First, a HUGE THANK YOU to Donna for your help in connecting me to Sandy and all the other rescuers in her group that are going to ensure my Noah, Basie and Phoebe get a good foster home until I get back on my feet. You are an angel, Donna...thank you so very much. I know you know how grateful I am to you...but I just had to say it again. ((((((((((Donna)))))))))))

Second, another HUGE THANK YOU to Staci (Shais_mom), Jennie (I don't know your PT name, I'm sorry! ), and Cindy (Taz Zoee) for ALL your help...for offering to open your homes to my cats and for your urgent searching and posting on any and every forum you could think of - for making my problem, YOUR problem. I couldn't ask for anything more. Thank you so very, very much. Me and the kitties will be forever grateful. ((((((((Hugs x 3))))))

Third, an update!!
I spoke to Sandy, (the Maine Coon rescuer) this morning and WOW is she sweet and JUST like us!!! I'm going to send her a link here and maybe she'll join PT!! You'll all just ADORE her! She's treating me as if I were her own daughter...isn't that just utterly amazing and wonderful??

The plan so far...
Sandy is going to be taking a kitten from a fellow rescuer, Crystal into her home so that Crystal can take my Noah. Crystal has 5 other Maine Coons, so she knows the breed and will understand Noah completely. (THANK GOD!!) Most people just view him as a mean kitty...they don't take the time to get past his initial fear and see why he's my heart kitty. He's a total doll...so sweet and gentle with me and his other hoomans. Uh...I just feel SO much better knowing that my angels are going to be OK.

They don't know for sure where Phoebe and Basie will go, but the know they'll find a place.

"They" all live in the San Diego area, its at least 2 hours south of me, but not too horribly far away and I can visit on weekends I'd imagine. I can book a real cheap motel and just "get away".

Again, thank you all for your prayers and help. I'll keep you all updated as well.

Hugs, Kelly, Noah, Basie & Phoebe (Micah too!!)

P.S. About my parents...they are of the mind that animals are "throw away", expendible creatures. I have no idea how I came out of that situation/upbringing feeling the exact opposite, but I'm so thankful that I did! They view their home as their castle and rightly so, they've worked very hard to get where they are today...BUT, my cats aren't going to HURT their freaking castle!

I'm lucky enough to be able to live here. Those are the rules and if I don't like them, I can move out. But, I can't, that's the problem. I have no where else to go until I get myself back on my feet. I guess I can always live in my car...but, well, I need a toilet and a shower and all that...I prefer cleanliness.

So, until I'm able to get back to "normal", I have to obey the rules here. I don't agree with them, but I have to respect them.

This is not saying I don't agree with everything you are all saying. I agree 100% that my kitties are a HUGE stress reliever, almost like medication to my body having them around when I'm in an attack, and they're my CHILDREN! I'm not going to have children physically (Crohn's is genetic), so they are my babies. I would never tell someone to "get rid" of their human baby, so why is it ok for them to tell me to get rid of mine? Its not.