Today is Ivy's Third Gotchaversary!
Yay Me! zzzzzzz......
We found her in the ivy patch on May 3, 2006, starved, ill, and alone. Took her to the vet the next morning. Dr G privately gave Ivy a life-expectancy of about 3 days. Ivy beat that by about three hundred sixty times. And Change.
Yay Me!
We brought her home to stay on May 10. Over the past three years she's been the model of calm, poised, quiet feline charm. Except when she's had to a) scramble to get away from Maddie or b) when she's gotten her Irish up and chased Maddie off the bed, out the door and half-way across the house.
Yay Me!
Ivy's been spending a lot of time relaxing on the couch recently, enjoying LadyRangers roses and the traffic on our highway.
She can get so relaxed that she doesn't even mind her ear bending up on the window.
Cute, huh?
Yay Me!
Maddie has reponded to all the fuss surrounding Ivy with her usual good grace.
I am *not* coming out 'til you people come to your senses...
Anyways, we hope to give Ivy a happy gotchaversary today.
Yay Me!! Yes, Ivy. Yay You!!
And now for grimmer news. Ivy has been getting more and more frail for a couple of weeks now. Her back legs are not supporting her meager weight well, especially when she hops off the furniture. She's even having trouble hopping onto the bed or the sitting room couch. Her weight has stayed the same for two weeks in a row, but her overall condition seems to be deteriorating. We don't know how much longer Ivy has. Could be a week or two, could be longer. God knows she's still got some spark in her, and you all know she's a quiet, graceful little survivor. We'll let you know. Meanwhile, we'll all rejoice in the three years we've had.
Yay, Ivy!
Yay Ivy!
Happy Happy Gotcha Day to you!
I teared up at the sad news at the end. I don't want to come back and find the news waiting for me that she's gone. I get so attached to my internet cat friends. She has graced your lives enormously these last 3 years. All of your lives are better for having found her in that ivy patch.
Yay Ivy!
Posted by: Scooby, Shaggy & Scout | May 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Yay Ivy! Happy Gotcha Day, Ivy! I am sorry that you are so sick, but I am praying that you will get better.
Posted by: Karen Jo | May 12, 2009 at 11:35 PM