Kelly Dinham

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04/09/2026

Precious being beautiful this evening…☀️📸 while Merino (aka Poppy) is next to me trying to knock me out! 🐑👊

02/09/2026

This was August ❤️‍🩹

26/08/2026

I never knew that finding someone in a shed could change my life. 11 years ago, on the 2nd of April 2015, I stumbled across David in a farm shed. He was only about four weeks old and I instantly fell in love.

We found him with his siblings and his mum, a stray cat. She never let us near her, but we had her desexed and released so she wouldn’t have more kittens. But David and his brothers got an indoor home, and he only ever knew kindness his whole life.

Some of you may know him as the cat who loved to sit at the table. He also loved his husband, Tickles, and adored our golden retriever Sookie from the time he was a kitten. He even had a brief religious phase, apparently. My daughter swears he drove to church every Sunday in his little red car. I never saw it, but she swears he did.

He was so funny, full of personality, and so very, very loved. He brought so much joy into our home, and I was grateful for him every day.

But today, we had to say goodbye to this sweet boy. David had been improving after his recent vet visits, but last week he started showing signs the infection was coming back. We tried everything, and he was so strong through all of it. He fought so hard, and he really wanted to be here. But this time it had reached his brain, and it wasn’t something he could recover from. We’re still in shock, as he’d been improving so much and we thought we’d have more time.

I have over 4000 photos of David on my phone, and I’ve been scrolling through trying to pick which ones captured how beautiful he was.

It feels like a big chunk of our hearts has been ripped out. He was only eleven, and we thought we’d have so much more time.

David passed peacefully from this world in my arms. The vet said the last thing to go when they’re passing is their hearing, so I hope he could hear us telling him how much we loved him, how brave he was, and that he had nothing to fear. That we were right there with him.

Please spend as much time as you can with the ones you love. Give them an extra cuddle, an extra treat, one more walk. Tell them you love them and then tell them again. Because tomorrow isn’t promised to any of us.

Be free David, we love you. 💕

22/08/2026

6 things we love about Kiki Dee in celebration of 6th birthday…🎉

1. She’s cute, obviously.
2. She survived birds pecking her eyes when she was only a few days old.
3. She is sassy.
4. She wags her tail when you massage her.
5. She has a cute head tilt.
6. She baaas when you call her name.

Please join us in wishing her a happy birthday! 🐑❤️

17/08/2026

Just a few pics of Precious being perfect this evening… and a little woolly surprise for you at the end. 🫶

13/08/2026

Kiki Dee when she was a little lamb ➡️ Kiki Dee now. ❤️

10/08/2026

The past week or so has been the scariest I’ve had with David. 😩 He became unwell and was rushed to the vet on Friday 31 July. He was really wobbly, unable to walk in a straight line, with a head tilt, turning in circles, and his pupils were different sizes.

He was given medication to help him over the weekend, then went back to the vet on Monday for X-rays. There was no improvement, so he was rushed in for a CT scan at a different vet. The results showed a large mass of fluid in his inner ear, which had caused vestibular disease, and it was pressing on his nerves, leading to facial paralysis on one half of his face. He couldn’t shut the eyelid on one of his eyes.

He was taken into emergency surgery to drain the fluid from his ear. He came home but became really lethargic and stopped eating or drinking, so we rushed him back to the vet on Wednesday. He went straight into immediate care, on a drip and lots of different medications to help him fight it. He also had brain inflammation and was unable to stand, and was really not doing well.

But he is a strong, brave boy and by Friday, I was able to visit him...he recognised me straight away and meowed. 😭 I got to hold him for a while and there were lots of cuddles. I’ve never been so happy to hear him purr.

After a week in the amazing care of the team at Mid Coast Vet in Macksville, he was finally able to come home on Sunday. He can now eat and drink on his own, stand, and go to the toilet by himself. He’s still a little wobbly on his paws and needs ongoing medications and eye drops every few hours, but he’s already showing massive improvements, and hopefully the wobbles and facial paralysis will get back to normal soon.

For a while there we didn’t know if he was going to be okay. Thank you to everyone at Mid Coast Vet for your incredible knowledge and care, and for not giving up on him. 🙏 I am just so grateful to have more time with this sweet, beautiful boy.

We kept saying “hope for David” the whole way through, and it worked. ❤️

P.S. The mess on his face is his recovery food, which he’s enjoying getting everywhere. 🐈

05/08/2026

July 🫶🐑🐈🐕🦘🐋☀️

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