He has been reunited with his owner! He is now NOT a tomcat, but his owner Ralph couldn’t afford the surgery. He is homeless and he has had Sweety since he was a kitten- but his name is Blackie. Blackie slipped his harness a few days ago and Ralph has been frantically looking for him since. I stopped into a small local café this morning to pick up a donut and they were talking about Sweety boy’s disappearance. When I told one of the locals that I had the cat and he was being neutered, he got all excited and we took a walk over to the park where the homeless hang out. I met Ralph (sweet man) and I told him I had his cat but not yet, then told him about the surgery being done today.

At 5:00 p.m. Sweety I mean Blackie, was returned to Ralph along with a figure 8 cat harness I picked up at Petco, so he can’t slip out of it again. It was clear there is love between these two- Blackie climbed up on Ralph’s bicycle and settled down in a wicker basket. Last I saw the two of them, they were headed down the highway!

So today, Lake, Blackie, Darby and Darcie all got neutered. When I got home, the doctors had called and they have determined that Mike had a bad skin infection NOT a bone infection as first feared! His blood levels are good, he is responding to the oral antibiotics and he is coming home tomorrow. Glory can now hop down off the railing and Taylor can crawl back on the bed to welcome him home.

I put him on so many prayer chains. It didn’t look good there for awhile, but he has a second chance now. ALSO- he now weighs 295 pounds!  His five kids told me tonight that this is the first time their dad has weighed under 300 pounds!  I just want to keep going with the meal plan- both of us are losing weight. I want him to get to be about 210 but don’t know if it is possible- but then, I went to sleep last night thinking he was going to come home without his legs- so with God all things are possible.

“Goodnight Ralph and Blackie wherever you are- be safe-“