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What A Thankful Thursday

HIYA!!   SAVANNAH HERE!!!

This is gonna be like a really long post…so you might want to grab some noms and a fave beverage and pull up a soft blankie and sit a while…

SERIOUSLY…I know “great” blogs are short…but you are really gonna wanna read this WHOLE BOOK…’cuz you are ALL the main characters…JUST SAYIN’…

That’s why I am sittin’ here in this chair…

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I just have a ton of things to be thankful for…and so much of those things are all about the treasure of having furriends who pitch in to help even without being asked…and when asked…they do it with their whole heart.

PAWSOME!

First, I think most of you remember I have a foster brofur, Leo, who has been in my our care for a month now.  He has hepatic lipidosis or commonly called fatty liver syndrome.  You can read about it here in one of my posts…or visit this LINK HERE to learn from Sparkle…

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It was in that post, May 9, that I asked if anyone had some spare green papers, silver coins, lying around unused, that Mom and Dad could use a bit of help as Leo’s medical costs, which they fully committed to paying cuz his shelter, Contra Costa Humane Society is not very big and their vet care fund is always so stretched rescuin’ lots of adult cats and woofies.  Mom and Dad had paid $2,285 USD for Leo’s two night stay in animal hospital, blood work, ultrasound and feeding tube operation.

Anywho, I asked that one time…and guess what happened?

Several of my furriends immediately jumped to action and Mom found $245 USD in her paypal account in a few days!! Unbelievable…and over half of those who responded at that time were from out of USA…our global paw blog community so totally ROCKS!!!

Next I got the surprise of my life…my blue eyed mancat furriend and his blonde bombshell side kick…yes, I mean Alfie and Mollie!…they asked, well, actually I guess Mum Stella asked “can I help?”  We said sure and that was it for then.

An email from Mum Stella truly shocked me and Mom Linda to the core…they were gonna do not only a raffle but an AUCTION to help raise funds for Leo!!!

Mollie and Alfie and Mum Stella outdid themselves, on May 20th they had not only the AUCTION but the RAFFLE up and running…click HERE to read the post about the Auction.

…Alfie…(Mr Blue Eyes himself…purrrs…)

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…Mollie…

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Of course, they needed more staff, so their good pal Miss Misaki jumped in with all four paws to assist with sorting the Raffle tickets, numbers etc…Misaki even took time out from eating her ice cream cone to make sure efurryone remembered to get their raffle tickets and to make bids at the auction…click HERE to read her post.

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Now you ask “how could just those two bloggers get the word out and about and beg solicit furriends to donate items to the auction????….well of course there were even MORE of my furriends who helped…my mentor Sammy was cat on the spot getting the word out on every one of his posts once Mollie and Alfie got the ball ,nip mouse event rolling…click HERE to read one of Sammy’s post about the auction/raffle.

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And…of course my furry good furriends, My Three Moggies, were right in there helping strong arm encourage furriends to donate auction items and then to bully motivate them to make bids and buy raffles tickets…AND GUESS WHAT ELSE THEY DID?????….

My Three Moggies donated a PAWSOME Raffle First Prize…£50/$75 voucher for pet toys and products on Amazon…click HERE to read their announcement.

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Of course the Second Place Raffle Prize was also super duper special…it was donated from Mollie and Alfie’s shop…it was one of Mum Stella’s very special hand drawn cartooned mouse pads…check out the two she did for ME a while ago…

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And one more GREAT BIG THANK YOU to the WINNERS of the First Grand Prize from the Raffle…da’ Tabbies-O-Trout Towne…they gave LEO their Amazon voucher for $75 USD to spend on what ever he needs or to give to his shelter roomies at Kitty Corner.

WHAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISHED ON BEHALF OF LEO

AUCTION/RAFFLE/DONATIONS MADE DURING EVENT
TOTAL RAISED: $919.91

DONATIONS MADE TO CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY DIRECTLY DUE TO YOUR RESPONSE TO MY ASK and/or as part of the AUCTION/RAFFLE EVENT
Approximately $1,000.00 USD

GRAND TOTAL…RAISED FOR LEO IN ONLY TEN DAYS
$1,919.91

I am so respectful of all that so many have done for Leo, whom none of you have met.  Trust me…he is worth it…and Dr. Ellis, his very special personal Vet (mine too…heh…heh) is totally his head cheerleader!!  Dr Ellis owns and loves her Civic Feline Clinic vet practice.  Without her and her PAWSOME staff, Leo would not be with us right now…IMHFO (in my humble feline opinion)…I mean seriously, what Vet ever gives the peeps a personal mobile number over a long weekend in case they need help for Leo????!!!

