Guide to our PT cats

[Lerah021399]

After our family Cat died at the age of one after a short life of progressive illness, my sister decided that she was going to go and get another cat. She was living at home at the time and did not ask my dad for permission. Well, she showed up at home w/ a little black ball of fur and my dad couldn't resist. I was 13 at the time and Ali soon became my cat. She would follow me all over the house and sleep in my bed. My sister ended up leaving her with me when she went to college. After a few months at college my sister came back and lived with my mom and took Ali to live with them. Ali only stayed there for a few months since she was scared to death of the dog and then came back to live with my dad, other sister and myself after we had moved to another house. My dad was pretty adimit about not having any pets in our new place, but once he found out that Ali was living under my sister's bed because she was terrified of the dog, he finally gave in. Ali lived with my dad and I for about a year until my sister moved out on her own and then Ali moved again. Ali was moved a couple more times with my sister before she ended back up at my dad's house and then again with my sister and her now husband. I got married not long after my sister and my hubby and I rented an apartment that did not allow pets. We lived there for 1 1/2 years and then bought our own place. Poor Ali was again moved to my dad's house after my sister's husband threatened to get Ali declawed or he was going to take her to the pound. After my hubby and I got settled into our place I went and got Ali and she has been with my hubby and I ever since. It's been 3 1/2 years. Shortly after we brought her to live with us, we found out that she has diabetis, so we have to give her shots every day and feed her special food. Ali has most definately become MY cat again. She comes to me to be fed and if my husband feeds her she waits for me at the top of the stairs to go downstairs and only eats when I'm in the kitchen with her. She holds a very special place in my heart even though she is not a very loveable cat...she loves on her own terms and comes to you when she wants to be pet or lay in your lap. She is my special diabetic kitty and I love her very much.