About 3 weeks ago I did not shut the door tight enough when I took Smokey out during the night and when I awoke Sylvester & Shadow were gone. I was sick hearted. Later that evening we found Shadow which we were very happy about but Sylvester was missing still. We kept looking everyday. We put up signs around the area in case someone saw him. We kept saying prayers that he would return home but that he would be safe until coming back or we found him. On Friday night, I went into the bedroom to go lay down. I heard a kitty meow at the window and thought it was one of the kitties from the back door. I started talking and saying why are you at the window talking, pulled up the blinds to see who it was and it was Sylvester. I banged on the bathroom door as Justin was getting ready to take a shower and ran out the front door to the window area. I just went really slow to approach him. He just coward by a bush and let me pick him up. I was shaking. I carried him back in the house and finally realized that he was just wasting away. He was really bony. He just meowed for affection. I took him in and held him for a while. We got him some fresh food and water and just let him get settled. Shadow even hissed at his brother for a couple of days and now he is doing pretty good. He is starting to fill out and is just very vocal when he wants attention or food. He is not afraid of Smokey much but puts him in check at his first wrong move. We are so excited and happy to have him back home where he should be.
Then Saturday morning Justin got a call from the VA and the woman said that he was never formally diagnosed with PTSD and that his deafness is secondary and so he will have to go to more appointments. She also said that they do not believe the PTSD is service connected but they would have to check the records of the base and maybe they can link it. Justin was just beside himself as he feels like they do not believe him when we have been told numerous times that as long as the claim is filed within a year that they given benefit of the doubt it is related. He was out of some medication and so it really pushed the wrong buttons. The one supervisor that he really connected with at the Medical Center called today and was really upset that this person was doing this. They have been through numerous problems with this person. So now two doctors from the VA are going to file complaints because this person is not doing this properly. The senior doctor is livid at the actions of this person and that they would do this when they do not realize that Justin is on medications and so now we are awaiting medication adjustments.
We did hear from the Social Security Administration and they processed Justin's Disabilty claim within 90 days and he will start getting paid for that. He gets additional money as I am the caregiver and we have Michael. That is a big relief.
Glenworth is wanting to give up his parental rights but I was advised that I need him to agree to a change of venue so that we can get things moving. I am anxiously awaiting that so that Justin can adopt him or we can just sever his parental rights so we can move on and be sealed. His bottom line is that he does not want to pay child support. I would prefer to only sever the parental right for a while so that he has to be responsible for Michael but we will see what the court says. Keep the fingers crossed that this moves along with much of a snag.
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