Spot + Fiona and My Little Milo

Hi everyone!

So I've been making my rounds to all of the blogs of my new friends and I must say that it is so nice to have fresh material to read everyday. ( I'm a hardcore reader whose read any and everything with words in the vicinity) However, I was saddened by what I read at my first follower, Harry Spotter's blog (entitled Spot + Fiona). Two kitties welcomed into a home with degenerative diseases. I could feel the anger and sadness welling up inside of me as I read each of the recent posts. This subject is very close to my heart, because I adopted my own kitty Milo only to find out at his kitten check-up that he had a Category 4 heart murmur due to a congenitally enlarged heart. It's bad enough that it happened to me, but it's even worse to think that it happens to other people.

Harry Spotter mentioned that if the vet had paid more attention or maybe even cared more, that Fiona's condition may have been detected earlier and the same was true for Milo's condition. If you held Milo, you could easily feel his heart (so big and pounding so loudly) in his chest. My vet told me that the vets who neutered him for HFLR would have definitely felt such a large heart murmur and should have said something. I'm in college, working a work/study job and from a single parent home. We couldn't afford to pay for all of the x-rays and medicines and surgeries that the doctors were recommending. Ms. Pauline (owner of HLFR) told me that she has had experience with these type of situations and that usually congenital conditions can't be fixed or cured. Sure you can give your cat medicine, but it doesn't change the inevitable. She said that kitties with these types of health probs could live for years or weeks, it's just our job to love them as best we can and make their days happy.

I was hopeful that he would be okay. He was so strong and fast, playful and lively. It was hard to imagine that he wasn't okay inside. But on September 24th 2009, I got the call from my mom telling me that he had passed away sleeping on my bed. I was at school, and to this day I feel so guilty for having gotten him while I was in school. For not being able to be there for him as much as I could have.

So in conclusion friends, lets send our purrs and prayers to Spot + Fiona. Harry Spotter is doing such a wonderful job loving them and taking care of them. We must support them and back them up always. Here is a link to Harry Spotter's site : Spot + Fiona.

* Here are some pics of Milo! My first love (kitty wise). I wonder if I'll ever be able to think about him with out tearing up so badly. Is that crazy? Me lovez him forever though!!

P.S- I hope you don't mind that I spoke about your blog Harry Spotter. I should have maybe asked you first. :)