100th Post Contest

Hi Guys!!! We've had enough sad news around the blogosphere, and we wanted to add some holiday cheer, especially with how nice effurryone was helping Percy through his surgery. We will be making our 100th post on January 1st, in honor of this milestone we have some surprises planned. The first of which is a contest. We have a major announcement for the new year - and the first person to guess this announcement will win a special blankie made by our grandma.

Rules -
1. One guess per critter per household
2. Guesses must be made in the comments of this post
3. Guesses may be made until 12 midnight, December 31st, 2008
3. One hint will be posted each day to this post, even if a someone has already guessed correctly
4. The critter that is the first to correctly guess our announcement will receive a kitty sized blanket from my grandma (pictures to be posted after she makes it)
5. Kitties who have prior knowledge of our surprise - please let everybody else have fun guessing (this includes but is not limited to Kaze, Chase and Latte)!
6. As always, we reserve the right to add to, revise, clarify or remove any of these rules at any time!

So - here is the first hint:

We're _ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in April!

Happy Guessing!

Purrs,
Eliot

Clue #1 has to do with the first word...


Clue #2 has to do with the second word...

Percilla

Hi efurrybody, Percy here. More good news! When they chopped on my toe they sent it off to be poked at. The poke doctors said that ALL the bad stuff was on the part they took off, so now only good stuff should be left on my foot. I sure am glad, because I like my foot. Right now it's not pretty so if you don't want to see, don't read any further!

Anyway, so I got a package in the mail the other day...


It had a lot of packing tape on it, so unwrapping it required some persistence...


A lot of persistence.


Okay I just got dad to open it. But he had a hard time too. But when I got it open, there was ANOTHER BOX. But there was a CATNIP TOY! I forgot about everything else


But then there were stickers, and mousies...


But then dad opened the other box, and...


And what the heck is that! It's like a tiny me.


I'm going to call it Percilla. Do you think it's a girl? I don't know, maybe it is a boy and it won't like that name.


Oh look at that! it must BE a boy. And it's got my name on it!


How weird... but very cool! Thank you Daisy Mae Maus's mom, it is the spitting image of me!

So mom and dad weren't here some of this weekend, they were on loan to The Cats P's kitties. We were so jealous! They were gone A LONG TIME. We almost had to send Eliot outside to work odd jobs so he could buy us some wet food. We were starving for hours. But then they came home and everything was fine. They say they had a very good time! I say they'd better not do that again... or else.

They won't get very far with scratched tires.

Thanks again to everyone who has sent their purrs while I am getting well after my surgery. I really really appreciate everyone who helped me!

Purrs,

Percy

[Percy's dad - Percy looks like he feels okay. He gets around well and the toe is starting to heal. The vet said it shouldn't affect his balance too much and it's very good that its an outside toe. He is putting all his weight on it like normal, and his appetite is good. We're very glad this is all over!]

Pictures

Hi everybody. Percy here, thought you might like some pictures after my surgery. Everybody heard I was OK, but now you can see me too!

Here I am with the very nice lady V-E-T before my surgery...


Urg... me in the donut that Auntie Alison gave me. Gee thanks Auntie Alison


Me giving the paw to the donut


Weird yellow thing on my paw that MUST COME OFF


Relaxing at home and keeping an eye on the weird yellow thing


I've been watching a lot of TV and trying to get some rest. Eliot helps


Sometimes Eliot brings me some snacks. He's so helpful



Dad and I have been playing Guitar Hero to pass the time while I get better. I can only play on Easy with my paw wrapped up in the weird yellow thing.

All considered I guess things are OK. And I will be a lot better once I am all healed up and hopefully don't have to worry about my paw turning into a clubpaw again. Thank you to everyone who had a part in getting me the surgery I needed!

Purrs,

Percy

Surgery Day

Percy has been dropped off for his surgery - dad took pictures at the vet and we will post them later this evening.

We will keep you updated as we hear news.

We also wanted to thank all of you for your purrs, your support, for everything.

All of you made this surgery possible. Percy might not be grateful at this exact moment, but when he's not licking at his paw because it bothers him, and he's all cancer free, I'm sure he'll be very grateful.

Ann of Zoolatry made us this beautiful graphic with Percy's favorite color, green.



Thank you so much Ann! You made my mommy leaky with your kindness.

Thank you all so very much, from the very bottom of all our hearts!!!
The Cats Stephens Family

**UPDATE 1**
Surgery began at 10:30AM EST - it should last about 30 minutes. We will let you know how it goes. Please purr for Percy.

**UPDATE 2**
Percy is out of surgery, everything went well. He is currently purring up a storm, rubbing against the cage, and charming the vet techs.

**UPDATE 3**
Percy is home, hiding under the bed. He has to go back on Monday for a bandage change. Mom and dad are watching him carefully, but he seems to be doing very well and is even putting weight on his foot. He's all little drugged up right now, but said he'll make a post (with pictures) to all his furriends tomorrow.

Furgive Us?

Just a quick post - our mom has been very sick with the flu for the past two weeks so we're behind on everything - we've been busy purring on her. We have awards to give out and we still need to ship the blankets. Please furgive us?

Purrs,
Abbie

Raffle Winners

The winners of the Christmas blankets are:

Laura Walker (sorry we don't have a blog address for you)
Abby of Manx News

The winner of the Mommy and Me blanket is:

Gypsy and Tasha

I want to thank everyone for pawticipating - we have are very close to having enough money for my surgeries and we never could have done it without you.

I'd also like to thank my sisfur Abbie for picking the winners - pictures to come soon.

Winners of the snuggles and the blankets please email us with your address. Blankets will be mailed this weekend.

Purrs,
Percy

Raffle Results Coming Soon

Hi efurrybody... sorry to keep everyone who bought tickets waiting, but our parents haven't been home and they won't let us use scissors to cut out raffle tickets. Mommy got halfway through with the raffle tickets tonight, but since she got home late she can't finish tonight, so we are very sad that the results will have to wait until tomorrow.

We will have them posted as soon as possible tomorrow 10/21 after mommy and daddy get home from work, unless we can figure out where they hid the scissors.

Purrs,

Percy