05.30.09

Ocey Lives!

Posted in Uncategorized at 3:26 am by Administrator

From our graphic artist, Davo Dees:

oh my gosh, I visited Ocey in the hospital today, I was pretty nervous of what I was about to see, was he going to recognizable? Was I going to freak out and start sobbing at the pitiful sight? Last time I saw him two days ago he was dying, fragile, shaking, and dehydrated. What a difference a day makes! I walked in the visiting room and he crawled right into my lap, looking amazing, and I could feel the Ocey personality i know so well. It was almost like waking up and realizing it was all just a bad dream, only a few days ago I was distraught and thinking i would never see him again, and here he is next to me, it is a moment i will never forget. I truly adore this guy, i have had cats my whole life, but I am telling you he is a big being in a little body. Even the surgeon told me twice that this is a very special cat, i don’t know if she tells everyone that, but she looked at me like she was pretty serious. This Ocey is magical. I guess you can tell i am a cat person by now, more like a cat lady, as you see i like to walk my cats throug the park to the amazement of everyone watching. How do you herd cats? The key is actually have one cat that is a really good walker, and the others follow him, and Ocey is my walker, he walks ahead of me, glancing over his shoulder occassionally. This week I tried to walk Cow, it was almost impossible, took forever, he just was barely focused without Ocey there.

But now about money. I have not got the final bill yet. Originally the estimate was 2000 dollars, today she said that it was up to 2300 dollars, and that does not include the hip joint operation that will happen next week. But then she said that there is a new doctor that has never done one, and they would do it for free. YEA.

Donations on Paypal are now around 1400 dollars, More than half way there, hope I can make another push for anybody with an extra 20 bucks, they are adding up, go to paypal and go to davodees@hotmail.com, if you have not donated please consider a little bit for a good cause. Ocey is so wonderful, and I promise a lots of new adventures with this little character.

Thanks to the very deep bottom of my poor beating heart for the support the donations that have come in to help me and my best friend, tears fall really easily when i only think about the people who put they love into this project of bringing back this little guy. I received so many emails, stories I want to acknowledge with a reply, people who could not afford to donate, but did anyway, what can you say to that kind of love? And the well wishes really did help a lot, knowing people care enough to write me does widen my view of the world and the great friends I have met here. You will notice in the video that I am looking pretty puffy, too many days of emotions and ups and downs will do that to you.

Here are some new Ocey videos too.
You MUST see the Ocey spring attack! very funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM_lBYcID1I&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAS37keQJx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8KRXFMq2g8&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZtnFxuDUQ&feature=channel

I just downloaded the video of the hospital visit at 7:30 my time here in sweden, 6 hours ahead of New York, so soon they will be available to view, go to youtube see the above videos, click on more from davodees and the new ones are “Dees- Ocey in the Hospital” Parts 1, 2, and 3 Go take a look at how Ocey is today, you will be amazed he only just had major surgery, they said was two hours long to repair a broken thorax, yikes.

thanks and all my love.

david. daveandocey

05.28.09

Save A Kitty For $5

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:52 am by Administrator

For our graphic artist, Davo Dees, and Ocey:

Since I have no children of my own I suppose my cat is family for me. Ocey has his own door, and with total freedom comes the chance he might get hurt. Friday night he disappeared, and by Sunday I was a total sobbing mess. Since his collar has my number on it I could only imagine that he was not dead by the road because someone would call, so in my mind I figured someone had stolen him for their own. We walk in the park most everyday and he has such people skills he can walk up to perfect strangers much to their surprise and give them his total love and attention. So the idea someone took him made sense. I was sickened and horrified all week of the thought of him locked in someone’s third story apartment.

I have just been all cried out and so depressed that I could think of nothing else but Ocey.

The idea of ever seeing my best friend again was slipping away fast.

But last night, Wednesday night, Ocey somehow made it back home in the middle of the night, and I awoke to a big painful meow as he came in and I jumped out of bed. I could see he was not ok. He was very thin and stumbling around and breathing hard, clearly there was something extremely wrong.

Today at the vet we took Xrays and the story was clear, he had been hit by a car and had laid injured outside somewhere for five days with no water, no food, with a broken thorax in his chest cavity and a dislocated back leg. The pain he had suffered was beyond my imagination.

The doctor said if we operate right away there is a chance to save him, but no guarantee. Although she did add that cats have nine lives. With no insurance, and no credit cards I suddenly knew I am in big financial trouble. I am barely able to make rent this month, and then the lady said it will cost two thousand dollars to try and fix him up.

I considered having him put to sleep only for a moment, then I realized that money is nothing compared to the joy and spirit of this wonderful fellow, I told her I will somehow get the money, maybe I can sell my car. So I said to please try to make him better and signed the papers. That was only an hour ago, they will operate soon. I wonder what they are going to say when I walk back in with no money. I pretended that I did have the money, so who knows what will happen.

So I am writing this letter to ask for your help.

Any assignments, any illustration jobs you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Also I can offer signed large full color digital lithographs of any of my political art for a donation of 200 dollars, or with any generous donation to help us. These pieces are stunning to see framed, would really appreciate whatever you do to help Ocey and me get through this very tough time in our lives.

please send any checks you can help with to..

David Dees
c/o Louise Williams
603 Logsdon Ct.
Louisville, KY 40243

Donations under 50 dollars…
Save Ocey