We’re Back!!! Ifin ya’ follow us on Facebook, you know why we weren’t ‘round on Wednesday, but ifin ya’ don’t, then you’re purrobably wonderin’ what happened. Let me tell ya’, it wiped mommy completely out. She wasn’t worth nuffin’ from Wednesday afternoon on. Anyways, let me just tell ya’ ‘bout it.
Wednesday meownin’ things were goin’ purretty much like every other day. Raena and mostly me had gotten mommy to da bathroom and we were all doin’ our girly meownin’ business. Well, except Raena, she was getting’ into anythin’ she could.
Wait a minute. (Dezi thinks a second) That is what she does every meownin’.
Okay, so we were all doin’ a meownin’ business when all of a sudden Miss Ain’t ‘Fraid of Nuffin’, Miss Me’s got no fear Raena pulled da shelves off da wall and everythin’ came crashing to da ground. Now furstly me needs to ‘splain ‘bout those shelves. As ya’ know we live in a small ‘pawrtment and it doesn’t have any storage space. You also know we don’t have much money, so we make do. Da dollar stores sell these aluminum space savers for puttin’ over your toilets. Well, it doesn’t fit in our bathroom cuz of da way everything’s pawsitioned, so ‘stead of sittin’ on da floor, mommy hung it on da wall and loaded it up. So, 3 shelves full of stuffs and da spacesaver shelf itself came crashin’ down. All while mommy was brushin’ her teefies.
All dat ‘xcitement tuckered me plum out.
Take off da bottom bars and lower legs
and hang it on da wall. This is what
Raena pulled down.
After lookin’ ‘round and seein’ all her stuffs everywhere, but no kitties, mommy assumed Raena had hauled it with me down da hall to safety; so she calmly picked things up so dat we could get to da pawdee boxes and she could get outta da room to fix us brekky. What me furgot to tell you is dat cuz of all da rain we’d been getting’, mommy’s pain levels was off da charts, and she’d furgotten to take her allergy pill da night befur so she couldn’t breathe. But alas, mommy knew we must be a little scared and fur sure we was waitin’ fur brekky; so she pushed through and furinally emerged and headed fur da kitchen. Me was sittin’ right at da edge of da livin’ room watchin’ fur her, and upon seein’ her, me ran to da chair to help her. Mommy luvved on me and pawlogized and then yelled to Raena dat she luvved her too and dat she was gonna be makin’ us brekky. (mommy assumed Raena was in da livin’ room just outta her sight)
Mommy, do you want some help? Can you stand up yet?
Mommy went ‘bout makin’ brekky and getting’ her a cup o’ joe and realized Raena wasn’t struttin’ ‘round da kitchen gettin’ into everythin’, so mommy started callin’ fur her to come up and eat brekky. Once da brekky plates were ready, mommy sat them down. Still no Raena.
We knew there was a purroblem. Da girl likes to eat let me tell ya’. Knowin’ what a fearless adventurer Raena is, mommy really started to worry. All she could think was dat Raena could be somewhere hurt or dyin’ and unable to get to us. Mommy worried dat Raena could hear us and would be there wonderin’ why we didn’t luv her enuff to come and find and save her. So, not bein’ able to walk yet, and most of our hidin’ places bein’ non wheelchair accessible anyways, mommy fell to da floor and began to crawl ‘round lookin’ fur her. 3 hours later, after all da typical hidin’ places were checked and many tearful calls dat went unanswered, mommy sent me to facebook and cat scouts to ask fur purrayers. We just knew somethin’ really bad was wrong cuz Raena wasn’t even meowin’ (answerin’) mommy’s calls to her. Mommy took a short break and then was on da hunt fur Raena again.
Another 3 hours later, mommy heard a faint meow when she called out. Mommy looked in da direction of da meow and chills went through her bones. Mommy used to have a big queen sized bed befur da hospital bed we have now, and altho’ it’s gone, da frame with all it’s tacky metal edges still stands in da corner. Da corner where Raena meowed from. There are things dat mommy still hasn’t gotten put back together from da flood, so there is also other stuff in da corner in front of dat frame includin’ a small pillow roll. Mommy thinks Raena thought she could get on da pillow and be safe, but it’s too small and would have easily thrown her. In other words, da only way fur a kitty to get back there would be to fall over/through dat tacky edged metal frame.
