At 06:32 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
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 catch him 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 tonight knowing 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 taken from 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
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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 included overnight 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 about finding them
now. They are both leukemia positive, which
means that they have compromised immune systems
(and why they are indoor only) and though they
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 Adoption Team 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 developed corneal
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 lively that 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 Society volunteering
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 very scared
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
though they 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 the
moment 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 neighborhood they 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
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