PEDM: 3 April

[vanessarama]

I am sitting here with my beautiful Oliver on my lap, knowing that we may not have that much longer with him. He's quite old (at least 17) and has several things wrong with him; arthritis, hyperthyroidism and kidney disease. He's on medication for all of them, but last week we found out that the kidney disease has progressed further and he's now on borrowed time. He's lost half a kilo in two months - that's a lot for a cat. He's also deaf, and he's got kitty dementia, which makes him yowl a lot, forget what he was yowling about, and for some reason be totally obsessed with Knocking Over All the Things.

On the bright side, he has decent quality of life still; he eats his tucker with gusto, he purrs a lot, he likes sitting on his humans and he's interested in the outside world, although we don't let him out much any more since he's gone deaf.

He's our special little guy, part of our family for 16 years, and while I will miss him, I am also proud of the home we've given him. He knows he is loved and cared for. What more could a pussycat want?

Comments

[giglet]

Hugs for you and for Oliver. It is a gift to be so loved.

[tvillingar]

Sounds like Oliver has had a great time with your family and he knows it. What more, indeed, could a kitty want?

[monkey5s]

And as long as his quality of life is good, you can cope with the rest. Ya dun good by him all these years, I know you'll let him set the pace for the end game, too.