What to do with Bitty

Okay, I'll just be frank. Bitty was suppose to die almost 18 months ago. But she lives. She seems fairly normal. She has a good appetite, is still social, cuddly and snuggly (okay, only with me) and "hangs out" with the family. She is still on pregnazone (SP?) and if I never told you, you wouldn't know she was 13 yrs old and got some form of leukemia.

So what's the problem? She has been occasionally peeing OUTSIDE of her cat box for the last 8 months. Its sparadic. There's no rhyme or reason. And we've done all the things the vet suggests ---- making sure the cat box is clean. Getting more than one cat box --- yeah, she actually has FOUR to chose from. And its not like she doesn't use them, she just likes to go elsewhere in the house too.

We have now confined her to the storage room where her cat boxes are because we don't trust her not to pee somewhere else in the house. What kind of quality of life can this be? Yes, she has a nice warm bed and the room is large enough, but I can't stand the thought of locking her up in there until she dies ---- which was as I mentioned earlier was suppose to be 18 months ago.

I don't want to put her down because I can't emotionally handle making that decision. She isn't acting "sick" -- she's just destroying my carpet with her pee and the vet doesn't have any answers.

How do I try and give her away? Danny has suggested finding her a home with someone who has a "farm" where she can live outside, but I think she'd get in some sort of accident.

I have spent A LOT of cash on this cat in the past 13 years. I'm not interested in replacing my carpet because of her.

The SPCA is very strict about taking in animals you want to give up. They must be "adoptable" blah blah blah. And how do I say, "Yeah, she is 13 and might live for another couple of years but was suppose to die like 18 months ago...." ????

ANY SUGGESTIONS???

Beautiful Dania, Beautiful Catrina

I have no words only tears of joy as I watch this video. I am so grateful for God providing for Catrina and Nate and I am humbled to know people like them and I am so so so happy for them. Please remember them as they will continue to have may opportunities to share how they follow God's calling of James 1:27:

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

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Haiti Orphan Update: GO GOD!

THE BEST NEWS EVER: the orphans in Haiti have all been air-lifted out and are now in Pittsburgh!!! Catrina and her husband went there last night and will be united with their adoptive daughter today!!

Through disaster there is blessing. I am so grateful for His hand in this. I can't imagine the emotions and the whirlwind of thoughts for my friend. Thank you for your prayers.

I do not believe God caused the earthquake in order for Catrina to get her daughter sooner, but I do believe "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)

And I also believe that Catrina's circumstance is one of the countless ways in which God, in His great kindness and mercy and compassion and love uses this disaster to bless. He gives and takes away. Sometimes the ways He choses both to give and take away are never the way we would plan.

Danny just called to tell me he heard Haiti has just experienced another earthquake. I'm speechless.

The general and the detail. Our detail prayers now are for Catrina's daughter, recovering, adjusting, etc. Our general prayer must continue to be for Haiti and all the nameless people that we will never know.