Terrified of what she might find, mommy quickly but carefully started peelin’ everythin’ away till she could see little Raena. There she was, standin’ on her hind paws (no room fur anythin’ else, and her paw was caught ‘tween two frames and she couldn’t get it out. Every time she would pull her paw, da frames would tighten ‘round it. Raena looked up at mommy with da same relief she had da day mommy picked her up and brought her home. Mommy loosened everythin’ and reached down and rescued Raena. We all cried and gave thanks to God. Fankfully, Raena hadn’t been gored or cut by any of da jagged pieces of metal. Her paw was limp, but no bones appeared broken. Her heart was racin’, but all in all she looked okay. After a bit, she had full use of her paw, and was getting’ ‘round fine.
Me knows you all wanna know ifin Raena be a scaredy cat now right? Did she learn her lesson? NO!!! She didn’t learn anythin’!!! She was right back at it an hour later. Me will tell ya’ dat she did jump when mommy made noise with da bed frame when she was takin’ fotos and puttin’ everythin’ back together. Well……at least maybe she won’t terrify mommy by jumpin’ up there again. And no, we don’t have fotos of Raena stuck. Mommy just doesn’t think ‘bout those kinds of things. All she could think of was savin’ Raena. Gotta tell ya’, dat’s one of da reasons we luv our mommy so much.
So, dat’s where we was. Mommy was exhausted once Raena was found, so she just told me we would post and visit today. Then she ‘membered her case manager’s comin’ today, so we’ll be by as soon as we can. We do wanna fank everypawdy fur your purrayers and good thoughts. Fur everypawdy who suggested shakin’ a food or treat bag, our raw food and freeze dried treats don’t make any noise. But again, Raena couldn’t get out and get to us. And thus da reason mommy continued to search fur her all 6 hours. We’re not judgin’ anypawdy, but attitudes like “wait and see” or “she’ll come out eventually” are reasons cats don’t get as much VET care as doggies, and thus feline medicine isn’t as advanced as it should be. Just somethin’ to think ‘bout, maybe kitty can’t get to you, or doin’ so may cause them further injury. We can’t say fur sure. All we can say, is dat mommy will always look fur us and not wait fur us to come ‘round. It’s Furiday, so we’s joinin’ Rascal and Rocco and their pawsum co-hosts fur da weekly Pet Parade. Me’s gonna go have a nip tumble.
That was very scary indeed – for you and your Mommy and for Raena. Just so happy things turned out well all the way around. My Mom always looks for me when I don’t answer or I’m not where I “usually” am. So glad Raena wasn’t hurt!
Oh Dezi, we were so worried for Raena Belle, We posted a request for prayers in the Quiet Room and the Cat Scout kitties prayed and the Raena was found. Thank you St Francis, St Anthony and Jesus. More Prayers answered! (We were praying for your mom too because we know how frightened she was for poor Raena Belle.
The power of prayer is a wonderful thing. Every time a prayer is answered it strengthens our faith!
Oh my goodness, how scary! I’m so glad that little miss Raena was found and that everything is okay. That was a mighty big shelving rack that she pulled over. Growing so big and too strong for her own good! Have a restful weekend, girlies! Hugs to you all!
Yep, she’s so spastic and pulls or pushes everythin’ in her path. She wants everythin’ to respawnd to her by openin’ or closin’ or whatever. Well she got it dat time. She even broke da unit it fell so hard. So all dat stuffs from da shelf is just sittin’ ’round now till mommy can get somethin’ else.
oh my Raena, seems you are my feline twin….. I’m so sorry that you landed at this place and your mom couldn’t find you….but nevertheless I’m so glad that this adventure ended well… please be carreful next time little Raena :o)
OMC Us too. Me fur sure thought mommy was gonna have dat heart attack she’s always goin’ on ’bout. MOL Or dat she would kill Raena when she furinally found her. ‘Course she wouldn’t hurt us ever, so me doesn’t know why she says it.
