Can a Name be a Jinx?

Ok, so the animal drama continues.
Not a week had passed from the Fifi disaster when I found myself in the garage staring at one of our many cats. She's not a friendly cat, not a mean cat - just a "leave me alone" kinda cat. So when I found her in the garage, and she didn't run from me trying to pet her, I leaned close to make sure she wasn't dead. She was alive, one big yellow eye looking at me, the other eye looked like a peeled purple grape that was trying to blow up. I blinked, and looked again. I was having a hard time believing what I was seeing. But, sure enough - the eye ball was not an eye ball.
Ok - so an exploded eye ball isn't so unusual. The kicker is, the cat's name is Beenette, the feminine of Beenie, the nickname of our black and white cat Sabastian, who is blind. He lost one eye when he was a kitten, and the other exploded from herpes while he was trapped in a recliner (his collar got caught on the internal workings of the recliner and there he sat, silently for almost a week). The reason Beenette is named Beenette is that when she was born, we noted that she looked and acted just like Beenie, hence the naming. SO why of all the cats we have, does Beenette loose an eye, so very similar to the way Beenie lost his? Is it because we named her that and therefore jinxed her?
Well, the cat survived the night in a crate, and I hauled her off to the vet in the morning, with fingers crossed that they would see her, considering we still have money owed on Fifi. Again, kudos to Kings Mountain Animal Clinic! They took her with no problem, squeezed her into an already full schedule and removed the eye and fixed her up - all in one day, and under $200!
When I went to pick her up, the vet's office looked like a zoo - yet they accomodated me, sticking me in the employee lounge to wait for the vet to come and talk with me. She explained that Beenette probably got hit by a car and the trama blew out the eye. Her jaw and mouth were bruised. The cat is lucky to be alive really. So the vet encouraged me to keep the cat inside. There is only one problem:
She's a house pisser - BIG TIME.
We had made a habit of chasing her away from all door entries to prevent her from coming in the house. Now we are trying to keep her in. The poor cat is really confused.
Poor us, we are just really poor right now.

Fifi's Fight

Fifi lost her fight for her puppies.
Fifi went into labor Wednesday night and gave birth to one dead pup on Thursday morning. Noting that all was not well, Chris took her in for treatment and she received a C-section that afternoon. The second pup also died. Fifi is ok.

A note:
Boston Terriers are a "created" breed of dog and because of their small size and large heads, complications can and do arise in pregnancy and birth. In Fifi's case, according to the vet, Sidney was not the stud we had hoped for and failed to fully impregnate Fifi, therefore, resulting in Fifi developing only 2 pups. With all that room to grow, the pups grew to an abnormal size and became too large for her to pass. Although she passed the first pup, something had happened within the day prior to birth to kill the pup. The second pup became lodged in her birth canal and she required a C-section, a very costly operation.

We are very disappointed in Dr. Fisher, Fifi's primary vet. Upon noting the emergency, we attempted to have Dr. Fisher help save her life, but "he was too busy to assist her." Having heard that, he has now lost 2 current patients and the remaining pack will not be visiting his office ever. We were thrilled with the service that Kings Mountain Animal Clinic offered. They were ready to assist Fifi immediately, regardless of other surgeries scheduled that day. They attempted to revive the puppy but were not able to, and they provided assistance with a payment plan. Kudos to King's Mountain, and may they make lots of money from us in the future. It's nice to know that there are still some vet services out there that actually care about the animals and are not out for a buck as we have observed with several other clinics.

Fifi's uterus was spared through all of this, and if we choose to pursue breeding again, we will have to wait about a year and be prepared to have Fifi undergo regular checkups throughout the pregnancy (just like a person!) and have the finances available for a C-section if the need arises.

We are just glad that Fifi is ok. She was very frightened during it all. She attempted to care for her dead pup as if it were alive. She cleaned it, carried it around and was so upset when she returned from the vet and couldn't find it. Chris was absolutely wonderful taking off work and finding vet care for her. We bought her a stuffed toy after we picked her up and she has treated it like her pup for several days now. She is quickly recovering, as are we.

Sidney doesn't have a clue.