Meanwhile, back here stateside, this little baby came into my life a few weeks ago when it was being taken to the vet's office at three-and-a-half weeks while we were there getting flea drops for ours and the two that belong to the brother in Iraq. The baby stayed at my house for a week while daughter-in-college was visitng and now he lives about 1400 miles away. It's been two weeks. I want to take a trip so-o-o badly. I just know I'm going to be a wreck if I ever have grandbabies that don't live near me. 
We're sure he's not deaf despite being a white-cat-with-blue-eyes, thank goodness. College daughter is going to have his eyes checked at his first vet visit in a couple weeks because of the reflectivity you see in the pics. Also one of his irises seems to be a greyer blue and the other a brighter blue. Wonder if they're truly different also or if it's the retinas behind them making them appear different. We'll see.