Update On Me & My Furkids

**rg_girlca** · 10-11-2008, 12:11 AM

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** · 10-11-2008, 01:43 AM

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** · 10-11-2008, 05:26 AM

OMG Tracey.... that is almost to much to handle...

I hope it will all get better from now on!
Hugs to all felines

**moosmom** · 10-11-2008, 08:16 AM

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** · 10-11-2008, 09:15 AM

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** · 10-12-2008, 05:10 PM

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.

Originally Posted by krazyaboutkatz

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

**Edwina's Secretary** · 10-12-2008, 05:26 PM

Oh Tracey! What a mess. We had water damage in Chicago....flash flood backed up the water into our basement -- I lost all my photos, Christmas ornaments, furniture, clothes. And then...just as the repairs were finished...it happened again!

I feel your pain and hope all gets back to some semblance of normal soon!

**Felicia's Mom** · 10-12-2008, 05:38 PM

Tracey, sorry you had so much trouble.

I hope things get back to normal soon!

**lvpets2002** · 10-13-2008, 01:57 PM

OMG Tracey I knew something was wrong.. Hey as they say when it rains it pours.. I feel for you bad.. I had water prob about 5 yrs ago & clean & blowing fans all over to dry stuff out.. It can all be so mental trying & just a mess.. Well glad to hear from you & that things are mending to the positive side now..

**krazyaboutkatz** · 10-12-2008, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Russian Blue

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.

Well something like this has already happened me to me earlier this year. I went to use my toilet in the master bathroom and I noticed that water was dripping out of the fire alarm heat sensor unit which is above my toilet. It was after 10pm on a Mon. night so I called our emergency number but only got an answering machine so I left a message.

I went upstairs to talk to the people living above me and later I heard a bunch of noise and water was dripping out even faster now. The man upstairs decided to move his full toilet into the shower for the night.

This caused all of the toilet water to then leak into my bathroom below. It also set off our fire alarm.

I learned that he rents from his sister who owns the unit and she doesn't even have home owners insurance. I also learned that he had noticed something leaking earlier that day and he called his sister but she never did anything about it. I cleaned up the mess and waited a good 2 weeks to see if my ceiling would dry out on it's own. It didn't.

I then had to wait several more weeks for it to be finally fixed because the owner wanted to use our maintenance man and he was still on vacation. Luckily there weren't any mold issues to worry about. So this year hasn't been a good year for me or my condo.

Thanks again for all of the nice replies. I hope that I'll never have to go through anything like this again.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 10-13-2008, 01:13 AM

*HUGS* to you! It sounds like you've had quite the couple of months! I'm glad your kitties are doing better though.

Prayers on the way that things start looking up!