Correction to Courtesy post

The correct telephone number for Virtually Home is 773/203-0215

Courtesy Post: Let's Help Oscar!

------Original Message------
From: cindy@virtuallyhomechicago.org
Subject: Oscar's brother was euth'd last week. IS OSCAR NEXT?
Sent: May 30, 2009 1:16 AM

Oscar and his brother had been in need of a new home for several months.  Their owner's girlfriend had moved in, and she had allergies.  Confined to a room, they awaited their new home.  When no home had materialized as of last week, Oscar's companion lost his life for reasons having to do with his "temperament".  If Oscar cannot find a new place to live, he will be taken to a kill facility.  It's the only place that hasn't turned him down.   Oscar's owner writes, " I have a 12-yr old cat who I unfortunately need to surrender. Oscar is very friendly, quiet, timid at first, but has a great temperament, and a quirky, contagious personality that simply makes you smile. He has a slight limp from a back injury 6 years ago which slows him down, but is now in fine health (other than being a little overweight). He'll make a great companion, especially for an older person, but could also charm the pants off anyone of any age!  Oscar is front de-clawed, neutered, never been outside, and shots are up to date. He lost his life-long buddy last week, and is quite depressed and eating less than he should be. He desperately needs a new home.  I've already tried friends, family, Craigslist, and no-kill shelters.  No one is willing, or has the room, to take in a 12-year old cat.  My only option is a kill shelter, and I know Oscar will not fare well there."   

We don't have a place for Oscar either, but we're trying to find one.  Please contact us if you would be willing to either foster or adopt Oscar.  Oscar needs to be in a home with a friendly cat (or two or three), as his current depression clearly indicates.  If you can't take in this sad, sweet boy, please do your best to help him by forwarding on this message to each and every person in your address book, and ask them to do the same.  You never know who will lay their eyes on it.   Odds aren't good that someone's looking to give a home to a 12 year old cat.  But we don't care about odds, and neither does Oscar.  He has years ahead of him.  He needs love, he needs a new buddy, and he needs the freedom to exist beyond the confines of one room.

OSCAR NEEDS A HOME. PLEASE HELP US GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS BEFORE HIS OWNER EXERCISES HIS ONLY OPTION.       
Please call or write.
Cindy Ruback cindy@virtuallyhomechicago.org 773/203-2015

Tuesday's vet visit...

Dr. Rovner is hopeful that the prednisolone will work. He said he has seen as bad/worse cases come out of it without spinal surgery, just medication. The prednisolone reduces the inflammation and allows the damage to the spine to heal. I asked if it won't just come back when off the meds again and he said it usually doesn't.

There is also a new procedure with lasers he's checking into. He's personally calling the person pioneering it in TX and will ask if he needs a (free) trial patient - says its an amazing new treatment, relatively non-invasive.

And.... he "researched the heck out of" the whole Chinese medicine treatment for hemangiosarcoma (her cancer) and ordered stuff for her to take. It should be in any day. He says high vitamin A and D are good for cancer patients, as well as this Chinese herb (name unknown at this time.) Chinese treatment is focused on anti-hemangiogenesis (aka not letting the body create blood flow and "starving the cancer".) Without new blood vessel growth its ability to live is reduced.