My 21 year old daughter has been on bed rest since her fourth month in her pregnancy. She is 7 months along now. She is allowed to take showers and not much else. I let Cleo, our beautiful Chocolate Point Siamese cat out to go to the bathroom this morning. And then I took my son to some of his homeschool activities. When we got home, I got busy straight away with listings and such.
Then my daughter asked me if I had seen Cleo. I said not that I can recall. She said something in her gut told her to go look for him. We live in a wonderful neighborhood and we know all our neighbors except for about 2 newer families that have moved in the neighborhood. Both have teenagers at home and we have started to hear the loud boom boxes from one of the cars and driving faster than the rest of us do in our peaceful neighborhood.
Milet, my daughter went outside and called his name. He always comes running when he hears his name. Well, he did not come running this time. He was crying to let Milet know where he was. He had been hit by a car. Cleo is such a wonderful cat. He walks on a leash when we travel. He talks to us all day! He has the most striking blue eyes which you can not see in the photos because he is not feeling well enough to look up at me to take his photo. He is trained to go to the bathroom outside and does not even have a litter box. All the neighbors love him as he visits around our little street with not much traffic to speak of. So someone hit him and did not even bother to come and tell us what happened. They just hit and ran and left him there to fend for himself.
The amazing thing is that he somehow pulled himself back into our back yard and settled down behind our shed in a shady area. He called for Milet and when she found him he could not walk. His hind legs are not working. We were afraid he had nerve damage but then a couple of hours ago he began to move his tail. That is a good sign. We are all taking turns taking care of him until the morning when his vet will take xrays of this bottom half of his body. Then we will know what his prognosis is.
Cleo was born in 1994 and has traveled much of the country with us. When I bought him he was a female. His testicles were receded up inside of him so everyone including my vet thought he was a girl and so we named her Cleopatra, Cleo for short. Well, about 2 months later we noticed he had the signs of being a male. We brought him back to the vet who explained that this happens with cats at times. We decided to keep him anyways. He was used to his name so we just changed it to Cleopatrick.
Here he is laying on the couch with Milet tonight. We are all praying for him tonight.
Many of you have been commenting on my posts that I wrote this week and I was planning to get back to all your comments tonight but then this happened. I am sorry and I will get back to each and every one of you that have commented on my posts today and yesterday. It may be a couple of days or so as we must take care of Cleo first. Thank you for your understanding hearts.
If anyone knows or has any information regarding the car that hit Cleo please email us at our address to the right in our profile. We appreciate any help in this matter. There are new tire skid marks about one house down from us on the corner of Cherry Lane and Jonquil in the Sugar Pond Manor Development in Wellington Florida.
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Katerina,
I am sorry to hear about that. I have a similar story, and I posted about it.. Check it out.
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Take Care,
Tom Weiss
Katerina, I'm so sorry about this. Please take care of yourself while you are taking care of Cleo and your family. Best wishes.
Bill Roberts
Katerina- I am sorry to hear about Cleo. I hope that everything will be alright. Pets are a part of your family and when they suffer we all do as well. Update us when you can.
Best wishes,
Scott
Katerina,
I'm sorry to hear about this. I hope you get good news from the vet and that Cleo has a speedy recovery.
Hi Katerina - oh, that makes me feel sick to my stomach. I could never in a million years hit someone's pet and then just leave it like that. I hope he is back to normal as quickly as he can be.
Ann
Adam Waldman - Long Island, NY Real Estate
Adam- Thank you so much for your kindness and thoughtfulness. As you know from my latest post, we had to put Cleo to rest. Katerina
Adam Waldman - Long Island, NY Real Estate
Adam- Thank you so much for your kindness and thoughtfulness. As you know from my latest post, we had to put Cleo to rest. Katerina
Jason- Thank you for your kindness and thoughtfulness. I know you are going through a lot. Also, you can connect with David Childress, I wrote a post for him a couple of weeks ago. He is going through some similar experiences as you are. He is a great guy from Akron Ohio on AR. Katerina
Thomas Weiss
Tom- I read your post. Thanks for your concern. As I am sure you have read by now, we had to put Cleo down. Thanks for everything. Katerina
Brandon- Thank you for your prayers. We needed them. We had to put Cleo down last night. He had a lot more issues than we thought. Katerina
Mana- Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. We had to put him to rest last night. It was the hardest night of my life in a long time. Katerina
Carole- Thank you for your loving kindness Carole. You are so sweet. As you know from my last post on Cleo he is now at rest and as my son says, he is coming back as an angel. Katerina
Bill Roberts - "Baby Boomer" Retirement Planning
Bill- Thank you as always for your caring support. I appreciate it very much. Katerina
Scott Cowan -Tacoma & Pierce County Area
