Leslie, My niece lives in Vancouver near Portland. What kind of car do you have and what color is it?
bonnie inWI http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/animals.html http://savingspaldingpets.blogspot.com/ http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/pdf/walkforanimals.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:33 pm Subject: Stolen car (non)update To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > oh guys, my heart is so heavy and I think that my stinging eyes > might just > make me too tired to actually sleep tonight. I have read all of > your posts > and printed them to go over tonight and make sure that I follow all > advice. I'll put below what I sent to news stations and > newspapers, please > send revisions to make it better. Do you think that I can resend > it to them > tomorrow? I'll also call tomorrow those that I sent to today and > send to > more that I think of. Of course as soon as it was sent I thought > of ways to > make it better, but I just wanted to get something off quickly. > > I'm so exhausted, and I've had to deal with regular stuff too like a > replacement driver's license (trust me, the DMV is NOT where you > want to be > in this deflated mood - you actually feel like you belong there) > and phone > and rental car and prescriptions. Too bad they had to retake my > photo at > the DMV and now I'll have to remember this day. > > If the cats weren't involved I'd just be angry. As I walked out to > catchhim taking the car, as I touched the car, as I know that he > heard my voice, > that they heard my voice, my feelings of what if, what if, are so > overwhelming. But as he took it. As he took them. As he drove > away with > the beings that I swore to protect, that I promised them I would > protect, as > he took them farther, is still taking them farther as minutes go into > minutes, my despair, my hyperventilation is just going and going. > I don't > blame myself, it is so absurd. How could I have known? I couldn't > have, so > I don't blame myself. But I don't know how I'll be able to sleep > tonightknowing that they are out there. That it is raining and I > don't know where > they are. > > Oh, I keep forgetting to mention, I am in Portland, OR. They were > takenfrom Vancouver, WA, I live in Portland. > > I don't want to take an Ambien tonight, because what if the police > call, but > I know that I won't sleep. As I don't have a computer at home > there is > nothing that I can do, but wait to get back to work and do more. > > I lay my head on all of your shoulders tonight and ask that you > send your > furbabies spirits to be with Satch and Beatrix. And maybe one or > two to > sleep next to me tonight. > > Hideyo, I hear you. I will find them. I will get them back. And > they will > be okay. I feel the thread. I feel it going to them and > protecting them. > I feel you all. > > I don't know anyone could do this with a child in the car. It > would be > even more unbearable. > > Anyway, on to class, no more to do tonight. > > Leslie > > ----------------------- > > Hello, > > My name is Leslie Nies and my car was stolen this morning at 6:30 > am. I was > loading up my car getting ready to drive home from a weekend at my > boyfriends (he lives in Vancouver, I live in Portland) - which > includedovernight bag, book bag, and my two pet cats, Satchmo and > Beatrix. I went > inside to say goodbye and when I came back out, someone was backing > my car > out the driveway. The doors were unlocked, but the keys were in my > pocket,so they must have hotwired it. I ran toward them yelling > "hey" and "get > out" and started banging on the windshield as they put it in drive. > But > they kept accelerating. > > > > My boyfriend was already on the phone with the police when I got back > inside. Yes, they stole my car, but they also stole my cats! I > can only > believe that they didn't see them. It's been suggested to me by a > couple of > people that you might be interested in doing a story on it, and as > far as > I'm concerned, anything that might help me get them back is worth > it. I've > attached a picture of each of them, there are more on my phone, but > that was > in the car also. > > > > They are just the best cats and I am going out of my mind worrying > aboutfinding them now. They are both leukemia positive, which > means that they > have compromised immune systems (and why they are indoor only) and > thoughthey are currently healthy and rambunctious are on a > preventive vitamin. I > don't care about the car or the stuff in it, I just want my cats > back. Both > are microchipped, but neither have collars as they are indoor only > cats.Let me tell you a little about them. > > > > Satchmo is a 6-yr old brown tabby cat. I rescued him from the Cat > AdoptionTeam in Sherwood two years ago. I started out fostering > him, but ended up > adotping him. When he came to me, he had a very severe kitty cold > that he > needed to be nursed through and immediately following that he > developedcorneal ulcers! After lots of love and care, he really > blossomed into his > personality and has a beautiful shiny coat now. Satch and I have been > through a lot together and I can't stand not having been able to > protect him > from this. He is the kind of cat that would go up and greet a pit > bull. He > is 13 lbs of muscle and all heart. He knows his name and he is a big > talker! And a big eater! > > > > I just decided to adopt Satchmo a buddy not too long ago – he is so > livelythat I felt he would benefit from a friend. Leukemia > positive cats can be > around other leukemia positive cats, so when I was at the Humane > Societyvolunteering one Sunday and saw a leukemia positive kitten, > I jumped at the > chance. I brought home a kitten that I named Azrael, but she was > very sick > and didn't make it. She and Satch never got to meet. Her sibling, > however,also leukemia positive, was getting over a cold in foster > care and when she > became available for adoption, I decided to go for it, though I was > veryscared to repeat my experience with Azrael. Beatrix was just > adopted from > the Humane Society on Columbia Blvd a month ago. She is > approximately four > months old and six pounds. She is a sweet medium-hair > tortoiseshell. She > acts as though she owns everything and was taking on a great, outgoing > playful personality. I am so worried about what this experience > might do to > her. She shows none of the frailty that Azrael did. Satch was > rescued from > the streets, but I just hope that Bea can stick close to him. Even > thoughthey were introduced a couple of weeks ago, they already have > a strong > bond. Unlike many cat meetings, there were no hisses, no puffed > tails, they > basically ran at each other and started rolling around playing from > themoment they set eyes on each other and it hasn't stopped. > > > > They both love my boyfriend's old black lab, Stetson. > > > > I don't know if the car thief would have kept them in the car, or > thown them > out, and as they haven't found the car, I have no idea what > neighborhoodthey could be in. > > > > Please let me know if you'd like more information or can help me in > anyway.I am 28, I work full time for Full Sail Brewing and am also > going back to > school as a post-bacc getting my science requirements for vet school. > > > > Thank you, > > Leslie Nies > > 360.713.2032 >
