What a month...

Hi everyone--

Four weeks ago, at almost exactly this time, I was holding Izzy in my lap, not knowing if he had broken a leg in a fall or what. At around 10:35 p.m., we heard a thud on the stairwell, and Izzy came down, looking disoriented and limping. We called the vet, and he told us to give him a baby aspirin. Of course, we didn't have any so Roger ran out to the store while I watched the ND-Louisville game while holding Izzy. Five overtimes later, Izzy had taken the pill, and we left him in the downstairs bathroom to be safe for the night.

After watching him decline throughout the day on that following Sunday, we drove to Parkersburg and then to Medvet in Columbus. Izzy could barely move, and we thought that he might die that night. We felt guilty that we didn't respond faster, and we wrestled with spending so much money, but we did what we could with the information and resources that we had, especially as the girls begged us to help him.

Four weeks later, Izzy is so much better. He can walk around and climb up and down the stairs. He's still stiff, especially in his back left leg, but he's on the road to recovery after his stroke. We are so grateful that we drove to Medvet in the wee hours of the night and that we sought help for our precious kitty. We chuckle (and cringe at the cost) at approving a MRI (particularly one at Children's Hospital), but, given how everything has turned out, we consider the money to be well-spent... Not quite a Disney vacation but well worth it to look in his eyes and know that we cared for him in the best ways that we could find.

Praise God for watching over us during all of the travel throughout the past month, and praise God for enabling Izzy to get better. We're all very, very grateful!!

Hope that everyone has a great rest of the week-end!

Christie