Hi everyone,
Today’s guest post comes from Dorothy Berry-Lound who runs an art website and you can also find her on Twitter:
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There was a huge thunderstorm and I went outside to check what damage had been done. I saw what I thought was a mouse drowning in a puddle so I ran to rescue it. I realised it was a dying kitten and it had swollen, ulcerated eyes. I looked up and the outside cats were in beds in the dry under the outside stairs watching the kitten drown. It was one of their kittens and I guess they knew it was sick and left it.
 I brought it in, thinking it could die in the warm and at peace. But after an hour it was clear the kitten was rallying. I decided to keep the kitten and called it Stevie Mouse, We went through all sorts of trials and problems as she was very sick and collapsed on several occasions. She couldn’t control her body temperature so I sat with her under a heat lamp in the middle of August – Italian summer, can you imagine? I was a puddle. But she survived and she can see well enough though has to live as an inside cat.
Stevie Mouse is now two years old and beautiful and the subject of many of my artistic endeavours.
 She even looks after her ‘sister’ Emmy who has epilepsy and cleans her up when she has had a seizure.
 Stevie Mouse has her own hashtag on Twitter #IamStevieMouse which is also the title I of a book I am writing about our life together.
If you are on Twitter you can follow me @ShannathShima
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We hope you enjoyed her story.
Thanks,
Marc
Well done Stevie and well done Dorothy!
Thank you Lea. ^^
My pleasure Marc.
Thank you Lea, Stevie did all the hard work!
Very interesting story and I would love to read the book when it comes out.
Jean
Thanks Jean 🙂
Thank you Jean, it is not finished yet, I keep finding new stories to add! All illustrated with pictures of Stevie Mouse of course.
Hi there, I have now published the book and you can find it here: http://www.blurb.com/b/8171685-i-am-stevie-mouse
So inspiring ! Both of you !
Thank you ^^
Thank you
Ahwww sweet <3
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Thank you, it was all worth it, she is a beautiful cat both physically and in temperament.
Stevie Mouse says thank you so much for your kind thoughts!
Glad Steve Mouse was rescued and made it through. Cheers,H
Glad you enjoyed the story. 🙂
Thank you Helen
You are wonderful!
VERY cool art work a lady after my own heart ?
Thank you Jennifer, Stevie is a good model.
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so happy for you and stevie mouse. what a beautiful story! the artwork is gorgeous!
Thank you Patricia 🙂
Glad you had so many lovely comments on the story. 🙂
If you’d like to do another guest story at any point just let us know.
Thank you Marc-Andre it has been a lovely experience. I would love to do another story in the future and will get in touch.
🙂 thank you
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I thought you might like to know that my book about Stevie Mouse has just been published and is available for purchase here: http://www.blurb.com/b/8171685-i-am-stevie-mouse
Would you like to do a follow up post now that it is published? 🙂
I’d love to Marc-Andre. I will write something during the next week and send it to you and you can slot it into your publishing schedule when it suits you. Thank you for the opportunity.
You are most welcome. 🙂