Champ Update!

About a year and a half after my best buddy, an orange tabby named Dante passed away, I went looking for another orange boy to help fill the void.  I wanted to adopt a special needs cat who might have a hard time finding a forever home.  That's when I found Champ.  He was born without the majority of his upper eyelids, so his eyes looked a little different, but to me that just made him all the cuter.  The surgery he got while at LAPCATS went really well, and he ended up not needing to continue his eye drops.  Now he only occasionally needs a few hairs around his eyes plucked, which he is very good about.

He is absolutely the cutest, happiest teddy bear and a big cuddle bug.  I love waking up in the morning and having him purr and chatter as he kneads away next to me in bed.  He's got the best kitty cat vocabulary.  He loves jumping up into my lap and rolling around to get belly rubs, sitting in the window watching the doves at the bird feeder outside, playing with his mouse toys, and wrestling with his brothers, Rusty and Bo. He and Bo have become best buddies.  He's still not too sure what to make of the "mutant kitty" (aka, Friedrich the turtle), who when out of his tank likes to steal the cat toys.  While nobody could ever replace my buddy Dante, Champ has really filled a huge hole in my life and I can't imagine my life now without him and his big beautiful eyes.

April