Hi VVFanatic! Wow! Great job on your father, I bet he really thanks you now too.

Lucas, I'm the same way about smells. Perfume sends me over the edge, I simply have to get away from it.

Niki13, we sound like two peas in a pod. We live on a farm and somehow people think that ALL farms need cats. All of our cats have been dumped, with the exception of the 3 kittens that were born in our house after the mother got dumped. We had a full-blooded Black Lab dumped also and found out the reason after a trip to the vet. She had heartworms. After the treatment the vet said she was the worst case she's ever seen that lived. She died 5 years ago of old age. Believe it or not all of our cats are female and yes, we had them ALL fixed.

Hi Houjun! Yes, it's an extremely difficult thing to quit smoking even with the COPD diagnosis. Especially during the depression stage. The guy that came to service my oxygen machine said he went into house to service their machine and the man was sitting there smoking a cigarette while the oxygen was ON. He told the man he was NOT coming into the house until he either put the cigarette out or turned off the oxygen. Guess he forgot that oxygen is flammable.

Thanks Erica! Cats are such fascinating creatures. Hubby still would love to have a dog, but can you just imagine what would happen to the poor dog in this house?