Thought I'd update this thread because I'm feeling bad about my cat -- who was renamed Sasha a few weeks after I posted in this thread last.
Sasha went missing on Thursday evening after she didn't come home for her afternoon frolick. Our family is obviously heartbroken and worried sick; I'm hundreds of miles away at school, so I feel helpless, but my parents have posted fliers all over our neighborhood, contacted the vet, shelters, and spent every evening looking and calling for her. They even got a call last night from a neighbor who spotted her (as you can tell by the pics, she's very unique looking), called her by name (thanks to the flyers), and she started to come and then ran away. They spent another 2 hours looking for her -- the person who spotted her was in our neighborhood but at least a quarter mile from our house.
I hope she makes it back home. I can't bear thinking she won't 🙁