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Shortly after I came out to British Columbia in early 2006 I had a case of severely high blood pressure. It wouldn't have been fair to an employer for me to work for them until I got my health situation sorted out. I was on medications to lower the blood pressure and it took until early 2007 to find the cause. I finally went to a naturopath who found that a microscopic parasite was the cause for all this.

While getting my health in order, I took up blogging to share my photography. This way I wasn't wasting time and others got to enjoy the photos, not just me and those close to me.

In May of this year I had a mini-stroke cause again by severely high blood pressure. I may end up gong to the naturopath again since the specialist and other MDs can't seem to find the cause. This has only been a problem out here. Before that in Ontario, the blood pressure was only marginally high, not severely high like in BC.

Knowledge is good because being forewarned is forearmed!

All that said, enjoy this blog and all the photos I share with you.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

missing and presumed stolen

Yes, earlier in the week I got a message from Jakarta that one of my son's kittens was missing after a break-in and theft in his guardian's home.  Everyone is sad, very sad, about the loss of Emilie (on the left), my son Wahid, his guardian and the others in the household.  And I am sad too.  I've had a few sleepless nights, so I can imagine what its like thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean in Indonesia.  The police are doing their part but I have also been doing a search online and just today sent out another email trying to see if Emilie can be found.  There is always the possibility that she ran out the door while the theft was in progress and got lost in the neighbourhood.  If that was the case, if someone found her, they wouldn't have any idea where her home was to which she should be retuirned. 

I am adopting Marie (right), though the original plan was to adopt both, Emilie and Marie!.  Marie should be living with me no later than January 2014.  My son comes over from Indonesia in 2016 with the mother cat (Lisa) plus another Perian cat (peaknose) when he finishes college in Jakarta that year.  Those are the plans but we all know what can happen to the best laid plans!

- Volker

2 comments:

Jeannette said...

Sometimes even very young kittens find their way home again... I hope it all works out for you.

Volker said...

Sorry its taken so long to post your comment, Jeannette. Its been a busy week and weekends allow me time to catch up.

Emilie hasn't been found or made a return but we will wait and see. There is always hope!

Volker