Help Kaela Get Better
A friend of mine, Shadow Byrd, has a puppy named Kaela, and Kaela has parvo. For those of you not familiar with this virus, here’s a link. Short version: It’s bad, especially for puppies.
Shadow is trying to raise money through sales or donations to help with the expenses. She has a photo album of items for sale at this link. That’s a link to a Facebook album. I don’t know if you can see it if you’re not on Facebook, et cetera. The first post by Shadow under the pictures includes a list of books she’s got for sale.
I met Shadow several years ago through a local RPG club of sorts. I like Shadow. She laughs at my jokes, which perhaps indicates a lack of wisdom on her part, but no one’s perfect. Close to a decade ago, I had to have my cat Puddy put down. The circumstances were different. Puddy was just old, too old to take care of herself, too old to even eat enough to stay healthy. I didn’t have the money for a vet at the time, so I took Puddy to the SPCA and surrendered her. When I put her on the counter and the SPCA worker picked up and walked away with her, Puddy craned her neck to watch me, meowing the entire time. She was scared and, in my more maudlin moments, I think I could see accusation in her eyes.
Losing a pet can be heart-breaking. If you can help, please help Shadow take care of Kaela. If you’d like to contact Shadow, her e-mail address is at the second link above.
