"Ms Bella" or Prima Donna- by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

I am so very sad this morning. My husband is on the way to the vet (I couldn't quit crying to be able go) with Ms. Bella. After coming in the door yesterday, from my very long and tiring 11 day trip, I saw she has lost weight and was suffering with another bad UTI (urinary track infection). We rescued her from "death row" over 3 years ago. She was abused and scared of everything. We had her 2 weeks before she would come out from under the bed for more than a few moments. She has learned to trust us, and loves us as much as we love her; but every time I leave to go back "home" to Louisiana (and now, Alabama) to visit family, she gets a UTI. She suffers so much with it. I have hardly stopped crying, as I know we will have to find her a new home soon. I have to travel, as my granddaughters are in LA, my aging father, and now my younger son has moved off to AL. My husband was here with her, but she still missed her Mama. She has the loudest purr I have ever heard, loves to play with her pink ball-rolling it back and forth, and nearly passes out when you give her ears a good scratch. She loves to hang in my studio with me. She helped my heart to mend after we lost our precious Hopper when he passed from diabetes. My heart is breaking to pieces.

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
sandrasart777@aol.com