Purrlease, visit their Face Book page and give them a great big “LIKE“…Civic Feline Face Book Page

Okey dokey…here are the photos you will so enjoy…

…Leo’s last feeding at Civic Feline Clinic with Mom Linda the very day she returned from her trip to Blog Paws..

…and now Leo coming back to us…his loving Foster Furramily…

…then after Ceiling Cat Daughter left…his new Hotel Suite…

AND NOW…THE BIGGEST NEWS OF ALL…THIS IS WHY YOU KEPT ON READING THIS PAWFUL LONG POST…HEH…HEH…

…yup! That was Leo eating some kibble…not enough yet…but we are all so encouraged!

Last but absolutely NOT LEAST…Leo’s personal vet clinic…the PAWSOME Civic Feline Clinic

I so hope you hung in for the WHOLE post…if not…come back later and try a few more scrolls of the mousie thingy…just sayin’

This is for PepiSmartDogs Thankful Thursday Blog Hop…

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Paw Pats, Savannah

Saturday Photo Hunt…Unbelievable…

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!!

I can only apologize for this post…Mom was desperate…I have not posted for a couple of days and she is convinced NO ONE will remember me…so she just had to do this post for Saturday Photo Hunt…COPPER…sigh….give me a break…just cuz she went to CAL in the 60’s…she just HAD to make me wear this stoopid hat…hope I don’t get caught by a real ‘coper’…

Copper Saturday Photo Hunt

…and I am sure WordPress will now cancel my blog ‘cuz Mom Linda did not learn enough about using photos off Google…well…she did take notes…just can’t read her own handwriting…sheeesh!!!

We won’t be doing this again…using Google photos…we now know that it is not “free” and we need to learn how to find the source and ask permission…thank COD for Blog Paws Learning…WHAT??!!!…MOM!!!  Who is at the door???  What do they want ????…MOUSES!!!  They have nets and PTU’s…(wringing paws)

The ending in a later post…heh…heh…

What Mom??…oh…OK…you can have my post right now…

Hi, Mom Linda here.  First let me thank everyone who participated in the incredible Save Leo Campaign mounted by one of Savannah’s very best UK furriends and his sidekick…Alfie and Mollie.  I was off to Blog Paws Conference when Miss Stella told me that she was going to do an auction and raffle to help support Leo’s medical costs; click HERE for the winners.  I was flabbergasted and humbled all at the same time…and I could not do anything as I was traveling for a week.  And Mollie sacrificed her very fave and special bra for this auction…what a girl furriend she is…

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 Savannah and I will have a proper post up next Thankful Thursday about all of this.  Let me just update everyone on Leo.  He is now back with us…living in Peter’s office…so he has company periodically all day.  He is more energetic; but has nausea issues yet to deal with.  He is still not eating on his own. Otherwise, he appears to not have any other underlying issues our vet or a radiologist can find through ultrasound.  We are very hopeful that he will start eating on his own, but only time will tell.

I will make sure Savvy can give you all much more news in the next week. She has so missed visiting all her furriends and she knows she has missed impawtant events and she is very upset with Mom Linda for failing to help her post more regularly and visit more often.

Please do not hold my, Mom Linda’s, failings against Savannah’s Paw Tracks.  Savvy is still very committed to animal rescue and especially working hard to help all the adult cats, dogs, bunnies, horses, etc. who are in need of help…even though they are older than a year or so…they so deserve to have happy furrever homes…Savvy’s work has only begun.  She has much in store to build her blog to help animal rescue over the next year.  I, Mom Linda, hope you will all stick with her to see what she has up her tail…heh…heh”

…and this is what she thinks of having a temporary foster brofur…

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Seriously…he’s back???

Sigh…we do have many challenges…but we are all committed to making sure Leo thrives.

Please stay tuned for more from Savannah…I am just overwhelmed with how much care Leo needs.  He must be fed every 4 hours from 8 am to 8 pm.  Making the mixture that can be fed through his feeding tube is a challenge for Peter and I as newbies to this level of care; we have never ever had to do this before for any of our cats nor Sibes.  But Leo is such a great positive thinking kitteh…he purrs, then sleeps during feeding. He is a joy and we hope he can find a furrever home very soon once he is over this syndrome.  We would love to keep him here…but Savannah is having many problems and we will not sacrifice her recovery progress after 17 months of hard work on her part.  And Leo will have a purrfect home as our vet, Dr Ellis, who owns Civic Feline Clinic,  and Leo’s shelter Contra Costa Humane Society will make sure of that.

