i called Romeo's new owner and he apparently is doing famously! he's enjoying the teenagers hanging out and coming and going; he's enjoying being cuddled and fussed over by the girls; he's going outside but not going too far... he is quite happy. he's doing all the things that he used to do that were signs to me that he was happy: he sits right in the center of any group of people who are at the house, so that he can be the focus of attention; he rolls onto his back a lot and purs and plays; he gets onto their computer keyboard; he gets on laps and sleeps in the kids' beds and is being abundantly loved by the three teenagers as well as by his new mom.

i'm waiting for news on Cora's surgery...