crazy baby love story...

my sister called on wednesday asking if I was lonely

and

even

when I told her I really wasn't

she asked if she could bring me 3 baby chipmunks who had lost their mother

of course I said 

yes

and

then I ran to the pharmacy and bought pedialyte 

~because a google search told me I would need that~ 

and 

a 1cc syringe which was impossible to find

but

which the pharmacist took out of her stash and gave to me 

after I told her my heart's always too big to say no

to anything baby

and

then she smiled and wished me luck

and

probably rolled her eyes at me after I left

once they arrived 

my sister left and took her kids to a movie

and

I was alone to feed three starving babies

which I did quite successfully if I must say so myself

but

when I realized that stimulating their genitals was not making them urinate

and

that if they didn't urinate

their bladders could rupture

~google search~

I was immediately on the road to our local humane society 

which takes in abandoned wildlife during the summer

yesterday 

my sister called again

telling me that a hard rain must have flushed out the nest 

and

that the REST of the litter

was scattered in her front yard looking near death due to a slight drowning

but 

were a little better now that she had warmed them under a heat lamp

and

could she bring this bunch to me and could I feed them and also take them to the

humane society

of course I said yes 

and

this time my sister and her kids

 got to see these little sweeties eat and come alive again

and

even though they had a few fleas that we killed in our bare hands

we really weren't phased

as we were just thrilled to hold these babies 

knowing that we were making a difference in their lives

at the humane society 

we were over the moon to learn that the first batch 

had been taken home by a volunteer to be fostered

and 

that this batch would also be placed in loving hands

that could take better care of them then I could

~~

the end