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- From: ses3n@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Sharon Elizabeth Silverman)
- Subject: a request and a story...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.171429.4353@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:14:29 GMT
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- Hi! First of all, I'd like to ask if anyone has the text to
- Ode to Spot (Data's poetry). If so, please send it to me. I understand
- it was posted recently, but I couldn't find it in the backlog.
-
- Second: My cat Fluff is 18, and I've had her forever. I'm one
- of those college-attending cat-lovers! Anyway, she was in excellent
- health (bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and more active than me!) until she
- had the bad luck to assert her autonomy around a large dog. He picked
- her up and shook her, smacking her head on the ground and causing spinal
- trauma. She has recovered from the concussion just fine, but her back
- legs are still not up to specs. She can walk, but resembles a drunk
- cowboy after a 300 mile ride - ie bowlegged and *very* wobbly.
- She was in deep shock, and apparently suffered some kidney
- damage. Now she needs a prescription diet. This gets more complicated
- because she has about 3 teeth left - the ONLY sign of her age. I'm
- really sure why I'm posting this - except to collect some commiseration'
- from other cat lovers. I love her very, very much - life without her is
- just unthinkable. For a while, it looked like it might happen.
- Fortunatly, Isis or whoever was thinking about us, and she will
- recover. She will NOT like being an exclusively indoor cat, though.
-
- So far this has all cost me $560. I'm sure the bloodwork, etc.
- is not over yet. I am student, as noted above, and VERY broke. This
- is exacerbated by my housing situation - I am paying full rent in a
- two-bedroom apt., thanks to a roommate who royally screwed me over.
- Anybody willing to donate to the Fluff Fund, let me know. :-)
- Sharon
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- or post it!
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