It's Coming Along!

Above: Ryan and his dad working on the new tile in our guest bathroom

Is that chicken?? Or a seahorse!?!? LOL Yeah, ain't nothin' like good ol' fried seahorse!

This is the new carpet in the hallway!! It makes it look like a home!

Some more of the new carpet in the office

Monkeys!!!

More monkeys!!

And finally, the master bath. I'm so excited that it's all coming along! Right now Ryan and I are in the process of putting up new light fixtures in the bathrooms, hallway, entryway, and kitchen. And then after that, we will be starting on the laminate floating floor!! WOO HOO!

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Cooper's Surgery

Cooper

He is such a sweet cat! And this picture proves it!
This is his leg before surgery. You can see that it's broken!
And now here is his leg in a soft cast! I get the joy of changing that out every day! But he is so good when I do it. He just lays there. I'm sure it must hurt because there are pins sticking out on both sides.

Anyway, thanks for your help with Cooper! He still has to go back in to get the pins taken out and he still needs to be neutered and declawed. The doctor said the surgery was actually around $1500, but he only charged me $350! Praise God!

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Cooper Black Gray

This is my new kitty, Cooper! He was a stray at Tiffany's house and the other day she called me and begged me to take him because he had a broken leg. I didn't know what to do because I knew there was no way I could afford to get his leg fixed. But, nevertheless, I told her to bring him to my house so I could figure out what to do. I was really hoping that the Humane Society would take him and get him fixed, but when I called them they said, "The only thing you can do is call animal control and they will keep the cat for three days and if no one takes it, they will put it down." At that point, I was in tears. So, despite the fact that I couldn't afford surgery, I took him to the vet anyway. He said that the break was in the worst possible place--right at the joint. I guess you can't just put a splint on it if it's at the joint. Instead he would have to put pins in it. Which, of course, is the most expensive way. He told me it was going to cost $300 to do surgery, otherwise if I couldn't afford it, that the cat would probably be alright to just heal, even though he would probably never walk quite right again. 

I couldn't stand the fact that he was never going to be a normal cat, so I prayed that God would help me find a way to pay for the surgery. I started calling family and friends and telling them the story about Cooper. All I can say is thank God for my family and friends! Altogether we came up with $350! Cooper went in for surgery at 9:00 this morning. I'm nervous about it, but I am so happy that he will be better!

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