Here kitty, kitty, kitty

So, we have a new cat. I guess. A few weeks ago, this beautiful little black and gold tiger striped cat shows up at our front door. Well, being the animal lover that I am (a.k.a. "sucker"), I gave her a little bit of Samson's food every few days. This past week, it has iced, sleeted, snowed, and been in the teens. I managed to 'talk' kitty into the garage & into a crate I had over night. There she stayed for the last few nights...and we'd let her back out into the cold during the day. Yesterday, I noticed (as I was 'loving on her'...she's VERY lovey) that she's been declawed. Chances are, someone dumped her. Long story short, Jason agreed that the cat could stay as long as I cleaned up after it. Deal! I took her to the vet this morning because I surely didn't want a 'sickly' kitty running around our house! She was examined, wormed, vaccinated, and then I mentioned the 'lump' in her tail. Come to find out it was an abscess that would require SURGERY!!!!!! That doesn't sound expensive at all (Jason and I are really 'cracking' down on our budget & "cat" is not budgeted anywhere, by the way). What could I do. I left here there to be fixed. Eden was sad b/c she thought the cat was never coming back to our house, I called Jason to tell him it would be $200 +, he said "leave the cat there..." Talk about chaos! I called the vet slobbering, snotting, and crying...all I wanted was to give this little kitty a home & not leave her to freeze to death! So, "Dr. Rob" basically said he'd do the surgery for free & all I'd have to pay for were the vaccinations & wormer! Praise God! (as I'd been praying on the trip to the vet it wouldn't be expensive & that the vet would be compassionate). So, "kitty" (for now) is in the garage, a bandage around her tail, a big bell collar around her neck, and making a ruckus because she wants in...but, she's ours.