Sunday, January 3, 2010

He Started with 9 Lives!

I had a very traumatic experience today! Little Oliver, the cat who will turn 19 years old this month had an accident! My loving husband had just left the house...maybe 15 minutes or so when I decided to go out by the pool and have a cigarette. YES...The Desert Rose smokes! (only get to have one or 2 a day....but will indulge if my Loving husband is away!) As I walked out the door towards my favorite smoking chaise lounge...I saw something out of the corner of my eye in the pool. My first thought was...Henry the Duck that frequents our pool. Upon 2nd look I realized it was a cat. I have had to grab stray cats from the pool before...and throw them out quickly before they kill me. Only this cat...was MINE!!! My Little Oliver was in the pool swimming at the far end near the hot tub close to the water fall. I yelled "Oliver" and ran to the end of the pool and reached out and grabbed him just as he was going threw the waterfall. I threw off my robe and wrapped him up. He was breathing very hard and shivering. I ran into the house with him and got a pool towel to dry him off. He was literally a drowned cat! I kept drying him and got out the blow dryer which he tolerated very well. He was still wet but not soaking wet, when I called "The Doc" to discuss whether I should bring him in. Since his breathing was back to normal now Doc said just to keep him as warm as I could and get him dry and watch him...if a change for the worse he could meet us. The Doc said Oliver had had enough stress for one day! I put Oliver's down blanket in the dryer and wrapped him up and got into my bed with the covers over us. He was still shivering on and off. I did this for the next 2 hours until he was almost dry. Then I let him down to see how he was. He seemed fine and was starved!
Little Oliver can hardly walk anymore...he is quite wobbly and eats his food and water lying down. He is however very happy and doing well despite all his medical issues. What I can't figure out is how he got to the end of the pool swimming!!! He must have fell in near the other end trying to drink from the pool! My Homeopath/Animal Communicator Vet says Oliver has really strong energy/ life flow. I also do not know how long he had been in the pool. Maybe he was on his second lap around???
Since the Passing of my brother-in law I have seemed to have negative energy/karma around me. At the NFR I was constantly having trouble and thought my sisters would distance themselves from me. I lost my voice, my drivers license, my flight home got cancelled not to mention 100 other little annoying things. However...I now feel that my energy/karma flow has changed. The timing of me being able to save Little Oliver was probably a 2 to 3 minute time span because of his condition...and now Oliver still has 3 of his nine lives left!!!
I could not sleep last night...my mind kept wandering to the loss of other beloved animals during my life...so I was up very late. I know you all have experienced the loss of your beloved animals and so you know how bad my night was...but this morning when I got up Little Oliver was dry and warm and very happy to see...his breakfast!
Your Desert Rose!

14 comments:

  1. Thank goodness Oliver is okay!! Cats don't like water, and I am sure it scared him as much as it scared you!

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  2. Lucky Oliver! That is a good question, how did he get to the other end of the pool? Maybe swimming is his new walking? Maybe he wants his own personal hot tub and was trying to tell you something??

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  3. What's all the fuss? It is obvious that Oliver has begun his New Year's resolution regimen, which is water aerobics!

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  4. Wow, you are right on the timing thing. As awful as it is, look at this way- if it wasn't for your cigarette habit, you might not have noticed Oliver was in the pool at all! I'm glad he recovered well and is back to himself. He is a trooper, that kitty! ((((((hugs))))) hope you can sleep better tonight. I know I won't be sleeping- tomorrow is my first day back to work after a long break, and I NEVER sleep those nights! :)

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  5. Oh, how lucky Oliver was that you came along when you did! Poor kitty! What a good kitty mom you are. I am glad you Oliver is alright, I have lost several beloved pet and it's hard. I hope you beloved kitty will have many, many more years with you.
    hugs....
    Jane

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  6. I am so glad that Oliver is ok, I know how much you guys love him, and I would never distance myself from you I love you so much!!

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  7. Oh.. he is a wonder cat just to make it to 19! My old cat Chloe was our super cat, and was 18 when we lost her. In her case she was ready to go, but I did not want her to go.

    She was trying to sneak out whenever she could, and I knew she wanted to go off and die.
    She finally got out, and that is exactly what she did.

    My husband and I cried our eyes out, and buried her behind the barn with our old dog Ziggy, late that night.. in the winter rain.

    Good for Oliver for hanging in there waiting for you to save him!

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  8. Poor kitters! Why on earth would he wanna go for a swim?

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  9. Whew! I'm so glad you were able to save him. I'm amazed he's a strong swimmer at his age. I'm so glad he's feeling better with no obvious repercussions. And I'm so glad it appears your Karma has changed for the better! I don't want any of that bad MO-JO around us...

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  10. I'm so glad your kitty is OK. It sounds like you've had enough drama for the time being as well. I hope your Oliver continue to lead a long long life of lives!

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  11. WOW! Poor Oliver. How tramatic that must have been for him and mom. Glad he is doing okay!

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  12. Oliver is one lucky cat! I am so glad you were able to rescue him. I'm also glad you feel your karma has turned around. I hope you sleep well tonight. I gave up smoking about 10 years ago and I gotta tell ya it was the hardest thing I ever did.

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  13. Glad Oliver is O.K. I love that photo in your sidebar of you and him in bed!

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  14. Your post gave me chills! Poor Oliver, that is just awful. I'm SO glad you went outside when you did. You are apparently his guardian angel. :)

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