(Note: Antoinette is a special-needs cat who appeared with our Executive Director on KGAN-TV's morning news. This sweet girl needed surgery to remove BB pellets lodged in her flank, as well as two surgeries to remove teeth that were in poor condition.)

I wanted to give you an update on Antoinette (or Miss Kitty as we call her). First of all, I want to thank you so much for her. My only regret is that I did not "find" her when she was a kitten.

I don't know what she has endured from her birth until her adoption, but whatever she went through, she is such a beautiful, lovable cat. I just love how she hugs! When she lays on the couch or in the bed, she has to be touching you (either with her paw, laying her head on you, or just laying right up next to you.) My husband and I just adore her.

When she first got home, she walked around and made herself at home on the couch. As long as I was in the room with her, she was fine. If I left the room, she would run and hide. Or when someone would come in the house, she would run and hide. She found places to hide we did not know we had!

We have seen such an improvement in her within the week we have had her in our lives. She has some toys that she throws around and wrestles with them like a little kitten. I bought some kitty caps and hope to have those on her this week. She gets so carried away with her claws when she is content that her name should be "ow ow ow."

Again, thank you and be assured she will live the rest of her life as she was meant to live.

Jan M.

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I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But I think there's another thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners.

 -Jeff Stilson