I am so relieved and so very very happy for Ellie!! What a wonderful home she will have. I am sure it will be hard to be without her, but I bet she will be very happy in her new home. I can't believe she is deaf. The part about the name gave me chills. It was destiny for her.
Ellie is found and is safe and sound!
Apparently she was picked up by a lady on the next block who saw her sitting in the middle of the road. She runs an adoption shelter and took Ellie there with a view to adoption, and has fallen in love with her and offered to keep her!! she called me last night having seen the flyer and we had a long talk this morning where I was reassured Ellie will be taken great care of. I will be sad to lose her (although I made clear we would take her back any time) but think she will be happier in a home with fewer cats. Apparently our Ellie girl is deaf, which we never knew, so cannot go outside, and that would be difficult for us with our in and out lot. Especially as we are leaving for a month's vacation tomorrow, we have a reliable cat sitter who will be staying here but I wouldn't want to leave her with that responsibility. I will take her over Ellie's food and snuggle bed etc. later today. We also share the same vet practice so it will be no problem getting her records etc. transferred.
Here is the kicker. Her adopter was trying to think of a name for her and came up with "Eleanor" - "Ellie" for short. And that is her actual name. So I think we have a destiny thing going on here.
thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers - I am so relieved and happy I could cry at this happy ending.
I have had such a soft spot for Little Ginger Girl/Ellie and I was so worried about her. She had been in my prayers daily.
Have a wonderful long vacation.