After spending some time with the Little One, I decided she needed a better name. I wanted her name to have alliteration so I wanted it to start with an S. A friend dug through an Italian verb book and found the word sosta, a noun for stopover. Since she used to stop over at […]
I always wanted a cat, but I had different plans for how it would come to be. I grew up in a dog family. I imagined getting married (no, there were no marrying prospects in my life at that time) and buying a house. Then, I wanted three dogs and two cats. I wanted a […]
In Orlando, near the UCF campus, I lived on the ground floor. My apartment was on the back side of the building and backed up to a wooded area. A girl from the third floor of my building lost her ferret and had knocked on my door to see if I’d seen her friend. I […]
I’ve decided to share some stories about Sosta. She’s been simply wonderful to me and everyone I’ve ever cared about. Her love is worth sharing.
Dear Sosta, You are a dear and precious kitty. Your sweet and gentle nature have cured many heartaches. If there is anything you need, anything at all, I’m here to serve you….for the rest of your life. Love, Momma
Sosta got her stitches out this morning. Her scar has healed nicely and she was freed of the Elizabethan collar at the same time. She’s a much happier kitty, now. Upon looking at her scar this morning I saw what I though was another tumor. While I’m not a vet, the lump seems exactly like […]
You know what the vet thinks is best when you hear the words “quality of life”…
Sosta’s lumps were mammary cancer…and this is probably not the end of it.
Sosta had surgery today. E is calling her the Thousand Dollar Kitty because that’s about what we’ve spent so far. 🙂 Ahhhhhh, the price of love…. They took the big lump on her belly and two more smaller ones that had developed in the mean time. The addition of more lumps is a bad sign. […]
Sosta’s ultrasound went well…more than just well…better than I could have hoped. As it turns out, there are no liver problems. The high ranges in her blood can also be the result of tartar/plague entering the bloodstream. It’s been 9 or 10 years since she needed to have her teeth cleaned (and that was a […]