I am happy she is out and free once again. I wonder why she didn’t say much? I suggested sitting down and wait a bit so she could talk to you but she obviously doesn’t talk like Shoko. What a worry.
She is sometimes very chatty. Mommy says she had da you know what scared outta her and was ‘fraid to meow. She is a worry. She’s gonna turn all da rest of mommy’s hair gray. MOL And fur sure keep her on her toes.
Oh My Cat! Me and my mom were on the edge of our seat reading about Raena’s disappearance. My mom wudda been tearing the house apart looking for her, too. We are so relieved that Miss Spunky Paws is okay. What is with these youngsters, getting into so much mischief? It’s exhausting just to watch them. Does Raena have a bell on her collar? My mom put bells on both Dori and Candy cuz…they sound a lot like Raena. Exhausting! Purrrs! Herman!!!
Fank you, we’re glad we found her and she’s okay too. Me doesn’t know what’s up with ’em. Dat shelf has hung on mommy’s wall through 5 kitty’s till Raena…Hmmpht me just doesn’t know. And dat bed frame has been in dat corner since a year after mommy moved here and never has a kitty ended up there. Raena’s one fur da books. MOL
I would’ve done the same thing as your mommy. I can’t imagine how scared she and Raena must have been – but I’m glad that neither were hurt in the process. Raena has a look on her face like “WHAT?!?!?” in that second to last picture of her in the cat condo 🙂 We’re sending our love to all of you – we hope you have a relaxing weekend (you too, Raena!!!).
Fank you. Mommy says da same thing. She just knew Raena could hear her callin’ fur her, but she was too scared to move or answer her. And yes, dat foto was right after she was rescued and mommy furinally let her go. We do hope to get caught up so we can chill this weekend. Ya’ll have a great weekend too. Big hugs comin’ to ya’ll.
Excellent post! I hope Raena learns to be more careful and y’all never have a horrible morning like that, again! So lucky that she wasn’t actually hurt and able to eventually meow.
We have an elderly neighbor who has two equally elderly cats – one or the other of them get lost about once a month (I suspect the cats are about as deaf and blind as our neighbor), so cat hunts are typical for our neighborhood.
Fank you. We’re sorry to hear ’bout your neighbor and her kitties, but grateful ya’ll are willin; to help. You just never know. More offen than not kitty’s okay, but dat once in a million isn’t somethin’ mommy could live with ifin she did nuffin’ but waited.
Our neighbor has total breakdowns when she can’t find both cats, so she is basically useless for finding them. She has cataracts, so doesn’t see well even without the tears and I also suspect she can’t hear them. It would be nice if she at least got her eyes fixed, but we don’t ask because we feel that if she could, she would have done so.
I am so sorry to hear that the surgery didn’t help your mom. One of Marianne’s eyes is mostly white – really odd to speak with her and try to look her in the eye!
Fank you. Mommy has somethin’ called a astigmatism and Medicare doesn’t pay fur da lenses needed to help mommy and 85% of da pawpulation. And those lenses cost a little over $1000.00 each. Doctors just assume ifin your on Medicare you can’t afford it so they don’t even tell ya’ till after da surgery or in mommy’s case cuz she asked, till they’re wheelin’ ya’ in fur surgery. She couldn’t have afforded it, but woulda liked to know. They also fix everypawdy with “driving” lenses so you can’t see close up, thus mommy’s not bein able to see worth flip. She can drive without glasses, but anythin’ closer than a mile away, she can’t see clearly. We unnerstand how odd it must feel talkin’ to your neighbor tho’. Maybe somepawdy should suggest it. She might just not have a way to get there or anypawdy to stay with her fur da few hours after. Mommy had to lie to da doctors so she could have da surgery cuz she didn’t have anypawdy either. Just a thought.