Scott- Thank you so much for all your concern. I appreciate it very much. Having all my AR friends around at a time like this is very consoling. Katerina
Michelle Ewing - Realtor, Riverside, CA
Michelle- Thank you. I so appreciate all my AR friends here and your outpouring of concern and prayers. We had to put Cleo to sleep late last night. I wrote a tribute to him post. Katerina
Jennifer Sokol
Jennifer- Thank you so much! You do not know how much this means to me, the outpouring of love and care from all of my friends on AR. Katerina
Thank you! I am a cat lover. When I was a little girl I imagined I was Cat woman! I am glad that I have so many wonderful friends and associates on AR. Katerina
William- Thank you for sharing you doggy story with me. Unfortunately Cleo ended up having more issues than just getting hit by the car. Had that been the only issue he would be here with us now, but he was old and we discovered many more things going on with him. I just wrote a post about it in our tribute to Cleo after we had to put him down late last night. Katerina
Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman; Mililani Hawaii Real Estate
Sally- Thank you so much for being here for me during this time. I wrote my tribute post to Cleo late last night after coming home from the vet. It is a sad time for us now but I know it is what he would want. The poor guy was pushing back his poop because he could get up to go and did not want to go on the towel we had under him. In the Xray it showed how he was holding it in. He was such a clean cat and never wanted to be stinky. He did not even use the litter box. He went outside in the bushes and covered it up so well. If we left him inside too long like when we went out and forgot to let him out, he would go right on top of the drain in the bathtub. He had no feeling in his legs at all and no pain, but he was suffering in his mind because he could not get up. Katerina
Jeff Geoghan MBA, - Lancaster PA Real Estate Expert
Jeff- Thanks. You are so kind. I appreciate it. I am sure if you were here you would be hunting them down. Fortunately, it was just a nick, unfortunately, Cleo had a stroke in the process. I just wrote a post for him. Katerina
Missy- It will take a while to catch up. I wrote a post about Cleo because the outcome was not good. Thank you for being here for us. Katerina
Barbara and Bill- Thank you for your kindness and concern. I am glad to have you for friends here on the rain. Katerina
Sandi- Thank you for your care and concern. I love cats! And Cleo was such a great cat that was like a person. Katerina
Ann- I just wrote the sad follow up post for Cleo. Thank you so much for all your care and concern! I am so happy that I have all of you to care about me and me for all of you. Katerina
William "Billy B" Berthiaume II
William- You should write a post about your boxer Trip and how he helped that little girl. I am going to subscribe to your blog so I do not miss it! Katerina
Stephanie Edwards-Musa The Woodlands, TX Real Estate
Stephanie- Thank you my friend! Yes, he is the most beautiful Siamese I ever had. I bred and raised Siamese cats and he was the daddy of many kittens that I sold to great homes. I just wrote a post for him as things did not turn out well. Katerina
Vickie- Thank you so much for being concerned for Cleo. Cleo is so beautiful. Any person who saw him said the same thing even if they did not like cats! I just wrote his tribute post as things did not turn out well. Katerina
Brandon- Thank you! I just wrote a post about him because things did not turn out well. Katerina
To the no named comment-
Thank you so much. Yes, it has been tough with my daughter in a high risk pregnancy and on bed rest, this is not an easy time. And our kitty had to be put to rest last night. Katerina
Katerina,
I am so sorry to hear about Cleo! I will be praying for you all and hope whoever hit him will have a conscience and do the right thing.
Brigita McKelvie
Brigita, read my next post about Cleo. There was a lot worse things wrong than the car hitting him. Everything happens for a reason. Katerina
Katerina,
I am a believer in things happening for a reason. When I was going through my divorce and my farm was up for sale, I needed to find a home for my 2 horses, which included my first horse. He was 26 at the time. I wasn't sure how he would be moving at this time in his life, since this was his home for most of his life. (I got him as a 3 year old.) Long story short, I had to put him down. It hurt a lot, but after the pain subsided, I realized that this happened for a reason. He left this earth at a place he called home.
Brigita McKelvie
Brigita- Yes, you are right. It is hard to let go but once you do you can see the bigger picture. Katerina
Sandra Cummings, Connecticut Real Estate Agent
Sandra- Thank you for comment and condolences. Katerina
Sandra- Thank you for your condolences. Katerina
Sandy Noll - Realtor, Eagent - Bothell, WA
Sandy- Thank you so much for your condolences. It has been hard because we had Cleo for 14 years. He was a part of our family. We still wait for him to talk, to walk by, etc. I am glad you commented because I was planning on subscribing to your blog and then it just passed my mind by. I will go now to do that. Katerina
Chad Baird
Chad- Thank you and I am sorry for your loss as well. Katerina
Katerina,
Our dog Jack is a member of our family. I can't imagine losing him - it would be tough. I am sorry to hear about your loss - don't know what else to say.
Rita Taylor | Sanford NC Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Sanford North Carolina
Rita- Just knowing that you care enough to let me know you care is enough for me! Katerina