River

Just hanging out at home (underneath that towel is a heating pad)

The kitten now has a name. His name is River (no Jess that's not where we got it). Here is how we came up with that name. This was the first litter Socks had that was not all tabby cats. So, we figured that there must have been a new tom cat. Last week my mom talked to a lady who lives in their RV park. She has a cat (who looks like River) who was missing for about a week around the beginning of July.

So, their assumption was that this cat may have been the father of these kittens. Well her cat came from a lady that works for my mom. This lady lives down by the river (commence the Saturday Night Live Jokes) and always calls herself a river rat. Every time it rains too much the river creeps into her front yard.

Therefore, they have decided to name this kitten River Rat. In the interest of saving his feelings I've decided that River is a little less degrading. :-)

River is doing well, at least what we can see of him. He is eating well and walks around as much as he can. My mom is taking him to have his bandages changed at 2:00 today and that will be the first time we will have a really good idea of how he is healing. Hopefully it will be good news.