It has been months since Guinevere and Cleo were both diagnosed with Renal Medullary Solute Washout thanks to the pet food recall fall-out. For days, I stayed up keeping vigil, supplying supportive fluids and prayers when needed. I almost lost Cleo then he rebounded, then Guinevere took a nose dive for awhile but she recovered. I contacted the pet food company first thing when I discovered they had eaten the tainted food. They were very polite, took a lot of information and then I never heard back…until today.

The call I received was quite cautionary. The woman wanted to know why they hadn’t heard back from me. I told her it was because I was busy keeping my cats healthy trying not to lose two beautiful creatures. Then there was a bit of a pregnant pause and I was asked if I was joining the class action suit or if I had contacted an attorney on my own.

I will be honest here, initially when all this came down on us and I was faced with astronomical vet bills, I wanted heads to roll. But, with time, I have been able to throttle back. I know this was a horrible dreadful accident. The company was just as mortified about it as I was (probably more so). I have also talked to several people also affected, some are suing, others are not. I am in the group of the Are Nots.

I told the Rep how I felt, and how I feel now. I could hear the gratitude in her voice when she thanked me for not taking further action against them. I talked to Mike about it, way back when, and both of us decided that suing wasn’t the way to make anything right. The vet bills have been paid, the cats have recovered. I told the woman to just close my file. She said they will send me food for my trouble! Sure hope the food being sent is safe food.

Not much is being said lately about the pet food recall fiasco, though I understand from some who have settled that they cannot discuss anything else about the situation. A sort of gag order is in effect. I am just glad we didn’t lose our two seniors. That would have been difficult to deal with.