FIRE: Christmas Eve catsitting scary story

[katladyd]

Thank goodness when I am gone my son is usually home and vice versa. This would be one of my biggest nightmares, a fire while I am out of the house.

[jennielynn1970]

This would be one of my biggest nightmares, a fire while I am out of the house.

Same here... I worry so much when I am gone over the summer. There are rental people in the one house next to us (we live in a row home), and another family that are quite, well, shall we say NOT CAUTIOUS in the things they do. It worries me to no end!

I'm glad that the 11 other kitties are doing well, and I hope that Lavinia rebounds totally. Poor gal.

Many thoughts and prayers going out to you on this wintry night!

[phesina]

Thank you all for all your good wishes, and I will continue to keep you posted .

Here's something creepy that dawned on me a day or two later:

Actually, but for a snap decision I'd made, I'd have been in there when the fire started too:

I got down there around 1:30.. I guess about the time it was just starting but before it started showing signs outside. Simon's house is a couple of blocks from downtown Ann Arbor, and I had a few errands to do down there.. so I went on downtown, did my errands, then came back around 2:30.. to find firetrucks all around, firefighters running in and out of open doors, smoke billowing out windows..

My heart was in my throat as I thought.. "THE CATS.." are they in there, are they okay, any injured, ...... dead.....? have any run off out of the open doors to God knows where?...

So if I hadn't gone downtown but went straight in to the house, I would have been in there when it started too.. YIKES!

[Medusa]

How in the world did I miss this thread??? What a relief, though, to read that all is well now. You must have been out of your mind w/fear and worry, Pat.

[phesina]

Oh, it was quite a shock, to say the very least! When I first came across the scene, I thought surely at least some of the cats are hurt or dead or escaped and lost now.. but I blanked on that and could only take things in and do things one step at a time.

And then, SUCH relief, and such gratitude to whatever forces for harmony and goodness in the universe there may be... the cats were all there and all doing okay.

I brought them more food and supplies today.. Lavinia continues to do just fine, and they all seem pretty much back to life as usual.

Meanwhile, Ray has gotten some people in who were downstairs starting to clean up the basement and collecting valuable academic materials down there to preserve and restore them. And the water is back on again!.. so I no longer have to bring in jugs of water and then take home the dirty food dishes to wash them in warm water .

[Freedom]

I am SO HAPPY to read Lavinia is back home and seems FINE!

And all the others are doing well.

Glad the water is back on, makes things much easier for you.

I appreciated reading how things went / developed at the time.

[lizbud]

I've been following up on this story , but Didn't post till now. I am so
happy to know how well everything's turned out, considering what could
have happened, but didn't.

I'm so glad that Lavinia was not seriously hurt & that you were right there
when the kitties needed you.