chloe_the_cat re_alisma had surgery today. Truth about Chloe is without surgery, she was going to die. She's having trouble getting comfortable enough to rest. I'm spending the evening locked in my room with her, petting her often, and we're listening to some tape we got in South Dakota cuz it occasionally has some bird noises. (and cricket noises, and owl, and thunder). Also, reading Freedom by Jon Franzen (my reading of it fraught with delay) and also there's a good chance that I'll finally finish e-book Huck Finn. If cats could read, I read like a cat, as I become regularly disinterested, again and again. This Chloe, though, fully recognizes her need for absolute reassurance and comfort, post-surgery. It must be said. 111104 ... Jack Rabbit what a clinical response.q 111104 ... srealisma This cat's healing process is insane. Will she die? Will she have an open wound for the rest of her life? Will it actually heal? She's just laying around, being a normal cat with a kerchief around her neck, and this attempted healing dramatically occurs every day. We think it might be getting smaller, wonder of wonders, I suppose, even though the next time if I post here will it might be eulogy time. I wonder if she has an inkling at all, really. Does ignorance, and less fear, aid survival? Hmm. Are they ever taught? 120516 what's it to you? who go blather from