hello my fert friends!  i hoop all yer holidays were filled with fun,
love and laughs!  It was CRAZY at the shelter, so many sick kids.  As
always, i'll start with the happy stuff tho :)
 
we're all so VERY proud of auntie Paige :) she's taken a VERY long road
trip to help with the Katrina rescue efforts down in NO with all the
homeless animals.  She left on Dec 27th with a group from Toronto to help
bring back as many homeless animals as they could back to Canada.  WAY TO
go auntie Paige!!!  AND thank you to the volunteers who supported her and
covered her shifts at the shelter back in Toronto with the fuzzies.  Many
of them wished they could have gone with her.
 
Many thanks to auntie Shannan who kick started mommie's Christmas spirit
into gear this year, it really wasn;t in her heart this year until you
came around.  You snuck a tree into the shelter room, set it up, placed
oodles of pressies under it and surprised mommie on a bad pain day with
gifts not only for the shelter kids but for her too.
 
Christmas eve was meant to be filled ONLY with thoughts of Paris kids and
joy.  Mommie had collected MANY of your wonderful words, poems, songs and
words.  Auntie Bonnie and uncle Nigel even bought over a 4 foot blow up
bear (many of the kids got to play with) and they were going to read and
sing to all the kids once all the guests arrived. - they didn't get as
far as mommie had planned.
 
Riker crashed.  He was an Easter rescue kid.  uncle Nigel weighed him -
he lost OVER 500 grams ( 1.3 pounds) and smelled like sour meat.  mommie
was panicked.  No money for emergency (much like the dilemma of Rufus
only days earlier) so that kind of ruined the plans.
 
The rest of the weekend was spent on Riker, sub-q, force feedings and
watching him like a hawk.  He's going in for exploratory surgery tomorrow
along with Rufus, though Rascal (our *almost* blockage surgery) escaped
surgery by passing the blockage this morning!  It's been a crazy holiday
weekend!  Many thanks to Robin and Bailey for your donations to help with
surgeries for Rufus and Riker.  Your help is MUCH appreciated!!!!!
 
mommie visited Rufus this afternoon.  He's not looking great, but
holding his own.out of all the kids (Rufus, Riker & Kelso) having surgery
tomorrow, he's the one mommie worries for most.  He's so weak and mommie
knows what's in store for him.  PLEASE, please, keep him and Riker in
your prayers and thoughts tomorrow.  Mommie and uncle Nigel will go and
be with the 3 boys during surgery, hold their little paws and give them
loving.  They all need your healing light.  Rufus especially, he is the
weakest of the bunch.
 
My love to you all, Harley "Bug"
 
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[Posted in FML issue 5105]