Good News or Bad News?

I’ll start with the good news, my little pit bull puppies, Spanky and Sparkle, were adopted!!! I’m kinda bummed because they were in and out before I got a chance to see them. Actually, I think I saw the girl, but didn’t realize it was her because she was so big. What a success story! Then today I rode with my supervisor and there is talk of being released as soon as Wednesday!!! That will be so exciting!
Now the bad, I am down to one foster kitten. I woke up Saturday morning to find that one of my kittens, the super social/playful boy couldn’t even hold his head up and could just lie on his side. He would move his paws and legs as if walking but was just moving them in the air. I got dressed and rushed him to the shelter along with the other kittens. On the way there he began a horrible meow, and you could tell he was miserable. They ended up euthanizing him on the spot. They checked out the other two kittens and both had lost a couple ounces in weight. Going from 12oz to 9.5oz is not good, especially when I am trying to get them to a 2lb mark. Anyway, the little gray tabby had a lot of nose and eye gook so they gave me some anti-biotic and eye ointment for her. She began her first dose Saturday night; she was eating and seemed to be doing ok. I borrowed a humidifier for the room to help loosen things up and everything. Well at 2am when I got home, she was lying on her side and couldn’t hold her head up. I ended up staying up with her all night, using a syringe to give her water and a little wet food. Then she began the same horrible meow as her brother. It was awful. Thank goodness for knowing people that work overnights, I was able to talk to Mike and regain some sanity (Thank You!). I took her in and they were able to get her stable. Although, I found out this afternoon that she was euthanized. I guess the two kittens were littermates and born with no thymus, which is important in youngsters to help fight infection. I also found out that the third is not related to them and, for some good news, is doing great! Earlier last week she appeared to have a limp and I almost took her in, but she looked like she was doing better by the time I had gotten off work.
Today she is pouncing on everything that moves, like Zoey’s paw, or doesn’t move, like a toy on the floor. Zoey is absolutely infatuated with this kitten. Today I fed the animals when I got home and Zoey was pacing circles around the house. She wanted to see her baby! I opened the bedroom door so Zoey could see the kitten in the crate and put her food in the bedroom. Not good enough, Zoey paced circles around the room. I opened the crate door and she gave the kitten a big wet kiss! Then she began to eat her food. Well the kitten seemed to want to explore so I let her wander out of the room. Zoey would eat a couple bites, walk out of the room, lick the kitten, get a visual on Kahlua and Ally, lick the kitten, then go back in the room for a few more bites. This cycle went on for a few times until Zoey was done eating and the kitten went back in her room. As I walked in the room, the kitten was on her back and Zoey was licking her belly. Sooooo cute!!! Zoey is very protective of the kitten (who needs a name by the way). Yesterday, I was lying in bed watching a movie and had the kitten on the bed too. Well Ally didn’t like that very much and sat on the nightstand and groaned at the kitten, who was lying on my shoulder. Then she hissed and raised her paw like she was going to swat. She was too far away to get anything so I wasn’t too worried, but did tell her to stop. Well Zoey didn’t like it at all and jumped up from lying in her spot at the foot of the bed and scared Ally away. I had to tell her to stop too. Zoey didn’t like Ally making such a fuss toward the kitten.