Sad news re: elderly lady next door. She came home from (yet ANOTHER) two-month stint
of hospital and rehab on Friday. I stopped in to visit yesterday and she told me that her stay
at home will be short because she has to go into a nursing home. She requires 24/7 attention
now, and
insurance will only help cover x-number of days per year... which she has used up.
She says it's less expensive to go to a home rather than pay for around-the-clock in-home care.
(I've always read the opposite... ???) Maybe she has good long-term care insurance... dunno.
She came right out and asked if I/we would take one of her cats. ::sigh:: It's the one she
kept which was born under our deck in 2008. We are not
*REALLY REALLY* in the market to
bring in another cat. I have to reserve spot for my Dad's cat (which WILL happen at some
point)... and possibly Oreo... and who knows about Frisk-E. I did not say yes or no... and
will touch base with the area's Crazy Cat Lady (who has been minding her cats whenever she
has been away).
But yeah... it's sad when somebody has to leave their own home and also walk away from their
pets.