More Pumpkin pics

Look how happy! :)

Pumpkin is home!

I’m thrilled to say that Pumpkin arrived safely at his new home in NYC :)

His new mom Caren (Misspostit to many of you) sent me these pics. The first two are the little fellow (now named Spencer…what a great name!) lounging on the couch, the other two are at the vet’s office.

He got a clean bill of health, and glowing praise for what a nice job Dr. Veale did on his surgery.

Don’t you just love happy endings? Thanks so much to everyone for making this happen!

Wow, look at Pumpkin!

As you can see, Pumpkin is doing great in his foster home! Thanks so much to Judy Chapman for fostering him, and for allowing me to post these adorable pics that she has taken. He’s ready to go to his adoptive home in NYC as soon as we can arrange transport. Yay, Pumpkin!

And yay to all of you who supported him. He wouldn’t be lounging on a couch with his friends today if it wasn’t for each and every one of you!

Pumpkin is doing well :)

Just got the word that he’s healing up well and is ready to go into foster care.  We have a great foster home lined up for him, and a great adoptive home as long as he does okay with the foster’s cat.   Hooray for Pumpkin!

And thank you all so much for caring for this sweet little guy.   Someone saw him as a target, but hundreds of other people saw him as the special and unique being that he is, and I can’t thank you enough for that.

Dawn

Pumpkin update 10.16.8 (with pics!)

I had the pleasure of visiting with Pumpkin today. He *really* wanted me to pet him, so much so that I was afraid he was going to fall out of the cage trying to get to me (I’m allergic to cats so couldn’t love him up, even though I *really* wanted to!). I’ve attached a couple pics. I do have pics that show his whole wounded side if anyone wants to keep tabs on how he’s healing….he actually looks pretty good. I won’t post the pics here b/c I know a lot of people don’t want to see that sort of thing. Anyways, just wanted to let you all know that’s he’s progressing nicely :)

Thanks!
Dawn

Pumpkin update 10.15.8

I finally got a chance to talk to the Health Care Director at the shelter directly today.  She said Pumpkin is doing well and has a good appetite,   Hopefully they will be able to take the drains out of his wound soon, and then he’ll be able to go into a foster home.   I’m going to the shelter tomorrow so I’ll get some pics then, and I’ll say hi to him for all of you   :)   Thanks to you all for caring so much about this sweet little cat!

Dawn

Pumpkin update (such as it is)

Hi everyone.   I don’t have much to report but I know people have been looking for an update so I thought I’d let you know as much as I know, which is that he’s continuing to improve, but not out of the woods yet.  I’ll keep posting updates as I have them.

Thanks!
Dawn

Pumpkin had emergency surgery

I visited Pumpkin this morning at the vet’s. They said that the infection in his leg and shoulder was getting worse, and that over a cup of fluid had already drained out so far that morning. He was still eating and alert and asking for attention. I did get some pictures which I’ve attached and which can also be seen at http://withoutqualification.com and http://ashtabulaapl.blogspot.com I have some that show the wound more closely but I’m not posting them here for the more sensitive viewers. I’m happy to share them with anyone who is interested. As of this morning the plan was still to do the leg amputation on Monday, but I just got a call that they had to do emergency surgery this afternoon to remove his leg because he was going rapidly down hill. The surgery went well. Currently is on IV meds and is being kept as comfortable as possible.

That’s all I know at this point. I’ll keep you guys posted. I’m sorry not to have better news.

Thanks so much for caring about Pumpkin. I sent him love from all of you when I got to visit with him this morning. He needs a lot of good thoughts right now, so please keep sending them his way.

Dawn

I messed up the link for Pumpkin’s MySpace :(

Sorry about that!    Here’s the correct link:

http://www.myspace.com/helppumpkin

Morning update on Pumpkin, 10.9.8

The APL Health Care Director stopped by the vet’s today to check on Pumpkin. She said he looks pretty scruffy but is doing as well as can be expected. Eating a lot, meowing a lot. They are still removing some maggots from the wound, but it does not look as though he will require emergency surgery. If things continue as they are he will continue to recuperate until Monday and have his leg removed then. This will give him a chance to get his some of his strength back and will increase his chances of surviving the surgery.

Thanks so much to everyone who has donated so generously. At this point, if all goes as planned, we have enough to cover his care. Any donations received that are not needed for Pumpkin’s bills will go towards the other special needs animals at the shelter. Currently they have about half a dozen heartworm positive dogs who need treatment, several dogs with mammary tumors, a dog with a very severe inner ear infection who needs specialized antibiotics and pain meds, and many many more animals with medical needs. I am going to continue to donate all proceeds from my Etsy shop to Pumpkin.

Donations can continue to be sent via PayPal to ashtabulaanimaladvocates@gmail.com (gmail.com) or via this donation button:

or called in to Country Doctor vet clinic at 440.576.9440

Thanks so much!
Dawn