Another kitty getting close to the end...
Owen, Sir Cheese Cat, the food beggar, the head-butter, the love cat is very close to being on his way out.
He's been dropping weight and having difficulty eating for some time now. Recently not eating very much at all. While i was out day before yesterday Ben had to take him in to the vet as he was meowling and acting especially weird/uncomfortable. Chester (our other cat) seemed very concerned.
B said the Xrays were grim. Large mass surrounding the whole liver, spreading into the abdomen and filling it up. End-stage liver cancer, probably. Test results are on their way but it doesn't matter as the tumor or mass or whatever is so large and Owen is so old and in poor health that it is inoperable. They sent B home with an appetite stimulant and pain meds (cat morphine basically/Buprenorphine) but told him it is really time to put Owen down.
When Max had to be put down unexpectedly (cancer) and when Gandalf slowly wasted away (undiagnosed/most likely cancer) i thought "maybe it is easier if the animal is older and has lived a long life."
I was wrong. It isn't easier. I still feel just as sad.
He's been dropping weight and having difficulty eating for some time now. Recently not eating very much at all. While i was out day before yesterday Ben had to take him in to the vet as he was meowling and acting especially weird/uncomfortable. Chester (our other cat) seemed very concerned.
B said the Xrays were grim. Large mass surrounding the whole liver, spreading into the abdomen and filling it up. End-stage liver cancer, probably. Test results are on their way but it doesn't matter as the tumor or mass or whatever is so large and Owen is so old and in poor health that it is inoperable. They sent B home with an appetite stimulant and pain meds (cat morphine basically/Buprenorphine) but told him it is really time to put Owen down.
When Max had to be put down unexpectedly (cancer) and when Gandalf slowly wasted away (undiagnosed/most likely cancer) i thought "maybe it is easier if the animal is older and has lived a long life."
I was wrong. It isn't easier. I still feel just as sad.