Sadness is...

[semiotic_pirate]

Finding out your favorite kitty in the whole wide world is going to die of Lymphoma. He's got anywhere from two weeks to two years (the two year case was an exception, the weeks/months cases are the rule).

It isn't like this was completely unexpected. I knew that he didn't have something simple like IBS because the treatment for that didn't work after a while. And now I found out, when the family vet stopped by the house, that there is a lump in there where there shouldn't be.

He hadn't been eating or cuddling, was hiding under the bed and all that. I had a crying jag and didn't get anything done at all today.

When our vet friend was over, she brought some syringes, one a steroid shot, the other an antibiotic. A tiny bit later, he demanded to be fed and was more active than he'd been in a while. More interactive with his environment, hanging out lounging in the living room instead of hiding under the bed.

So.

In all my years of intermittent pet ownership, this is the first time I've ever had (where the cat is mine, Loki was CoB's cat) a sick pet in the end stages of life. I've had the furball for about 12 years and he wasn't a kitten when I got him from the shelter. It makes me sad that he'll probably be gone soon, but I know that he's had a happy life and all that. The key now is to make sure he's got that "quality of life" for the time he has left.

Comments

[zinnea.livejournal.com]

What a sweet kitty face.

And how sad for you to be losing your sweet little friend. I hope that however much time he has left is as painless and worry-free as possible for both of you.

[junquegrrl.livejournal.com]

oh, kat, i'm soooo sorry. i know how wrenching that can be. i'll being thinking about you - be good to yourself, ok?
- M

[m-fallenangel.livejournal.com]

I'm so incredibly sorry, yet I'm proud at how well in line you have your priorities.

That cat has a good mom. It sounds like you two deserve each other.

[verrucaria.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry. I can't imagine finding out that one of my cats was sick and wouldn't last much longer, and I've had them for less than a year. :(

But he had a good life with you, and that's as good as a kitty can wish for...

P.S. That's a wonderful closeup shot.

[lexica510.livejournal.com]

I am so very, very sorry. May the time you have left together be as happy and free of suffering as possible.

That's a wonderful photo.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear this.