HE IS A NEUTERED MALE CAT, HE HAD HIS HIND LEG AMPUTATED BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD HIT HIM PROBABLY A CAR? AND IT WAS BROKEN IN 3 PLACES. HE HAS BEEN WITHOUT HIS LEG NOW FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS. HE TENDS TO SLEEP A LOT NOW, VET SAID HE WAS ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.HE WAS A STRAY CAT WHEN I ADOPTED HIM AND I THINK HE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 18 M0NTHS OLD. I HAVE HAD HIM FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS NOW. HE HAS NEVER HAD ANY INJECTIONS FOR ANYTHING, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO HE HAD TO HAVE 6 TEETH EXTRACTED. HE IS A VERY PLACID CAT NOW, BUT WASN'T BEFORE HIS AMPUTATMENT, WHEN HE WAS NEUTERED AT THE SAME TIME! HE HAS BEEN GOOD COMPANY FOR ME, SINCE I LOST MY HUSBAND 3 YEARS AGO, I WAS MY HUSBANDS CARER FOR 7 YEARS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. THE REASON I WILL NEED A CARER FOR HIM IS I HAVE TO HAVE A KNEE REPLACEMENT, AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN TO SEE THE SURGEON THIS WEEK, SO THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE IT WILL BE DONE? IWILL BE IN HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 DAYS BUT MAYBE LONGER? I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CALL TWICE DAILY TO FEED HIM. HE USUALLY GOES TO THE TOILET IN THE GARDEN, BUT WHEN NECCESARY USES HIS LITTER TRAY, WHICH I KEEP IN THE HALLWAY, HE SLEEPS IN THE FRONT PORCH, OR SOMETIMES UPSTAIRS IN THE FRONT BEDROOM.I HOPE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ACCOMODATE ME,BUT UNTIL I KNOW THE DATE OF MY OP IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. YOURS SINCERELY MRS IRENE PARKINSON /