to his family’s move in a few weeks. After searching I think his wife has decided on another place to live. If it’s better for their family then I say they better do what’s best. It left me without a service project for the day, though. Thus, the best-laid plans… well, I’ll save those for another day. He’s assured me that I’ll have a chance paint in the near future. Goodie.
Right now I have two foster kittens that I hand-raised from about 10 days. Friends found them in their attic after we think that momma abandoned them. Poor little tiny things. I fed them from a bottle for about a month. Finally, they are healthy and happy (and rambunctious) and ready to be neutered. So, I contacted the Oklahoma Humane Society, the organization that I foster with, and scheduled surgery for both. The commitment was to drop them off by 9:00am and pick them up again before 6:00pm. It’s about a 30 minute commute one way. So I spent a total of two extra hours, and who knows how much gasoline, carpooling kittens to and from neuter surgery.
Those poor little guys were all doped up when I picked them up. The Oklahoma Humane Society worker says, “Keep an eye on them. Don’t let them jump; they won’t know they had surgery.” Really? Wow. I wish that was the case for me after surgery. Anyway, a day and half later and they are bouncing off the walls again. Must be nice to be a kitten!
on 02 Jul 2008 at 11:32 pm 1.Emily said …
Hey Alison! I found your blog; I’m a volunteer with the OK Humane Society too! I ALSO am gluten free! How exciting to find someone else who shares my love of animals and my less-than-enthusiastic tolerance of rice flour. Maybe we have met? There are a few Alisons in the group and I don’t know which one you are. Drop me a line sometime, or maybe I’ll see you at an outreach in the near future?