The Beginning of the End
My sister and her boyfriend (my old friend from high school, actually) came down with his teenage son to visit for an overnight this weekend.
Mr. Kitty, who's been mostly his usual self though solidly blind in his cancer eye and perhaps a little more touchy in the tummy lately, made himself scarce, which is not how he usually deals with houseguests. Normally, he's very nonplussed, but during the evening he was laying in strange places on the floor, looking awkward when he'd let himself down, and clamping his tail instead of holding it normally.
It continued yesterday - he wasn't quite scarce, but still acting odd - when I came back from NJ. And today, no change. So I guess this is it. I don't want to leave it until he's simply too miserable to purr. But I do have to figure out just when to schedule it.
We asked Eli if he wanted to come with me when I go, but he declined. He'll want to do his own thing. But Calvin wants to come with me.
Not an easy phone call I'll be making tomorrow.
*sigh*
Mr. Kitty, who's been mostly his usual self though solidly blind in his cancer eye and perhaps a little more touchy in the tummy lately, made himself scarce, which is not how he usually deals with houseguests. Normally, he's very nonplussed, but during the evening he was laying in strange places on the floor, looking awkward when he'd let himself down, and clamping his tail instead of holding it normally.
It continued yesterday - he wasn't quite scarce, but still acting odd - when I came back from NJ. And today, no change. So I guess this is it. I don't want to leave it until he's simply too miserable to purr. But I do have to figure out just when to schedule it.
We asked Eli if he wanted to come with me when I go, but he declined. He'll want to do his own thing. But Calvin wants to come with me.
Not an easy phone call I'll be making tomorrow.
*sigh*