From the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine comes hope for a cure for our sick kitten Loki. Results from a blood test indicate a possibility that his condition (stumbling, motor control, blindness, etc.) may be caused by a liver shunt — a condition more common to dogs than cats and extremely rare in male kittens.

On our way back from Christianburg, Amy dropped me by Turman-Yeatts to pick up my Wrangler and then followed me home. As we topped the hill on Harvestwood near Sandy Flats Road a deer jumped out in front of my car. I braked to miss it as he bounded into the field on the other side.

“Thank goodness,” I thought. Too many collisions with deer in this county, especially at night. When I reached Harvestwood, I noticed Amy’s Liberty was no long following so I turned around and headed back.

The Liberty was stopped and she stood in the road, crying.