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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Thank you for all the kind and sympathetic words. Last night Isis ate more than she has in the past couple of days, then spent her evening in my lap purring. As I told DP, she is just refusing to quit. Every time I think, this is it, she has a little rebound. I know the rebounding will end soon, but I have indeed treasured all these final days with her, especially seeing her able to be content. Each day is like we have stolen one more.

Yes I totatlly understand this. I went through the same thing with Pearl a few months ago. Those last days were precious. Then it became apparent she was in increasing pain, and it was time, even though she would still purr. My heart is with you.

[Norse]

Thanks Lisa. What a lucky cat Pearl was to be a member of your family. And now, Suki has been provided the same opportunity to know the love, beauty and caring that Pearl had. In your photos, Suki even looks like she knows she's got it made.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Norsegoddess,
Pearl had battled kidney failure for 5 years, and when she was increasingly sick the last time, we thought it was more of the same, and kept treating her with fluids etc. She kept eating and purring, but kept losing weight and acting uncomfortable more and more. That's when I saw the tumor in her mouth and the vet confirmed she had advanced mouth cancer- on top of her kidney problems. At that point I knew she was in pain and would continue to get worse and there was no hope for recovery. So that's when i brought her in and stayed with her...she purred!
The two cats we had die before Pearl faded away peacefully at home with us- one was 20 and the other had total kidney failure....but neither seemed to be in much pain- just fading out. But in Pearl's case, I knew the mouth cancer was painful, terminal, and getting worse each day, so I felt i needed to be strong enough to intervene on her behalf so she wouldn't suffer more.
You are using these last days to shower love on your kitty, and that's as it should be. You will know when the time has come to help her through. Sometimes I think it's more about when WE are ready rather than our fur baby. But that's ok too- you are in it together.
((((big hug))))

[jessmarimba]

When my old blind kitty, Pixar, had cancer she lived about two weeks after the diagnosis. She was very similar to Isis, in some ways - she was happy and cuddly and as obnoxious as ever, but she wouldn't eat or drink enough. I started giving her wet food with added water or broth just so she could eat something until the spunk started to fade. (I also found out that when nothing else was interesting, she would still sneak up to my sub sandwiches from wawa and scarf down the turkey when she thought I wasn't looking. So funny.) She let me know when she had given up and we enjoyed another hour or so of sitting outside listening to birds before I wrapped her in her favorite blanket and we went to the vet.

I hope you can enjoy the time you have left - Isis is lucky to have you as a mom.

[Norse]

Here are photos of our pets (I hope):

Athena - one of our nieces calls her "Sassy Cat":



Katy dog - can you tell winter is her favorite time of the year?



And here is precious Isis:

[celticgarden]

Piper the dog, Saki the cat (officially known as Pakasani Maharaja Prince Sakiamuni) and Honey the hamster. Here Saki proudly models the latest in cat fashion...

[PamNY]

Norsegoddess and Celticgarden, lovely photos.

I'll bet hamsters are not easy to photograph!

I love this thread though don't always have time to comment.