{"id":110,"date":"2006-10-28T00:49:12","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T05:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neopagan.net\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2006-10-30T18:28:31","modified_gmt":"2006-10-30T23:28:31","slug":"bennies-saga-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neopagan.net\/blog\/2006\/10\/28\/bennies-saga-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennie&#8217;s Saga Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I posted a few nights ago about the unpleasant (and very expensive) medical problems that Bennie seems to be experiencing. Well we now know a little more about what&#8217;s going on. It&#8217;s not just a food allergy, he has a nasty disease called Bartonella that requires expensive super-antibiotics to treat. Apparently this is carried by fleas and he could have picked it up anytime this summer that he managed to get out of the apartment.<\/p>\n<p>For the majority of you who have never met the Benster, here&#8217;s a photo from a few days ago, showing him hard at work in the Eternal Feline War Against Literacy:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neopagan.net\/graphics\/Bennie-Bandaged-3.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While it looks as if his entire vet bill will only be $1300 instead of $1800, the meds are going to cost us $90-$100 a month for a few months, so I&#8217;ll repost the donation boxes from earlier:<\/p>\n<table WIDTH=\"450\" BORDER=\"1\" CELLSPACING=\"2\" CELLPADDING=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td WIDTH=\"33%\">\n      <center><!--NOEDIT--><!-- Begin PayPal Button --><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_xclick\"\/><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"ibonewits@neopagan.net\"\/><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"Donate to Isaac and Phaedra's work\"\/><input type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/images.paypal.com\/images\/x-click-butcc-donate.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"Donate to Isaac and Phaedra's work\" align=\"center\"\/><br \/>\n<\/form>\n<p><!-- End PayPal Button --><!--\/NOEDIT--><br \/>Donate to Isaac and Phaedra&#8217;s work<\/center><\/td>\n<td WIDTH=\"34%\">\n      <center><!--NOEDIT--><!-- Begin PayPal Button --><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_xclick\"\/><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"ibonewits@neopagan.net\"\/><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"Donate to keep Bennie kicking!\"\/><input type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/images.paypal.com\/images\/x-click-butcc-donate.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"Donate to keep Bennie kicking!\" align=\"center\"\/><br \/>\n<\/form>\n<p><!-- End PayPal Button --><!--\/NOEDIT--><br \/>Donate to keep Bennie kicking!&#8221;<\/center><\/td>\n<td WIDTH=\"33%\">\n    <center><!--NOEDIT--><!-- Begin PayPal Button --><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_xclick\"\/><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"ibonewits@neopagan.net\"\/><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"Donate to the Advertising Fund\"\/><input type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/images.paypal.com\/images\/x-click-butcc-donate.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"Donate to the Advertising Fund\" align=\"center\"\/><br \/>\n<\/form>\n<p><!-- End PayPal Button --><!--\/NOEDIT--><br \/>Donate to the Advertising Fund<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted a few nights ago about the unpleasant (and very expensive) medical problems that Bennie seems to be experiencing. 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