Eenie is getting HUGE, has the appetite of a lion, and has to be fed
separately or else she growls and pushes the others away from the food dish
(they are eating a mix of canned kitten food and powdered KMR)

Meanie still has the sore on her paw, but it is getting better.  No word on
the culture, but I doubt it's ringworm as she's the only one that has it,
not even us slaves have any sign of it (although I do have a skin allergy -
dust makes me itch - and the mention of ringworm made me feel like I had
slept in a bed of poison ivy, but then I remembered I hadn't taken my
allergy meds for a 2 days (oops), so I took it and itching went away).

Minnie had a bout of diarrhea, threw up & didn't want to eat (acted like she
did, but then only nibbled).  In the matter of 36 hours, she lost a LOT of
weight - I was calling her Skinny Minnie, so off to the vet we went, he took
a rectal swab (she did NOT like that, screamed bloody murder & bit me (no
damage, but I felt teeth)), and said there's nothing dangerous, just an
over-abundance of the normal bacteria.  He gave her an injection of sub-q
fluids, and she gets liquid antibiotics 2x daily, followed within 2 hours of
Bene-Bac to replace what the anti's kill.  She also gets a mix of baby food
(chicken flavor is the way to go - I have yet to find a cat that won't eat
CHICKEN) and powdered KMR - mixed until it's like peanut butter - so that
she gets her weight back up.  She is eating the others food now too.  And
she's getting that round-kitten-belly back, within a few hours of her first
dose of anti's & a big meal, she was chasing & wrestling with her sisters.
Her & Meanie  have been able to climb over the cardboard in the doorway, but
since we don't want Meanie (and there fore any of the others) getting out
until we know for sure if it's ringworm, we put in a higher piece of
cardboard.  They're not too happy about that.

Moe is, well, Moe.  Not quite as voracious appetite as Eenie, but still a
good eater.  She's also somewhat of a loner, and doesn't like to be held as
much as the others  (the others LOVE being cradled on their backs & getting
tummy rubs while being baby-talked to, but Moe doesn't).  She still curls up
with her sisters, and plays with them, she's just not a cuddle-bug

On another note, I have started announcing my presence when entering the
bedroom (since it always scares them) by saying
"KITTENSkittenskittenskittenskittens... Where are all my kittens?", and when
they use the litterbox (it gets changed every other day, since there's 4
using it), I have begun singing a slightly modified tune from South Park.  I
think the episode was called Chef Aid - where Chef sues a major record
company because Alanis Morriset has released a song called Stinky Britches
that Chef claims he wrote 10+ years ago.  Well - I've changed it to Stinky
Kittens... I've got stinky kittens ;).  I've got to do something to retain
what little sanity I have left.

As for the job woes - union at DH plant is still on strike, but things have
calmed down.  No more overturned (& burning) cars (they are trying to blame
those on teenagers from other towns that were there just to cause trouble -
but you'd think the strike organizers would have better control and kept
those kind out, so I have my doubts), especially, since several people were
arrested by the STATE police (city police are stretched to the max, and find
it hard to interfere since they have friends & family on both sides) and
charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing (when asked to step OFF company
property & to remain on the sidewalk, they didn't) and I think resisting
arrest (when they got belligerent over getting arrested for trespassing).
They union on strike is IUE-CWA, and they are now getting support from the
UAW people that are employed at a different factory in that town.  Meanwhile
DH is pulling 12 + hour days, and spent Thursday night there, and will
probably stay there until Monday (in addition to his sleeping bag, he now
has a cot - I was going to buy an air mattress, but the cot was less
expensive), so he's getting all sorts of overtime pay (the ONE good thing
about all this).