For now, he is safe and loved with Savannah, Peter and me and everyone at Civic Feline Clinic and Contra Costa Humane Society…and all of the PAWSOME Savannah furriends who worked so hard on the SAVE LEO CAMPAIGN.   Please take this lovely badge created by Savvy’s furriend Misaki and post it on your blog, or Tweet it or share it on your Face Book page.  Help keep Leo’s challenges alive and help others learn about the dangers of Fatty Liver Syndrome in cats.

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Ok Savvy…back to you...

Thanks Mom!  So all I can say is…I am trying…but it is hard.

Paw Pats, Savannah

Monday Meowsie News…The Grand Total

HIYA!!   SAVANNAH HERE!!!

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OH CAT!!! Do I have some great stuff to share with you all today!!  So, you remember my First Gotcha Day Pawty was last week, January 3…if you didn’t make it…you can take a look here…but sorry, everything is cleaned up so you have to wait until my First Blogiversary April 1 for more noms…

Anyway, I asked Mom and Dad to make it a Commentathon…and Mom said OK…I’ll chip in 5o cents USD for each comment; then Dad upped her play and said I’ll add another 25 cents…so now I was going to be able to donate 75 cents for EVERY comment to my former rescue group, Contra Costa Humane Society, for their vet care budget (we need lots because we pull adult dogs and cats from the kill shelter and sometimes they need medical help)…

Drum roll purrlease….

BABABOOM…BOOM…BADABOOM…TAPPITY…TAP…TAP…

TOTAL COMMENTS: 75…SEVENTY FIVE!!!

SUB-GRAND TOTAL DONATION AMOUNT: $56.25 USD

BUT WAIT!!! THERE’S MORE!!…

Another blogger raised Mom and Dad by 25 cents…

…making every comment worth ONE WHOLE DOLLAR!!!

(Now you ask “who is the other blogger??…all I know is you have to visit the Katnip Lounge Mob for details…they know more than I do about what happened…just saying…)

GRAND TOTAL: $75

WAIT!!! THERE’S MORE…

I also received a really, really special Gotcha Day card, actually, TWO cards, from my very good furriend, DINAH!!  She is a member of RWB (Readers Without Blogs)…I did a post about her, you can see it HERE.

Here are the TWO cards Dinah gave me and the $5 bucks I found inside…first, check out her message to ME!…

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…here are the cards and the actual $5 she put inside!…nice cards, huh?!…

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Because of Dinah (well, Ok, and her housekeeper) the…

 GRAND TOTAL is a whopping $80 USD!!

WAIT!!…WAIT AGAIN!!…EVEN MORE!!!!! (exciting, huh?)

 My Champion Jetty, and his Mom Miss Lori and his k9 sister JJ, from Hey, It’s Jet Here…told me they made a donation to Contra Costa Humane Society…in honor of my First Gotcha Day…for $25 USD!!!!!

JETTY, JJ AND MISS LORI PUSHED THE FINAL GRAND TOTAL TO…

GRAND GRAND TOTAL RAISED: $105 USD!!!

APAWS!!! APAWS!!!

Thank you all for pawticipating, we could not have done this without your comments.   Remember, you must go ask the KL Mob about that last 25 cent ante that pushed us to ONE WHOLE DOLLARE per comment…they have the scoop on that one…you really need to go find out…just a suggestion…

Now, I really want to share some other cards and e-cards that came in after I did my post…

Cathy Keisha, The Stunning Keisha,  who is my BFGF, sent me a card…isn’t it like way cool!!???…

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And the following wonderful furriends sent me e-cards…I have included the link if you want to go see them…but because I waited too long to post the link, the card may be gone…so sorry…but here are the furriends who sent them…

Misaki, The Misadventures Of Misaki
http://www.123greetings.com/send/view/01302113309314618366

Nylablue and her Mom Miss Sherri-Ellen…
http://actioncat.com/platinum/ActionCatcard.cgi?0103180007167351

Jessie, Jessie and Janey …
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=3964996898839&source=jl999

Speedy Rabbit, from Speedy the Cheeky House Bunny…
http://www.123greetings.com/send/view/01103913904207835186

Well, that was so exciting for this 6 year old (we think) adult shelter rescue cat.  I luvluvluv this paw blog community…and I cherish each and every furriend, doggies, cats, bunnies, piggies, horses, donkeys, parrots…every one of you mean so much to me.

Paw pats, Savannah

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