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To: Ramius; HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton; LSAggie; SuziQ; Lil'freeper; JenB; g'nad; osagebowman; All

Abby Cat is not walking well. We lifted her off the couch tonight and made her a bed on the floor, but she hasn’t moved. She hasn’t eaten in a day or two, and as far as we can tell she hasn’t been to the litter box. When she “walks” she’s not putting any pressure on the leg.

Wife is going to try to take her to the vet tomorrow. Reality is, we can’t afford more surgery (heck, we couldn’t afford the last one).

Nana will possibly go back to the nursing home on Friday (of course that means three more days of paying to hold her room...ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching). I hate to be so mercenary about this, but we just can’t take many more hits.

I’m going to bed. I got way too little sleep last night.

See y’all in the a.m.


570 posted on 05/13/2008 7:11:25 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Hope Abby cat is OK after the vet visit.

And Nana too.

Good night! Get some rest. :~)


571 posted on 05/13/2008 7:14:43 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog

WRT cat issues... I’m having a similar issue with Josie. Month or two ago she quit eating much if anything. Was clearly sick and unhappy (more than usual). Thought for a bit that it might be the end for her... But she snapped out of it and suddenly got better. Gained weight back.

Taking her to the vet is not an option. No way are we doing that. Ever. Again.

But this weekend I noticed that she’s thinning again. I think she’s not long for this world. She’s old, and more crotchety than usual (which is a lot) and doesn’t move around much.

She’s taken now to sleeping on top of my computer upstairs. Very bad. I’ve cluttered it up with pointy sharp things to keep her off it. And sticky tape.

I’m going out of my way to make thase days as nice as I can. Gave her some tuna this weekend. That stuff is crack-fer-kitties.

But Josie isn’t going to last much longer. I think she’s on life #9.


572 posted on 05/13/2008 7:44:55 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Well, gee...hope she’s doing better tomorrow!

Tonight, I’d almost trade. Cisco just had a late-evening bath on account of he rolled in Something Unspeakably Nasty. Even now he still smells like very dead fish thinly disguised by coconut shampoo. I think a part of the aroma is being propagated in vapor form, if you catch my drift, so there may not be much more that I can do.

And Tam still won’t shut up.

At least Halvah’s good. Dim as a 2 watt light bulb, bless her heart, but she’s good.


577 posted on 05/13/2008 8:08:52 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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