I last blogged about my darling little cat (by the way, her name is Mouse), a year ago.
She is still with me, but I'm not sure for how much longer. In the time between then and now, she's had a couple of set-backs - acute cystitis in September and then dehydration because of vomiting in January. Today she is back at the vet with another bout of cystitis. The vet is pretty confident that we can get her over this in 48-72 hours but her underlying kidney disease is progressing rather swiftly. He feels that it will be no more than a matter of months before I have to let her go. She will be 20 in June - a grand age for a cat - and she has lived a good, happy life during which she has been pretty well adored by everyone she met.
Mouse has been happy, playful, friendly, charming and comical her whole, long life and I have been there for all of it. I know all of that in my head but my heart is breaking because it feels like I haven't had enough years with her. There will never have been enough years with her.
April sucks.
Oh, I'm really sorry to hear this. My cats lived to 17 and 18, but it still hurt to say good-bye.
ReplyDeleteI felt a knot in my throat as I was reading. I hope you will get a few more good months with that sweetie
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry. She looks like such a darling, and I know it's going to be hard to let her go.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweetie! So glad you've had a long and fulfilling life together but so sad that she is failing:( I never knew a cat that made it to 20. Wow! She is a trooper. I hope that you have lots of sweet, tender moments before she dies. Big hugs!
ReplyDeleteOh sweetheart, I hope you get longer than a few more months with her. Our furbabies mean so much to us, I totally get it xo
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