A little bit of Faith

I say that for Faith and I, it was love at first sight. I had gone into work for an early shift one monday, and saw her from across the treatment are of our hospital in a cage. She had a red cage-card in the card slot which meant possible rabies suspect. I noticed that she had a name of "Kitty" but was listed under the stray accound our hospital had. I cautiosly asked the doctor on duty if she was a stray; she was, and had come in with a bad leg laceration so we stitched her up and now she was waiting her mandatory 3 days before we could send her to one of the local rescues for adoption.

She was extremely swett and full of love and affection. She would press herself up against the bars for a pat, and was pretty chatty. Now, I consider myself quite the cat snob; usually something really pretty or flashy markings caught my eye...and she was both-a classic black and sable tabby with white markings and a smudge of color on her nose with made it bicolored. The dr. said she was probably in heat which is why she was out and why she was SO affectionate. I didnt care. I loved her sweetness, thought she was beautiful and could not then get her off my mind. I visited her cage a few times a day, and she would wake up and purr and slink over to get some more petting.

Being out back in the emergency department, it was my job to call the local animal control officer. Not because they would take the cat (most towns consider them "free ranging animals" and would only take dogs) but incase someone reported her missing. I kept getting the voice mail...lucky for me. I took her picture and sent it to my mom, whom I lived with for the last 28 years, but was in the process of moving out...which is one way I got her to say yes...since she would only be a "temporary" houseguest.

I would have to set up a HUGE dog crate in my bedroom (already tight with moving boxes) and she would stay in there to get used to the dogs and be safe. I brought home my angel cat one day after work and its been wonderful since. Now, I always considered myself a dog person; I didnt think I would ever be really "attached" to a cat. I also didnt know how I would handle the personal space issues that cats have-wanting to be in your face, and up on the counters. I always again, had dogs so this was a big change for me. But it happened. I fell in love immediately. I found myself telling whom ever would listen how wonderful she was and how we had bonded.\

She had kind of a bad rap for medication taking while she was hospitalized before I brought her home. She came home with meds, and after the first dose I gave, I proudly went into work and blustered "well! she took them for ME just fine!!!" I couldnt believe how quickly the bond developed and how amazed by her I was. I thought this might be a case of "the new shiny toy" experience but it was not. I am still amazed by her and in love with her, and its been probably about 3 or so months.

And this is why Im here. To try to explain and document how this little (well, slightly bigger now) cat has won me over...and how shes helping me every day. I know I will find other crazy cat people like me by being here I hope. I have found people who get the whole "dog thing" by my other blog, http://heart-dogsheal.blogspot.com/ now Im just looking to make sure I cant be the only one totally in love with my cat!

Thank you for visiting, and hopefully we'll have come cat adventure stories soon!