Update On Me & My Furkids

[jenluckenbach]

What a horrible experience! I hope things settle down real soon.

Best of luck finding a new room mate....And thoughts and prayers for your old one to help her through her troubled times.

[jazzcat]

Gosh what a mess!!! I'm so sorry that happened to you and I sure hope everything is back to normal for you and the cats soon.

I'm sorry to hear about your roommate too. I sure hope she can get things worked out.

[rg_girlca]

Oh Tracey, I am so sorry that you had to deal with all this. What a mess. I can only imagine how frustrating this was for you. Prayers on the way that everything works out well very soon.

I'm happy to hear that Sunny, Starr and Storm are doing better now and that everyone else is well also.

Hang in there girl, it can only go uphill from here on in.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks everyone. I'm looking forward to the new year and I hope that next year will be much better for me and all of my furkids.

I also forgot to mention that Starr is now off of the pred. He was taking very little of it any way so my holistic vet told me that he should be fine without it. Sometimes he'll still have somewhat mushy poos so I hope that by the time I get my new carpet in that he'll have settled down. Before all of this happened I was also without any internet connection for about 1 week and I finally got that resolved on Sept.12th. I also have my new dishwasher and it's so quiet and is working great.

I learned that the man that lives below me does have mold issues because his damage was much worse than mine. The emergency crew was at his place today and they had to clean and do a few other things. He also had mold damage due to my dishwasher leaking into his condo because it was vacant for about 6 months and no one let me know that there was a problem. The President of AquaTek told me that they'd take care of everything for him including his previous water damage. His estimate for all of his repairs is a little above $10,000.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

OMG Tracey.... that is almost to much to handle...
I hope it will all get better from now on!
Hugs to all felines

[moosmom]

Tracey,

Wow!! Please be careful of any mold that forms, especially black mold. It's very toxic and can aggravate any breathing problems (i.e., asthma, etc.) you may already have.

I've missed your posts. I wish I lived closer. You and your cats could stay with me.

You'll be in my thoughts and prayers, honey!!

(((((HUGS))))))

Donna and fur crew

[Laura's Babies]

Gee whiz! You have had it haven't you? I hope things can get back to normal for you soon and your babies settle down.

[Russian Blue]

I'm really sorry you had to go through this! Unfortunately, I have lived through exactly what you went through - but 3 times.

First, it happened in the apartment building I grew up in. We had gone away for a long weekend in the summer and one of the pipes behind our bathroom wall broke and flooded everything - all the way down 3 floors. All 3 apartment units below me were not aware of the leaking because the owners were also away for the long weekend. When they came back, they saw the damage and then started moving up the floors and came to our unit. Our whole apartment had 6 inches of water in it. Lucky, though, we were able to stay at the cottage because it was summer and they had to rip everything out and start from scratch. It took a good month before everything was fixed properly.

Second time, was 7 years ago in a condo we purchased. We had water dripping from our bathroom light fixture one day. It turns out the owner above us was trying to fix his toilet, but he didn't turn his water off before hand. Trying to deal with the insurance over this was crazy, and we ended up selling our unit since this happened two more times. We didn't want to deal with this crazy guy above us who had no idea how to fix things - namely plumbing without recking everything around him.

Third time, we purchase our current historical home. As fate would have it, we had a sewer back up within 3 months of moving in. Old tree roots had broken through some old pipes. Of course, we had placed everything in the basement, since we were renovating the main floor and lost everything in the flood. All my old photos, clothes, paintings, furniture were damaged or destroyed.

So, yes, I can totally relate (maybe too much) to water problems! Life is full of surprises, you just have to throw your hands up in the air and go on. But going through these events makes you not really care for materialistic objects. Since, in a blink of eye, they can be taken from you.

He also had mold damage due to my dishwasher leaking into his condo because it was vacant for about 6 months and no one let me know that there was a problem. The President of AquaTek told me that they'd take care of everything for him including his previous water damage. His estimate for all of his repairs is a little above $10,000.

Tracey,

Wow!! Please be careful of any mold that forms, especially black mold. It's very toxic and can aggravate any breathing problems (i.e., asthma, etc.) you may already have.

Yes, be very, very careful of the mold issue. I would have an independent mold specialist come out to check out your unit. That's a nasty thing to deal with and can seriously affect your health.