nursing top Hello Flickr. I\'m sorry that I\'ve not been here for a few days. See, my beautiful rowhome caught fire on Friday. All people were saved. Cats were rescued by firemen. Windows smashed. Things drenched. All on the hottest day of the year. Tweekcat was the worst victim of this (besides my gorgeous house). He hid at the top of the steps on the second floor which was right in the path of heat and smoke. His stomach and sides got this weird chemical burn that didnt even scorch his fur. His throat was raw, his upper lungs crackly, his bottom front teeth are missing, and his left eye was swollen. He was in the hospital for a few days and wouldnt eat there. See, he is a very skittish cat and hates all strangers and foreign noises. He was never going to try if he stayed with them. We\'re staying at a friend\'s house so far. He is out of town this week. We brought Tweek back with us and I\'ve been slowly nursing him. Making him drink water, cleaning his wounds, etc. He has refused to eat. We found this amazing High Calorie product that is sort of a meat gel made by GNC to bulk cats up. We\'ve been forcing him to eat that for 2 days. Everyday I see a glimmer of his personality come back so I can tell he\'s getting stronger now. Today was the first day that he actually wanted to eat on his own. He was napping and drugged on pain meds and suddenly jumped and went over and ate some dry food. Since he was trying, I rushed and got him some wet food. LOOK! He\'s eating! After almost a week! Finally! On HIS OWN! OMFG YESS! You do not know the joy this gives me. I was terrified that he lost his will to thrive. So now we\'re waiting on a rental for ourselves. The insurance we have is really great and are covering things we didnt even imagine. We\'re going to be able to redo a lot in our house. I didnt lose everything and most of my antiques can just be cleaned from the smoke. We may be out of the house for about 6 mos but we WILL BE BACK in the house eventually. It was an electrical fire that started in the fuse box in the basement and caused an upside down fire in the basement. It took out a lot of siding, stored stuff, and our friend Stephanie\'s summer wardrobe (she was couch surfing). I will lose some things tho like my early 1900s wood flooring on the first floor. I lost an end table that was my Grandmother\'s that I had inherited in February when she died. It\'s mate is fine and the hutch that I got from her is okay too. All of our electronics in living room were above fire so those are gone too. But we\'ve started out with much less in the past and as long as this beautiful fat baby of a cat is eating and okay, then I can wait for the stuff to be fixed with ease.