She drives all over – and frequently turns left when she should go right – so usually has some harrowing experience to tell about. In other words, her cats aren’t the only ones that tend to misplace themselves.
I’ve seen adjustable glasses advertised that you can dial in whatever prescription you need for driving, then readjust for reading. If they could be tweeked for astigmatism, too, those might be great for you!
I also know some people who buy their prescription glasses online at http://www.zennioptical.com they are very happy with them. You’d need a prescription so you could fill in their form, but you can get every sort of glasses there for an economical price.
Mommy has a paie of trifocals. Her eyes are dat messed up. We’ve found even da cheap places aren’t cheap when ya’ get to a RX like dat. We’s not heard of da dial a script, they sound innerestin’. But dat’s okay, mommy can’t affiord glasses at any cost. She says we’ll have to be her glasses. We really don’t have money fur things, but thanks fur thinkin’ of mommy and tryin’ to help.
Mommy, do you want some help? Can you stand up yet?
Service Cats U.S. 
That was very scary indeed – for you and your Mommy and for Raena. Just so happy things turned out well all the way around. My Mom always looks for me when I don’t answer or I’m not where I “usually” am. So glad Raena wasn’t hurt!
Hugs, Sammy
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It was pawful Sammy. We’s so glad your mommy looks fur you too. One just never knows.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Poor Raena, that was quite the ordeal. And your poor mommy too. I am glad she was OK and not injured. XO
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Fanks awnty Ellen, so are we.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Oh Dezi, we were so worried for Raena Belle, We posted a request for prayers in the Quiet Room and the Cat Scout kitties prayed and the Raena was found. Thank you St Francis, St Anthony and Jesus. More Prayers answered! (We were praying for your mom too because we know how frightened she was for poor Raena Belle.
The power of prayer is a wonderful thing. Every time a prayer is answered it strengthens our faith!
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Fank you fur your purrayers Pete, mommy was beside herself with worry and fear. Fankfully everypawdy’s okay. It just took it’s toll on mommy.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Oh my goodness, how scary! I’m so glad that little miss Raena was found and that everything is okay. That was a mighty big shelving rack that she pulled over. Growing so big and too strong for her own good! Have a restful weekend, girlies! Hugs to you all!
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Yep, she’s so spastic and pulls or pushes everythin’ in her path. She wants everythin’ to respawnd to her by openin’ or closin’ or whatever. Well she got it dat time. She even broke da unit it fell so hard. So all dat stuffs from da shelf is just sittin’ ’round now till mommy can get somethin’ else.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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oh my Raena, seems you are my feline twin….. I’m so sorry that you landed at this place and your mom couldn’t find you….but nevertheless I’m so glad that this adventure ended well… please be carreful next time little Raena :o)
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MOL Oh Easy, you just made mommy gasp. She says I’s can’t ever do anythin’ like dat again. But hey, what do you think I should do fur mines follow up?
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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Phew and so glad you’re all there to write this post. Phew and wags. ❤
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OMC Us too. Me fur sure thought mommy was gonna have dat heart attack she’s always goin’ on ’bout. MOL Or dat she would kill Raena when she furinally found her. ‘Course she wouldn’t hurt us ever, so me doesn’t know why she says it.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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I am happy she is out and free once again. I wonder why she didn’t say much? I suggested sitting down and wait a bit so she could talk to you but she obviously doesn’t talk like Shoko. What a worry.
Jean
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She is sometimes very chatty. Mommy says she had da you know what scared outta her and was ‘fraid to meow. She is a worry. She’s gonna turn all da rest of mommy’s hair gray. MOL And fur sure keep her on her toes.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Oh My Cat! Me and my mom were on the edge of our seat reading about Raena’s disappearance. My mom wudda been tearing the house apart looking for her, too. We are so relieved that Miss Spunky Paws is okay. What is with these youngsters, getting into so much mischief? It’s exhausting just to watch them. Does Raena have a bell on her collar? My mom put bells on both Dori and Candy cuz…they sound a lot like Raena. Exhausting! Purrrs! Herman!!!
