delayed update

Lazarus is three weeks and three days old! praise to God because he is such a healthy baby!

no more enemas!!! Lazarus previously had to be given enemas twice daily because he was unable to defecate-this is because of the kitten formula and is extremely common with hand raised kittens. I do not like giving him enemas and hearing his little meows get so loud and scretchy because it has to be uncomfortable when someone squirts water up your colon. so I was relieved when simple stimulation finally started to work! he is now off all medication.

yesterday was a big day for him, it was the first time he showed playfulness!! I let him on the carpet in our new house (needs some supervised excercise time) and he was talking several steps at a time and falling over quite a bit when all the sudden he started batting at my arm, grabbed it with his two front claws and bit me!! yay lol!! it may not be fun in a week because his teeth are going to bw sharp then lol, but it is so great to see him play!!

mild retardation is pretty expected because he was without oxygen for quite sometime. I do believe the doctors have got that wrong though, they also said he wouldn't survive long and here he is! so far I have seen nothing to suspect that he will have any brain damage in any way, but if course he is still growing. I will not be surprised at all if he begins to act slow or strange in some kind of way, it would only make since because his body was so tiny and lifeless for about an hour until I came in and saw the little guy take a breath..then it took me (God working through me) an hour to revive him after that. but I have been praying that he will be a normal healthy cat. I will of course love him no matter what, he has stolen a part of my heart!!

he is acting completely normal for his age so I think he is going to be great, call me crazy but God has a plan for this kitty. the vet who pulled him said "something was working that day because I had the uterus completely clamped off and he should not have been alive". I told her it was God! God cares even for the insignificant little creatures.

I have introduced him to some kitty gruel: royal canin baby cat can food mixed with his KMR. he has began to lick it off my finger but he really prefers his bottle. today, for the first time, he was licking the little baby cat gruel off his plate!! I will still have to give bottle too because he simply does not eat enough of the gruel. Lazarus should be eating on his own in about a week!!
make sure to look at his pictures on facebook to see him!

all these two hour feedings...now three and a half hours...I know I will make a good mom if God ever gives us the privilege of being parents.

God will meet all of your needs!