Catsndclay please don't feel bad. The vet made the recommendation to put him down and Kevin sadly said OK. At the last minute he said NO...please try everything you can. The major problem is the neurological damage from whatever happened to him before we found him. If Porch didn't have this problem, outcome would be much more positive. We just called the vet and they said Porch is purring and giving them love.

We found Porch wandering the neighborhood looking for food. We started feeding him and decided we'd keep him so made his vet appointment before exposing him to the rest. We noticed he never held his tail up and walked funny. The vet said he had been injured (how no one would know) and had permanent neurolgical damage. Because of this, Porch cannot control his bowels or bladder therefore we could not keep him totally indoors. We let him come and go and things seemed to be working out until now. Seems the neurolgical damage is getting worse and preventing Porch from eliminating. They're hoping removing a big portion of his colon will help his elimination by not having such a long journey down and out (to put it tactfully). They're waiting on all the blood work to make sure kidney's etc. are functioning properly before attempting surgery.

Thank you EVERYONE for all your kind words and thoughts. This is very hard, especially on my husband. We will keep you posted.