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Fank you, we’re glad we found her and she’s okay too. Me doesn’t know what’s up with ’em. Dat shelf has hung on mommy’s wall through 5 kitty’s till Raena…Hmmpht me just doesn’t know. And dat bed frame has been in dat corner since a year after mommy moved here and never has a kitty ended up there. Raena’s one fur da books. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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I would’ve done the same thing as your mommy. I can’t imagine how scared she and Raena must have been – but I’m glad that neither were hurt in the process. Raena has a look on her face like “WHAT?!?!?” in that second to last picture of her in the cat condo 🙂 We’re sending our love to all of you – we hope you have a relaxing weekend (you too, Raena!!!).
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Fank you. Mommy says da same thing. She just knew Raena could hear her callin’ fur her, but she was too scared to move or answer her. And yes, dat foto was right after she was rescued and mommy furinally let her go. We do hope to get caught up so we can chill this weekend. Ya’ll have a great weekend too. Big hugs comin’ to ya’ll.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Excellent post! I hope Raena learns to be more careful and y’all never have a horrible morning like that, again! So lucky that she wasn’t actually hurt and able to eventually meow.
We have an elderly neighbor who has two equally elderly cats – one or the other of them get lost about once a month (I suspect the cats are about as deaf and blind as our neighbor), so cat hunts are typical for our neighborhood.
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Fank you. We’re sorry to hear ’bout your neighbor and her kitties, but grateful ya’ll are willin; to help. You just never know. More offen than not kitty’s okay, but dat once in a million isn’t somethin’ mommy could live with ifin she did nuffin’ but waited.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Our neighbor has total breakdowns when she can’t find both cats, so she is basically useless for finding them. She has cataracts, so doesn’t see well even without the tears and I also suspect she can’t hear them. It would be nice if she at least got her eyes fixed, but we don’t ask because we feel that if she could, she would have done so.
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Mommy can totally unnerstand what your neighbor must be feelin’. As fur those cats and rats, mommy had her fixed and she still can’t see worth flip.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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I am so sorry to hear that the surgery didn’t help your mom. One of Marianne’s eyes is mostly white – really odd to speak with her and try to look her in the eye!
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Fank you. Mommy has somethin’ called a astigmatism and Medicare doesn’t pay fur da lenses needed to help mommy and 85% of da pawpulation. And those lenses cost a little over $1000.00 each. Doctors just assume ifin your on Medicare you can’t afford it so they don’t even tell ya’ till after da surgery or in mommy’s case cuz she asked, till they’re wheelin’ ya’ in fur surgery. She couldn’t have afforded it, but woulda liked to know. They also fix everypawdy with “driving” lenses so you can’t see close up, thus mommy’s not bein able to see worth flip. She can drive without glasses, but anythin’ closer than a mile away, she can’t see clearly. We unnerstand how odd it must feel talkin’ to your neighbor tho’. Maybe somepawdy should suggest it. She might just not have a way to get there or anypawdy to stay with her fur da few hours after. Mommy had to lie to da doctors so she could have da surgery cuz she didn’t have anypawdy either. Just a thought.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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She drives all over – and frequently turns left when she should go right – so usually has some harrowing experience to tell about. In other words, her cats aren’t the only ones that tend to misplace themselves.
I’ve seen adjustable glasses advertised that you can dial in whatever prescription you need for driving, then readjust for reading. If they could be tweeked for astigmatism, too, those might be great for you!
I also know some people who buy their prescription glasses online at http://www.zennioptical.com they are very happy with them. You’d need a prescription so you could fill in their form, but you can get every sort of glasses there for an economical price.
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Mommy has a paie of trifocals. Her eyes are dat messed up. We’ve found even da cheap places aren’t cheap when ya’ get to a RX like dat. We’s not heard of da dial a script, they sound innerestin’. But dat’s okay, mommy can’t affiord glasses at any cost. She says we’ll have to be her glasses. We really don’t have money fur things, but thanks fur thinkin’ of mommy and tryin’ to help.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Be safe and well!
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